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PACBI: Appeal for Action – End Cornell Collaboration with Technion
The Palestinian academic community was deeply disturbed by the recently revealed plan of collaboration between Cornell University and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The two institutions have won a multi-billion-dollar competition held by the City of New York to establish “a 2 million square foot engineering and applied sciences university campus” on Roosevelt Island, […]
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Sign on: Scholars in Solidarity with Khader Adnan
The following statement will be distributed to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Israeli officials, and the US State Department urging immediate action for the freedom of Khader Adnan. Please sign on below or email khaderadnan@usacbi.org: We, the undersigned, write as concerned scholars and academics to demand the immediate release of Palestinian baker and […]
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Palestine Diaries by Nikhil Pal Singh
The following essay, by USACBI Delegation member Nikhil Pal Singh of NYU, was published in Jadaliyya on February 13, 2012. When I told the Israeli border official who interviewed me that I was going to Ramallah, she sneered and wrinkled her brow: “okay.” Why would anyone go there, she seemed to say. There was no […]
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Purdue professor joins academic, cultural boycott of Israel
By Eric Weddle, JCOnline, February 11, 2012 The conflict between Palestine and Israel has continued for more than half a century and created division along political and religious lines across the world. Bill Mullen, a Purdue University professor of English and American studies, believes the overall issue is one of Palestinian self-determination. “I don’t think […]
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“˜A level of racist violence I have never seen’: UCLA professor Robin D. G. Kelley on Palestine and the BDS movement
The following article and interview, by Alex Kane with USACBI Delegation member Robin D. G. Kelley of UCLA, was published in Mondoweiss on February 16, 2012. If there”s one thing the Palestine solidarity movement and Israel lobbyists can agree on, it”s this: American college campuses remain a potent battleground when it comes to the politics […]
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Educators can’t stay silent about Israeli apartheid
The Electronic Intifada published the following op-ed, written by USACBI Delegation – and Advisory Board – members J. Kehaluani Kauanui, Robin D. G. Kelley, Bill V. Mullen, Nikhil Pal Singh and Neferti Tadiar, on February 13, 2012. We encourage you to distribute it widely. EI link: http://electronicintifada.net/content/educators-cant-stay-silent-about-israeli-apartheid/10928 Today the systematic dispossession of the Palestinian people continues […]
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PACBI: The Academic Boycott on Campus: Breaking New Ground, Gaining Momentum
The following statement was issued by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on February 3, 2012: In an open letter dated October 21, 2011 [1], Palestinian students wrote to their counterparts across the world, “we hope you put BDS at the forefront of your campaigns and join together for […]
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Omar Barghouti video presentation to PennBDS
Omar Barghouti, of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), presented via video to the PennBDS conference taking place at the University of Pennsylvania on February 3-5, 2012. “We–the global 99%–shall overcome!” Omar Barghouti’s Salute to UPenn BDS Conf., Feb. 2012 from Omar Barghouti on Vimeo.
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US Scholars’ Delegation Calls for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Five faculty from U.S. universities who recently completed a week-long visit to Occupied Palestine and Israel are calling on academic colleagues everywhere to support the United States Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI). The professors, J. KÄ“haulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University; Robin D. G. Kelley, University of California Los Angeles; Bill V. […]
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Distinguished scholars return from USACBI delegation – Radio interviews with Robin Kelley, Nikhil Singh, Bill Mullen, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Neferti Tadiar
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel recently organized a delegation of five scholar/activists to Palestine; the scholars who participated were Robin D. G. Kelley, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Neferti Tadiar, Nikhil Pal Singh and Eyewitness to Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing If you have any questions or would like to contact delegation members […]
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