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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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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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VIDEO: The future of BDS with USACBI’s Remi Kanazi and Sunaina Maira
The following video, filmed at the Al-Awda Convention in Anaheim, California in May 2011, features USACBI Organizing Collective members Remi Kanazi and Dr. Sunaina Maira, in conversation with Ali Abunimah about the future of BDS and the movement. Highly recommended!
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May 21-24: Move over AIPAC in Washington, DC
USACBI is one of over 100 endorsers of the May 21-24 counter-conference and protest challenging the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (the largest Zionist lobby organization in Washington, DC) in Washington this weekend. Full details of the conference and protest may be found at moveoveraipac.org. Note: Conference is full, but web livestreaming will be available at moveoveraipac.org […]
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USACBI on Professor Lisa Taraki’s US Visit
The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel [USACBI] is proud to host Professor Lisa Taraki during her tour of the United States. In addition to her academic work as a sociologist at Birzeit University in Palestine on aspects of Palestinian society, politics and urban social history, she has been an activist […]
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USACBI DEMONSTRATES AGAINST RECOGNITION of SETTLER COLONIAL UNIVERSITY by ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
USACBI campaign members were joined by 15 members of Anti-Racist Network, USC SJP, Women in Black, the National Lawyers Guild and assorted individuals to protest recognition of settler colonial Ariel University by ISIS (International Society for Iranian Studies). Despite an ongoing campaign, including a Joint Letter by 120 academics, ISIS refused to drop the Ariel […]
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PROTEST ISIS RECOGNITION OF “ARIEL UNIVERSITY”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Sherna Berger Gluck, 310-455-1028, c: 310-383-0010, sbgluck[at]csulb.edu; David Klein, 818-709-1530, c: 818-723-3362, david.klein[at]csun.edu Afshin Matin-Asgari – available for interviews on-site on Friday: +1.323-633-4829 What: Informational Picket at the conference of the International Society for Iranian Studies in protest against a speaker from an illegal Israeli settlement Where: Double Tree Hotel 1707 […]
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Israel Wants Reel Change, We Want Real Change: Protest at Seattle Jewish Film Festival
Voices of Palestine is calling on people of conscience to join us for two nights to protest the inclusion of Israeli films in the Seattle Jewish Film Festival. The screening of Israeli films, along with funding by the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, violates the 2004 call of “Palestinian academics and intellectuals” […]
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Fueling Israeli Apartheid: Corporate Profits and Accountability
The Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid presents Fueling Israeli Apartheid: Corporate Profits and Accountability a conversation with Dalit Baum of WhoProfits.org Tuesday, February 16 “¢ 7pm El Centro Del Pueblo Auditorium 474 Valencia at 16th St., San Francisco Donations requested at the door Israeli and international corporations are directly involved in apartheid and […]
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Fred Moten speaks on Solidarity with Palestine
American Studies Association Meeting, November 7, 2009 Academic Freedom and the Right to Education: The Question of Palestine (sponsored by the Program Committee) The Renaissance DC Hotel Auditorium PANELISTS: Fred Moten, Duke University (NC) Omar Barghouti, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel David C. Lloyd, University of Southern California (CA) Steven […]
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