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Open letter to Loyola University in support of Students for Justice in Palestine
Jane Neufeld Dean of Students Damen Student Center Suite 300, 6511 North Sheridan Road Chicago, IL 60626 jneufe@luc.edu Dear Dean Neufeld, It has come to our attention that on Friday, October 31, Loyola University- Chicago (LUC) found LUC”s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization responsible for one technical violation of the Code of Conduct, […]
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Free speech vs. freedom
By Heike Schotten. Original link: https://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=733723 I am going to use this space once again to talk about the despicable un-hiring of Steven Salaita at the University of Illinois (I wrote about the Salaita case and what I called The Incivility of Palestinians, last month as well). I am going to do this because, despite the […]
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On the incivility of Palestinians
By Heike Schotten. Original publication link: https://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=730563 In the US, and especially within the US Palestine solidarity movement, the biggest Israel-Palestine news since Gaza Genocide 3.0 (which, with Palestinians dying daily, whether from the effects of the siege or horrific wounds leftover from the attack, makes this genocide ongoing), is the unceremonious un-hiring of Professor Steven […]
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Over 1,200 Scholars Boycott University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Until Professor Steven Salaita Reinstated
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2014 Contact: Jordana Rosenberg, mutinyandbounty@gmail.com Jess Ghannam, jess.ghannam@gmail.com David Palumbo-Liu, djpl.2008@gmail.com URBANA-CHAMPAIGN – A petition signed by over 1,200 scholars in diverse fields was submitted today to Chancellor Phyllis Wise and the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The signatories have refused to speak or lecture at UIUC until Dr. […]
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USACBI Condemns UIUC Firing of Arab-American Scholar Steven Salaita
TAKE ACTION! Sign the petition to support Professor Steven Salaita: www.change.org/petitions/phyllis-m-wise-we-demand-corrective-action-on-the-scandalous-firing-of-palestinian-american-professor-dr-steven-salaita TAKE ACTION! Join this email action to demand Professor Salaita’s replacement: http://org.salsalabs.com/o/641/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16233 http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/18842/usacbi-condemns-uiuc-firing-of-arab-american-schol The Organizing Collective of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel protests in the strongest possible terms the termination of the appointment of Professor Steven Salaita by the University of Illinois, […]
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Education Kills Fascists
By Heike Schotten. Original link: http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=685102 Remember back in 2010 when Israel denied Noam Chomsky entry into the West Bank? All the bureaucratic scurrying in the world and embarrassed tsk-tsking about “misunderstandings” with the Interior Ministry could not mitigate the transparently outrageous fact that Israel actively prevented a soft-spoken, aging academic from delivering a public lecture […]
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Open Letter of Support for the SDSU Student Union for Representation and Justice
An Open Letter of Support for Student Union for Representation and Justice at San Diego State University February 2014 Dear Members of Student Union for Representation and Justice, The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) is a national organization that supports the academic and cultural boycott of Israel as part […]
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Act Now – NY State Assembly Bill Attacking American Studies Association
Palestine Solidarity Legal Support This past Tuesday, Jan. 28th, the NY State Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill targeting the American Studies Association (ASA) because it recently passed a resolution supporting an academic boycott of Israel. If this becomes law it would prohibit public universities and colleges from using any taxpayer money on groups that support boycotts […]
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Academic Delegation to Palestine Endures 10-Hour Interrogation by Israeli Security
For Immediate Release: On January 12, 2014, a delegation of six academics and a labor activist traveled from Jordan to Palestine through the Israeli checkpoint. The delegation is led by Professor Rabab Abdulhadi of San Francisco State University and is meeting with Palestinian academics to better understand conditions on the ground and to facilitate future […]
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Support the ASA: What you can do
Click to download the original PDF file from the ASA Activism Caucus Background: In an act of international solidarity, congruent with its historic mission to advance social justice, the American Studies Association (ASA) announced on December 16, 2013, that it endorses an academic boycott of Israeli universities. This decision came about following an open public […]
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