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Boycott & Divestment Efforts Proliferate on Campus: The U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel
The U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) is an academic boycott campaign started in 2009 by 13 professors in California. USACBI describes itself as responding to the call of the international Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and is mimicking that group’s efforts to support […]
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Omar Barghouti: BDS as response to repression of Palestinian nonviolence
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 Many of you have already heard of the most recent arrest by Israel of a leader of Palestinian nonviolent resistance to occupation and apartheid. Our allies at Stop the Wall have information and action steps that you can take to demand the release of Jamal Juma’, who joins Mohammad Othman and […]
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Ten brands boycotted over Israel links
Anti-apartheid activists have named a number of commercial brands as Israel’s sponsors, urging the world nations to think twice before buying their products ahead of Christmas. The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) released a list of 10 multi-national companies with Israeli ties, saying the firms benefited from the West […]
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Israel boycott push in U.S. not yet a threat, say monitors
By Raphael Ahren Local and international anti-boycott groups said this week they are monitoring the growing academic boycott movement in the U.S. but currently do not deem it a serious threat. The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel said recently it has more than tripled its membership since it was launched […]
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Boycotting the Israeli academy
June 25, 2009 Israel’s ongoing siege of Gaza has provoked an international outcry and organizing in support of Palestinian rights. Among the responses is a movement for boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) to pressure Israel in a variety of ways. This strategy takes as its inspiration the international movement to end apartheid in South Africa. […]
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USACBI’s Advisory Board Member Tutu Attacked by ADL
Archbishop Desmond Tutu ‘Poor Choice’ for Commencement Ceremonies New York, NY, April 6, 2009 … Citing his long history as a strident critic of Israel and his vocal support for anti-Israel boycotts, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said that Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a “poor choice” to deliver the commencement addresses at Michigan State University […]
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Bill Fletcher on Radio Intifada
Click below to listen to the interview with Organizing Committee member Sherna Berger Gluck and Advisory Board member Bill Fletcher: Radio Intifada on Global BDS Day
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Challenging Israeli Impunity: The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement
RADIO INTIFADA intifada=shaking off – oppression/silence Voices from Kolkata to Casablanca Voices of struggle, Voices for change Thursday, March 26, 2009 3-4pm PST KPFK/Pacifica Radio 90.7 fm, Los Angeles Streaming at kpfk.org available on audio archive for 90 days Following in the footsteps of the BDS movement against the South African apartheid regime, citizens around […]
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The intellectual boycott of Israel hits the United States
By BR-News on March 20, 2009 In late January, a group of American university professors launched the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, the first American effort of its kind. Part of the broader Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) movement against Israel, the boycott calls for its adherents to, among other […]
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NY Times offers the rationale for the cultural boycott of Israel
Three days after carrying Stanley Fish’s argument against the academic boycott of Israel, the Times may have unwittingly offered the best argument for the cultural boycott. Ethan Bronner’s front page article “After Gaza, Israel Grapples With Crisis of Isolation” outlines Israel’s efforts to “rebrand” itself after the war in Gaza. Bronner notes that the Israeli […]
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