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BDS at UC Berkeley: The Campaign, The Vote, and The Veto by Youmna Derby and Dina Omar*
“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation […]
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USACBI DEMONSTRATES AGAINST RECOGNITION of SETTLER COLONIAL UNIVERSITY by ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
USACBI campaign members were joined by 15 members of Anti-Racist Network, USC SJP, Women in Black, the National Lawyers Guild and assorted individuals to protest recognition of settler colonial Ariel University by ISIS (International Society for Iranian Studies). Despite an ongoing campaign, including a Joint Letter by 120 academics, ISIS refused to drop the Ariel […]
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British Academic Union Makes BDS History, Severing Links with Histadrut and Boycotting Ariel College
PACBI | 30 May 2010 Ramallah, Occupied Palestine 30 May 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)expresses its profound appreciation for the courageous positions in support of Palestinian rightstaken by the membership of the University and College Union (UCU) at its Congress today inManchester. The UCU has again firmly […]
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PROTEST ISIS RECOGNITION OF “ARIEL UNIVERSITY”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Sherna Berger Gluck, 310-455-1028, c: 310-383-0010, sbgluck[at]csulb.edu; David Klein, 818-709-1530, c: 818-723-3362, david.klein[at]csun.edu Afshin Matin-Asgari – available for interviews on-site on Friday: +1.323-633-4829 What: Informational Picket at the conference of the International Society for Iranian Studies in protest against a speaker from an illegal Israeli settlement Where: Double Tree Hotel 1707 […]
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Protesters Condemn Israeli “Ambassador of Apartheid” Michael Oren
Activists Protest Brandeis Commencement, Jerusalem Day Event at BPL By: Boston BDS Activists Press Contact: Heike Schotten, bdsbostonma[at]gmail.com Waltham, MA, May 25, 2010 – Boston area activists voiced their opposition to Brandeis University”s honoring of Israeli-U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren as this year”s commencement speaker. Standing in solidarity with the more than 150 Brandeis students who […]
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Regents Position on Divestment Off The Mark – Rick Streling
Published in The Daily Californian, May 17, 2010 Editor”s Note: The following is a response to a letter sent out by UC President Mark Yudof, and the Chair and Vice Chair of the UC Regents stating University policy on divestment. Thank you for your letter regarding the debate about divestment from two corporations which supplied […]
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Open Letter to Akiva Tor from an Educated Palestinian American – Dina Omar
Published as a response to Akiva Tor”s article in ZEEK, May 20, 2010 Dear Consul General Tor: Your response to Moshe Yaroni”s essay about the Berkeley divestment discussion is manipulative and threatening. It repeats many distortions that have been thoroughly refuted by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at UC Berkeley. Worst of all, however, […]
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The Evergreen State College to Vote on Divesting from Apartheid Israel
Divest @ TESC Kick-Off Tuesday, May 18th 6:30pm Lecture Hall 3 Your vote matters! For the first time our student ballot includes resolutions of international importance. We are calling on Evergreen to adopt a socially responsible investment policy and refuse to do business with Caterpillar – a company that is implicated in grievous human rights […]
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Israel is encouraging academic boycott by denying entry to Chomsky
If Israel feels it cannot survive free speech, then it is one step closer to flirting with totalitarianism. By Carlo Strenger Professor Noam Chomsky, the left-wing radical thinker and activist, is regularly voted the most influential public intellectual in the world. He has been highly critical of Israel”s policies for many years, particularly since the […]
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The Universoty of California’s Policy Makes No Sense – Jewish Voice for Peace
Published by Jewish Voice for Peace, May 11, 2010 Jewish Voice for Peace is puzzled by University of California President Mark Yudof”s statement on the recent divestment efforts at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. President Yudof has either not read the text of the bills or is choosing to misinterpret them, as neither bill […]
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