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USACBI is outraged at the sentencing of Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, calls for solidarity from artists, writers and cultural workers
We in the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel express our outrage at the sentencing of Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour and call for solidarity from artists, writers and cultural workers around the world. On July 31, Tatour was sentenced to 5 months in Israeli prison for her writings online, including her […]
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USACBI salutes cancellation of Argentina/Israel friendly match – time to ramp up sports boycott
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel salutes the campaigners for justice in Argentina, Palestine and around the world who achieved this important step. We thank the players of the Argentine national team who pushed to achieve this conclusion. International sports competition must not be allowed to be used as a means […]
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Call for Submissions: BILADI, BILADI zine to support academic and cultural boycott
Reprinted from Bigmouth Comix. We encourage USACBI supporters to submit to this zine! See below and the original link for contact information: Call for submissions: BILADI, BILADI A transnational zine for the cultural and academic boycott of Israel Calling all Palestinian artists and artists in solidarity with Palestine! We are seeking submissions for a zine […]
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15 minutes of interruption at Bozar, 70 years of colonization in Palestine
We are reprinting below, in English and the original French, a press release issued by BDS activists in Brussels who disrupted a performance of the Philadelphia Orchestra on Thursday, 24 May. The disruption comes amid an ongoing and active campaign by Philly Don’t Orchestrate Apartheid, which has organized open letters, actions and a series of […]
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USACBI condemns Book Culture’s appalling statement re Palestinian human rights
Book Culture”s statement distancing itself from politics and books related to justice in Palestine because of pressure from the rabbis at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (SWFS), which bills itself as “a beacon of progressive Jewish thought”, is an appalling development for a bookstore whose mission is “to represent as widely as we can the diverse […]
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For the People Artists Collective endorses Cultural Boycott of Israel
For the People Artists Collective is a radical collective of Black artists and artists of color in Chicago. “As artists who organize, it is our duty to create work that uplifts and projects struggle, resistance, liberation, and survival within and for our marginalized communities and movements in our city and our world,” says the Collective. […]
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New Video: Omar Barghouti on repression campaign against BDS movement on Nakba Day
The Palestinian-led movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel is facing significant repression internationally and from the Israeli state: from criminalization in France, attempts to pass anti-BDS laws in US state legislatures, to the de facto travel ban imposed upon Palestinian BDS leader and human rights advocate Omar Barghouti. At this time of repression […]
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Over 100 Writers Call on PEN American Center to Reject Israeli Government Sponsorship
USACBI is an organizational signatory of this letter, hosted by Adalah NY: New York, NY, April 5, 2016 – In a letter made public today over 100 writers, including Pulitzer Prize winners Junot Díaz, Richard Ford, and Alice Walker, and award-winning author Louise Erdrich, have called on the PEN American Center “to reject support from the Embassy of Israel” for PEN”s annual World Voices […]
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British artists and activists call on Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre to reject performance in Israel
British artists and activists are demanding that Shakespeare’s Globe Theater cancel a recently announced performance of “Hamlet” at the Israeli Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv on March 30. Text below is from Inminds and Artists for Palestine. Photos via Inminds. On 25th March 2016 activists from Inminds human rights group protested outside Shakespeare’s Globe […]
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USACBI Newsletter, February 2016
USACBI Newsletter, February 2016 South Asian Studies Scholars’ Statement of Boycott of Academic Workshop at Hebrew University Letter in support of Professor Jasbir Puar regarding right-wing attacks on her recent talk at Vassar College Welcome back, Steven Salaita! Academic associations may join the academic boycott of Israel without losing their status as 501(c)(3) organization Academic Boycott […]
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