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Stop Militarization of Our Communities in the US and Abroad!
To endorse, email: bay2egypt@gmail.com As 2011 gives way to 2012, people”s movements for justice are met with unprecedented global militarization. From Oakland to Egypt, people are demanding democracy and an equitable distribution of wealth while attacked with tear gas and pepper spray, rubber bullets and live ammunition. We have become all too familiar with the […]
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Buy a Boycott Israel tote bag and support USACBI!
The Palestine Online Store has created just the thing to carry your BDS-compliant purchases, literature, books and more – the Boycott Israel tote bag! The bag carries the slogan “Boycott Israel – End Apartheid” and a portion of the proceeds benefit USACBI. The bag features a cartoon by Carlos Latuff depicting boycott bringing down Israel’s […]
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Announcing the launch of Punks Against Apartheid!
USACBI is thrilled to congratulate Punks Against Apartheid on the launch of their website and campaign: It”s finally happened! After months of planning, re-planning, and sending ourselves back to the drawing board countless times, we are thrilled and proud to announce the official launch of the Punks Against Apartheid website and network. Lots has happened […]
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PSG-Chicago protests Israeli Film Festival, calls for cultural boycott
From Maureen Clare Murphy at the Electronic Intifada: Last month the Palestine Solidarity Group-Chicago (PSG) (with which I”ve organized for the past several years) and other organizations protested the opening night of the Israeli film festival – dubbed the REAL Israel Film Festival. As a release from PSG states, the festival was sponsored Consulate General of […]
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USACBI in solidarity with the Freedom Riders
On November 17th, six young Palestinians challenged Israeli apartheid by boarding the Veolia-operated bus reserved for Jewish settlers, which crosses through occupied Palestinian lands on segregated roads, in a campaign modeled on the US Freedom Ride fifty years ago. Like the US Freedom Riders, the Palestinians were roughly removed from the bus and detained. These […]
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Chicago students disrupt Israeli apartheid on 2 campuses
Students and community members stage simultaneous walkouts of Israeli political events at Northwestern and DePaul Universities Contact:”¨Ishan Chakrabarti, ishan.chakrabarti@gmail.com or Agnieszka Karoluk a.karoluk@gmail.com CHICAGO, IL (November 11, 2011)–On the evening of November 10th, students and community members staged two simultaneous walkouts at events promoting Israel”s narrative of its history and politics. At Northwestern University”s […]
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Jerusalem String Quartet met by protests across North America
USACBI initiated a call for North America-wide protests against a tour of the Jerusalem String Quartet. The Quartet, a project of the Jerusalem Music Centre, and a longtime part of “Brand Israel” efforts to associate Israel with art and culture rather than apartheid and occupation, was met by protests in Costa Mesa, California; Vancouver, BC; […]
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Open Letter Regarding the CSU-Israel Study Abroad Program
The following Open Letter to California State University Chancellor Charles Reed calls upon CSU to not reinstate the Israel Study Abroad Program because of Israeli human rights violations. CSU Faculty, Students, Staff, and Administrators who wish to endorse this open letter may do so by contacting: David Klein, david.klein@csun.edu The letter may be found here: […]
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Occupy the Occupiers: Young Jews occupy “Birthright Israel”
The following call was issued by Young, Jewish and Proud on November 10, 2011, and marked by an Occupy the Occupiers action at a Birthright Israel event in New York: We call for young Jews and allies nationwide to join in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and with our Palestinian siblings living under their own […]
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BNC Statement: Occupy Wall Street not Palestine!
Occupy Wall Street not Palestine! We are part of the world”s 99% yearning for freedom, justice and equal rights! If a people one day wills to live fate must answer its call And the night must fade […]
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