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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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Open Letter to Pharrell Williams: “Please cancel your concert in Tel Aviv, Palestine’s children deserve Freedom”
Mr. Williams, the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) joins the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions South Africa group (BDS SA) in urging you to cancel your scheduled concert in Tel Aviv, Israel in September 2015. Mr. Williams, we applaud the assertion in your latest track, “Freedom,” that “I don”t care […]
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G.U.L.F. and Gulf Labor bring BDS and cultural boycott to the Venice Biennale
A group of artists and activists who work with G.U.L.F. (Global Ultra Luxury Faction) and Gulf Labor engaged in a series of creative actions to raise the profile of Palestine and bring the campaign for BDS and cultural boycott of Israel in particular to the art world at the Venice Biennale. They amended the Gulf […]
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Thurston Moore declares support for Israel boycott over ‘brutal human rights violations’
News via NME: http://www.nme.com/news/thurston-moore/86499 Thurston Moore has become the latest artist to boycott Israel over what he calls the nation’s “brutal human rights violations”. Moore was booked to perform in Israel’s second largest city, Tel Aviv, earlier this year, but later cancelled the gig without offering an official explanation. The former Sonic Youth frontman has now confirmed that he […]
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