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Inside Higher Ed covers CSU Study Abroad Campaign
The following article was published at Inside Higher Ed on December 5, 2011, and quotes USACBI Organizing Committee members David Klein and Abla Harara. If you are CSU faculty or staff member, student, or alumnus, you can sign on to the letter here: http://www.csun.edu/~vcmth00m/studyabroad.html Politicization of Study Abroad December 5, 2011 – 3:00am By Elizabeth […]
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Open Letter Regarding the CSU-Israel Study Abroad Program
The following Open Letter to California State University Chancellor Charles Reed calls upon CSU to not reinstate the Israel Study Abroad Program because of Israeli human rights violations. CSU Faculty, Students, Staff, and Administrators who wish to endorse this open letter may do so by contacting: David Klein, david.klein@csun.edu The letter may be found here: […]
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USACBI condemns anti-Palestinian criminalization of political expression
(USA, 10/3/11) The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) today joins a growing coalition of civil rights and advocacy organizations around the globe in condemning the shocking verdict in the Irvine 11 trial. On September 23, 2011, ten students were found guilty for exercising their first amendment rights and for […]
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218 sign call for a Swedish academic boycott of Israel
The following press release announcing a broad Swedish call for the Academic Boycott of Israel, was created by the KTH action group for boycott: Press release 2 October 2011 Swedish universities must not participate in research or any other type of cooperation with Israeli academic institutions. The Swedish government should act for the cessation of […]
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Wikileaks: US raised academic boycott with Norwegian government
Maureen Clare Murphy’s article at the Electronic Intifada, below, reveals that recent Wikileaks releases indicate that the US government officially raised opposition to Norwegian academic boycott advocacy on Norwegian campuses. Cables released this week by Wikileaks show that the US government raised with the Government of Norway concern over a motion to boycott Israeli academic […]
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AUDIO: David Lloyd speaks about academic boycott of Israel
USACBI Organizing Collective member David Lloyd, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California, appeared on KPFK’s Radio Intifada on July 21, 2011, discussing the nature, present and future of the BDS movement and the importance of the academic and cultural boycott of Israel. Download the audio clip of the interview.
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VIDEO: The future of BDS with USACBI’s Remi Kanazi and Sunaina Maira
The following video, filmed at the Al-Awda Convention in Anaheim, California in May 2011, features USACBI Organizing Collective members Remi Kanazi and Dr. Sunaina Maira, in conversation with Ali Abunimah about the future of BDS and the movement. Highly recommended!
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Angela Davis and Gina Dent Radio Interview on BDS and Palestine
Arab Talk Radio, aired on San Francisco’s KBOO, and co-hosted by USACBI Organizing Collective member Jess Ghannam and Jamal Dajani, interviewed Angela Davis and Gina Dent concerning BDS and their trip to Palestine (see delegation report) on July 14, 2011. The full interview can be listened to or downloaded here: http://www.archive.org/details/PalestineAndBdsWithProfessorsAngelaDavisAndGinaDent
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Justice in Palestine: A Call to Action from Indigenous and Women of Color Feminists
Between June 14 and June 23, 2011, a delegation of 11 scholars, activists, and artists visited occupied Palestine. As indigenous and women of color feminists involved in multiple social justice struggles, we sought to affirm our association with the growing international movement for a free Palestine. We wanted to see for ourselves the conditions under […]
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University of Johannesburg Upholds Academic Boycott of Israel
09 July 2011 The UJ Petition Committee views with contempt attempts by the pro-Israeli lobby to mislead the public by implying that the University of Johannesburg has reinstated its old Memorandum of Understanding with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU). In fact, the decision to terminate UJ”s institutional agreement with BGU was reaffirmed in a recent follow-up […]
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