• Video and Take Action: We Will Not Be Silenced: Defending Palestine, Academic Freedom and Anti-Colonial Pedagogy: A Community Teach-In

    Posted on September 29, 2021

    On Tuesday, 28 September, the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel hosted a webinar, “We Will Not Be Silenced: Defending Palestine, Academic Freedom and Anti-Colonial Pedagogy: A Community Teach-In.” The event featured a conversation with Prof. Rabab Abdulhadi, Prof. Tomomi Kinukawa and Omar Zahzah on two grievances filed against San Francisco […]

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  • Tues, Sept. 28: We Will Not Be Silenced: Defending Palestine, Academic Freedom and Anti-Colonial Pedagogy: A Community Teach-In

    Posted on September 25, 2021

    We Will Not Be Silenced: Defending Palestine, Academic Freedom and Anti-Colonial Pedagogy: A Community Teach-In Tuesday, Sept. 28 1:00 PM Pacific time (4:00 pm Eastern time, 11:00 pm Palestine time) Register for reminders: https://bit.ly/teachpal Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1030111381168628 Join the event: Live on Facebook: https://facebook.com/USACBI Live on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3MaS_omiHC Speakers: Prof. Rabab Abdulhadi, Prof. Tomomi Kinukawa, Omar Zahzah Join the […]

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  • Victory for Academic Freedom in Canada! (But bittersweet): University of Toronto Censure

    Posted on September 19, 2021

    The USACBI Organizing Collective sends its salutes and congratulations to Censure U of T and all of the scholars and activists who have worked so hard, through the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) censure of the University of Toronto, and the support for the censure by scholars around the world, to ensure that there is not […]

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  • August 28, Webinar: Academic Freedom in Palestine: A Conversation with Imad Barghouthi

    Posted on August 19, 2021

    Saturday, August 28 9 am Pacific, 12 pm Eastern, 7 pm Palestine time Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeGgqT8iGtTXTYZuJtkzslCT6uCYnQL3/success?user_id=yY-fvGcSR2yih1ENdAPYIg&timezone_id=Asia%2FJerusalem Facebook Event: https://fb.me/e/NZxjjkl0 Event organized by Scientists for Palestine Join Scientists for Palestine, as we speak directly to Imad Barghouthi, renowned Palestinian astrophysicist, father of five and Professor of Plasma Physics at Al Quds university (West Bank) ! Prof. Imad […]

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  • Defend academic freedom on Palestine: Support the censure of the University of Toronto

    Posted on June 17, 2021

    Earlier this academic year, the University of Toronto made an abrupt decision to block the hiring of Dr. Valentina Azarova to head its Faculty of Law’s International Human Rights Program (IHRP), following the intervention of a major donor who objected to Dr. Azarova’s scholarship on the Israeli state’s violations of the human rights of Palestinians.  This trampling […]

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  • Video: Weaponizing Anti-Semitism: IHRA and the End of the Palestine Exception – USACBI Webinar

    Posted on April 6, 2021

    On Tuesday, April 6, the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel hosted a webinar on “Weaponizing Anti-Semitism: IHRA and Ending the Palestine Exception.” Featured speakers at the event were Dima Khalidi of Palestine Legal, Prof. Richard Falk, Prof. Cornel West and composer Raymond Deane. Nura Bawab, a student at the University […]

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  • California Scholars for Academic Freedom addresses Blinken on IHRA definition

    Posted on April 6, 2021

    California Scholars for Academic Freedom (cs4af) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, in response to Blinken’s comments that “the Biden Administration enthusiastically embraces the 2016 International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of Anti-Semitism, including its examples”. This academic-freedom-focused response may be useful to faculty and students struggling with anti-Palestinian repression and […]

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  • Weaponizing Anti-Semitism: IHRA and Ending the Palestine Exception — Introduction

    Posted on April 6, 2021

    The following introduction and overview of the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism was developed by USACBI Organizing Collective members Terri Ginsberg, John King, Bill Mullen and Heike Schotten and presented by Heike Schotten at the USACBI webinar on this topic on April 6, 2021: Weaponizing Anti-Semitism:  IHRA and Ending the Palestine Exception  […]

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  • April 6, Online Event: Weaponizing Anti-Semitism: IHRA and the End of the Palestine Exception

    Posted on March 21, 2021

      Weaponizing Anti-Semitism: IHRA and the End of the Palestine Exception Tuesday, April 6 12 Noon Eastern/9 am Pacific Register to join on Zoom: https://bit.ly/noihraevent Facebook Live: https://facebook.com/usacbi Join the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel for an informative webinar on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) “working definition” of anti-Semitism […]

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  • USACBI stands in solidarity with Dr. Cornel West

    Posted on March 5, 2021

    The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) writes to condemn Harvard University’s denial of tenure to Dr. Cornel West. We also write to express our solidarity with Dr. West, one of the world’s leading public intellectuals and, we are proud to say, a member of the USACBI Advisory Board. The […]

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