• USACBI Congratulates the American Studies Association for Endorsement of Academic Boycott of Israel

    December 16, 2013 – The  US Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) congratulates the American Studies Association following today”s announcement that its membership has endorsed the Association”s participation in a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. In an election that attracted 1252 voters, the largest number of participants in such a referendum in the history of the organization, […]

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  • ASA National Council Votes Unanimously To Endorse Academic Boycott of Israel

    American Studies Association One year ago, the Academic and Community Activism Caucus of the American Studies Association (ASA) asked the Executive Committee (EC) to consider a resolution to honor the call from Palestinian civil society to support the academic boycott of Israel. The EC forwarded the resolution to the National Council. Following the deliberative procedures […]

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  • Hebrew University as seen from the East Jerusalem village of Issawiya

    Call to Boycott the Oral History Conference at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Open Letter

    The following open letter was originally issued on August 12 to oral historians and scholars planning to participate in the June 2014 International Conference on Oral History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The letter is signed by over 375  scholars and community oral historians and counting; and is endorsed by Academic and Cultural Boycott […]

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  • Articles on the ASA Academic Boycott Resolution – The Taboo on Boycotting Israel has Been Broken & More

    Other articles on the American Studies Association boycott resolution presented this past ASA conference:  Academics should boycott Israel: Growing movement takes next step | Steven Salaita, Salon American Studies Association national council endorses academic boycott of Israel | Alex Kane, Mondoweiss Toward an Ethic of Legitimate Dissent: Academic Boycott at the American Studies Association | […]

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  • American Studies Association Boycott Resolution – Frequently Asked Questions

    ASA BOYCOTT RESOLUTION – FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS To download this document as a PDF, click here for front side and here for back side. TAKE ACTION: If you are a member of the American Studies Association, it is still as relevant as ever to sign on & support the academic boycott resolution – http://www.change.org/petitions/members-of-the-asa-support-resolution-to-boycott-israeli-academic-institutions The ASA Caucus on […]

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  • Do Not Apply: Open Letter Campaign to Boycott Hebrew University

    Open Letter Campaign to Boycott Hebrew University Assistant Professor Position in Communication and Journalism (Cinema, Visual Culture, Media, and Discourse Studies) Dear Colleagues: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem”s Department of Communication and Journalism recently announced the opening of a tenure-track research and teaching position to begin July 2014. Applications are due September 30, 2013. In anticipation of […]

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  • Support USACBI!

    Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Fellow Organizers: No doubt you have heard of the most recent incidents of censorship and intimidation of pro-Palestine students, academics, and artists in the US, such as the “dis-inviting” of distinguished poet and novelist Alice Walker, who has been outspoken in her critique of Israeli occupation and apartheid, by the University […]

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  • USACBI Responds to Unsubstantiated Claims of Threats

    The Organizing Collective of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel celebrates the increasing number of international artists who are cancelling performances in Israel. Accompanying this success are allegations that artists receive threats that lead them to cancel their performances. To counter these charges, USACBI wants to be clear about the […]

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  • USACBI commends Mira Nair for her support of BDS and cultural boycott

    The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel salutes Mira Nair for her strong and clear stand with the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, refusing an invitation to the Haifa International Film Festival in line with the cultural boycott of Israel. Nair Tweeted: I was just invited to […]

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  • As Keys performs in Israel despite boycott, campaigners say new precedent set

    For Immediate Release: 4 July 2013 – Washington, D.C.- Despite more than a month of global appeals to cancel, music artist Alicia Keys is performing in Israel today.  After it became known that Keys, an international celebrity and a lead supporter of the NGO “Keep a Child Alive,” would be performing in Tel Aviv, thousands of […]

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