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Solidarity with the Palestinian popular resistance! Boycott Israel now!
The following statement was released by the Palestinian Boycott National Committee: Whether the current phase of Israel”s intensified repression and Palestinian popular resistance will evolve into a full-fledged intifada or not, one thing is already evident–a new generation of Palestinians is marching on the footsteps of previous generations, rising up en masse against Israel”s brutal, […]
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SWANA Region Radio: Interviews on Academic Boycott and BDS
SWANA Region Radio on KPFK conducted two interviews on 28 September, focusing on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: the first, an interview with Lisa Taraki and Omar Barghouti on the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the second with Mitri Raheb, on Palestinian Christians today. Available on audio archive […]
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Remi Kanazi’s new book out now: Before the Next Bomb Drops
USACBI Organizing Collective member, poet and writer Remi Kanazi’s second collection of poetry, Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine, was released on September 15 by Haymarket Books; it is available for order on Haymarket’s site: http://bit.ly/1GTcm4v It is also available on Amazon, including Kindle, in the US and globally: http://amzn.to/1IFFKqe Kanazi will be doing a 100-stop US/Canada […]
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Petition: Tell Kanye West: Don’t be “Heartless” – Don’t Play Apartheid Israel!
The following petition was created by Jews for Palestinian Right of Return. USACBI urges everyone to sign on to this petition and support this effort to build the cultural boycott of Israel. US artist Kanye West is scheduled to perform on September 30 in Apartheid Israel. There is still time to cancel this event: please […]
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InCACBI protests against Israeli film festival hosted by the Israeli Consul in Bangalore
Let our cultural events say No to Israeli apartheid! InCACBI protests against Israeli film festival hosted by the Israeli Consul in Bangalore We, a group of academics, artists and activists in India came together in June 2010 to extend support to the international campaign for the academic and cultural boycott of Israel (www.incacbi.in). We have, over the years, […]
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Join us: Olympics without Apartheid!
The following call to action was issued by the Boycott National Committee in Palestine: Like our Facebook page “Olympics without Apartheid” here! Llamado en castellano aquí | Chamado em portuguíªs aqui Israeli military companies, all of which are deeply involved in Israel”s war crimes against the Palestinian people, among others, see the Olympic Games as […]
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Artists launch “Letter for Palestine” cultural boycott campaign at Venice Biennale
Cultural boycott advocacy by artists and activists at the 2015 Venice Biennale has continued, following an artistic intervention and action at the Israeli pavilion organized by G.U.L.F. (Global Ultra Luxury Faction) and Gulf Labor artists on August 2. Hyperallergic reports: On Sunday, August 9 artists participating in and attending the 2015 Venice Biennale launched a campaign […]
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USACBI condemns Hillary Clinton’s failed attempt to suppress BDS organizing in Scotland
USACBI (the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel) condemns in the strongest terms the interference of Hillary Clinton and the US Department of State in a failed attempt to undermine a Scottish campaign to reject Israeli funding of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Through grassroots campaigning and the mobilization of artists, filmmakers and […]
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Electronic Intifada: Why is Pharrell Williams promoting retailer of Israeli goods?
The following article at Electronic Intifada by writer and activist Adri Nieuwhof covers the South African campaign to #BoycottWoolworths and the calls to Pharrell Williams by BDS South Africa and USACBI to cancel his upcoming concert in Tel Aviv and end his promotional sponsorship with Woolworths. To read – and join – USACBI’s open letter to […]
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