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Indian artists boycott Tel Aviv museum show
The first major show of Indian art “Deconstructing India” is planned for Spring 2012 in the new wing of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Israel. We, the undersigned artists, who have been invited by the curators to participate in this show, have declined to exhibit our work, in solidarity with the International Campaign […]
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Open call to Wikimania: “˜Edit’ occupation and apartheid out of Palestine!
The Boycott National Committee issued the following open call to Wikimania. See USACBI’s Twitter call to action: Occupied Palestine– Wikimania”s decision to hold its annual conference this August in Israel despite its ongoing occupation, colonialism and apartheid can only be seen by Palestinians and international supporters of a just peace as feeding Israel”s impunity and […]
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USACBI Twitter Alert: Tell Wikimania to “edit” occupation and apartheid out of Palestine!
Ask the Wikimedia Foundation to respect the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel by moving its annual international conference, Wikimania 2011 (August 4-7), out of Haifa. See Palestinian organizers’ open call to Wikimedia, then help spread their words far and wide! “ŽTweet your message to the Wikimedia Foundation or post it on Facebook. […]
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USACBI Twitter Alert: Tell Riverdance not to dance for apartheid!
Will you tell Riverdance that entertaining apartheid is wrong?! Ask the cast and crew of Riverdance to join their set designer, Robert Ballagh, who refuses to entertain apartheid by participating in the show’s three-city tour of Israel. See letters from Ballagh and Irish Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigners telling the show to support Palestinian rights […]
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USACBI Alert: Will you tell Renée Fleming to cancel her trip to Israel?
We are asking BDS supporters to get the word out and tell Renée Fleming, an American soprano, to cancel her July 27th performance in Israel! See the letter from BRICUP urging her to respect Palestinian rights and not cross the international picket line: http://www.bricup.org.uk/#185 or read the letter to Renée from Israeli activists: http://bit.ly/ReneeFleming Tweet your BDS message or […]
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BBC Proms: Cancel Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Invitation
Out of Tune with Human Rights BBC Proms: Cancel Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Invitation We, Palestinian cultural institutions, including the leading musical organizations, urge the BBC to cancel the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) concert at this year’s Proms [1], due to IPO’s complicity in whitewashing Israel’s persistent violations of international law and human rights. The IPO […]
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Justice in Palestine: A Call to Action from Indigenous and Women of Color Feminists
Between June 14 and June 23, 2011, a delegation of 11 scholars, activists, and artists visited occupied Palestine. As indigenous and women of color feminists involved in multiple social justice struggles, we sought to affirm our association with the growing international movement for a free Palestine. We wanted to see for ourselves the conditions under […]
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Filmmaker Barbara Hammer pulls out of Israeli fellowship
The following piece was published on Mondoweiss on July 5, 2011: The groundbreaking experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer has announced that she will refuse an artistic fellowship at the newly created American Academy in Jerusalem. Although the Forward is reporting that she “dropped out of the program yesterday for personal reasons,” her actual reasons are decidedly […]
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USACBI Twitter Alert: Will you tell Moby to cancel his trip to Israel?
Will you tell Moby to cancel his trip to Israel? We are asking BDS supporters to get the word out and tell electronica musician Moby to cancel his July 12th performance in Israel! See the letter urging him to respect human rights and respect the call from Palestinian civil society to boycott, divest and sanction […]
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South African ASA Ruling: Israel can be called an Apartheid State
The following statement was issued by South African Artists Against Apartheid: PRESS RELEASE SA MEDIA WATCHDOG RULING: SABC does not have to apologise – Israel can be called an “apartheid” state 05 July 2011 This afternoon, in a bold ruling defending the right to freedom of expression and political speech, the South African media watchdog, […]
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