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The Empty Chair: a simple action that academics and students can take in solidarity with Palestinian colleagues
USACBI is reprinting the following statement by John Chalcraft of BRICUP, the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine, first published in the BRICUP Newsletter of 3 November 2017: Academics, researchers and students in privileged and relatively wealthy parts of the world are concerned that our Palestinian peers and colleagues are denied the rights that […]
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Hundreds of UK academics sign “Commitment for Palestine,” publish Guardian ad affirming academic boycott of Israel
“We will not work with Israel”s universities” say 500 UK academics. View the website of these academics at http://commitment4p.com/ In an unprecedented statement university teachers say they will not do business with Israel”s university system. Professors and lecturers, Fellows of the Royal Society and Fellows of the British Academy say they will not visit Israel”s universities. Academics […]
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USACBI congratulates the students and staff of SOAS on academic boycott endorsement
USACBI extends its warmest congratulations to the students and staff at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) for endorsing an academic boycott of Israel through the passage of a referendum that also was supported by PACBI and Palestinian student and academic unions. That 73% of the 2,056 votes cast between February 23-27, 2015 […]
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Sign on: Scholars in Solidarity with Khader Adnan
The following statement will be distributed to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Israeli officials, and the US State Department urging immediate action for the freedom of Khader Adnan. Please sign on below or email khaderadnan@usacbi.org: We, the undersigned, write as concerned scholars and academics to demand the immediate release of Palestinian baker and […]
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Video: London event on the campus boycott of Israel
The following event, “Why Boycott Israel on Campus,” took place in London on October 20, 2011. Featuring speakers Rafeef Ziadah, Karma Nabulsi, Ilan Pappe and Mike Cushman, the event was hosted by the University of London Union and featured by numerous student Palestine societies.
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UK’s largest academic trade union denounces threats to right to education, distributes PACBI call
The University and College Union, UCU, is the largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working in further and higher education throughout the UK, passed the following resolution at its Congress on May 29, 2011, drawing attention to threats to the right to education and calling for the […]
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ULU: Why We Voted for Boycott
ULU: Why We Voted for Boycott, published by James Haywood at Just Another Activist The week just gone has been an excellent one for student activism for Palestine in the UK. The NUS executive council finally adopted a policy that clearly defended Palestinian human rights, and pledged to send NUS officers on future flotillas sailing […]
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Europe’s largest student union endorses BDS
The University of London Union (ULU) has voted 10-1 to institute and campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) in support of Palestine. The motion called for “thorough research into ULU investments and contracts” with companies guilty of “violating Palestinian human rights” as set out by the Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC). Ashok Kumar, Senate member for […]
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Seven Million Back Biggest British Boycott
Palestine Monitor 16 September 2010 At their annual conference this week the TUC, Britain”s all-encompassing trade union coalition, announced their most comprehensive boycott policy yet. It targets settlement goods as well as companies profiting from the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. The motion to boycott and disinvest from these companies passed unanimously on behalf of […]
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British trade unions to boycott Israel
Published: Sept. 15, 2010 at 8:36 AM MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 15 (UPI) — Britain’s trade union federation voted against lifting its boycott of Israeli goods and services from West Bank settlements, Israel Radio said. At an annual conference in Manchester, England, the Trade Union Congress voted to strengthen ties with the radical Palestinian Solidarity Campaign […]
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