• 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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  • January 23, Online event: Palestine, Antisemitism and Academic Freedom

    Posted on January 9, 2021

    The following event is being organized by our colleagues at BRICUP, the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine. We invite you to join: Palestine, Antisemitism and Academic Freedom How to Resist the IHRA Definition 1030 – 1315 (British time), Saturday, 23rd January 2021 (2:30 am – 5:15 am Pacific, 5:30 am – 8:15 am […]

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  • Joint Statement: Solidarity with Palestine Antikolonial in Münster, Germany

    Posted on January 8, 2021

    The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel is committed to supporting Palestinian and Palestine solidarity organizations targeted for repression in the U.S. and around the world. Campuses are a particularly powerful site of mobilization in support of Palestinian rights and have also become targets of repression. We joined the following international […]

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  • November 14, Online ASA Panel: Truth to Power and Power’s Untruth: Challenging Silencing Strategies in the Palestinian Struggle

    Posted on November 12, 2020

    The following event is part of the American Studies Association’s “Freedom School”, its virtual annual meeting.  ASA has now listed this course on their online program. The event will be streamed live on YouTube here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDdwnqUgZrg&feature=youtu.be Saturday, November 14 1:00 pm Pacific/4:00 pm Eastern YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDdwnqUgZrg&feature=youtu.be An American Studies Association Freedom Course Supporting Palestinian liberation […]

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  • Nov. 8, online event: A Conversation with Ubai Aboudi

    Posted on November 3, 2020

    Sunday, 8 November 10 am Pacific – 1 pm Eastern – 8 pm Palestine time Organized by Scientists for Palestine Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcuipqDgiGdUuIu88i-47cvXhPt7WGGBg Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/374245957104909 Registration for this event is now open. The link to register can be found here. Scientists for Palestine is extremely proud to announce an entire webinar dedicated to the return […]

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