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Syria Solidarity Statement 03/2012
This Syria solidarity statement was initiated by Tadamon! Montreal. The Syrian people continue to demand their rights and liberties and the end of the al-Assad regime. The Syrian state has responded with brutal repression. Since the uprising began, the Syrian regime”s propaganda machine has labelled those calling for freedom and justice “criminals”, “terrorists” and religious […]
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Seattle LGBT Commission Cancels “Pinkwashing” Event Sponsored by Israeli Consulate – Events in Olympia and Tacoma Also Canceled
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE USACBI Press Contact: usacbi@usacbi.org Seattle Chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace Press Contact: Wendy Somerson 206-226-9218 Olympia Press Contact: Anna-Marie Murano 360-402-0794 [16 March 2012] The Seattle LGBT Commission has voted to cancel an upcoming event being sponsored by the Israeli Consulate and right-wing Israel advocacy group StandWithUs. The event, scheduled for […]
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Cassandra Wilson, thank you from solidarity groups around the world
Dear Cassandra Wilson, As different groups working in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle against apartheid, war crimes and terrible injustices perpetrated against them by Israel, we applaud you for your courageous decision not to play for the Holon International Women’s Festival. Thank you for your statement in support of the cultural boycott […]
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Sign on: Scholars in Solidarity with Khader Adnan
The following statement will be distributed to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Israeli officials, and the US State Department urging immediate action for the freedom of Khader Adnan. Please sign on below or email khaderadnan@usacbi.org: We, the undersigned, write as concerned scholars and academics to demand the immediate release of Palestinian baker and […]
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Educators can’t stay silent about Israeli apartheid
The Electronic Intifada published the following op-ed, written by USACBI Delegation – and Advisory Board – members J. Kehaluani Kauanui, Robin D. G. Kelley, Bill V. Mullen, Nikhil Pal Singh and Neferti Tadiar, on February 13, 2012. We encourage you to distribute it widely. EI link: http://electronicintifada.net/content/educators-cant-stay-silent-about-israeli-apartheid/10928 Today the systematic dispossession of the Palestinian people continues […]
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US Scholars’ Delegation Calls for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Five faculty from U.S. universities who recently completed a week-long visit to Occupied Palestine and Israel are calling on academic colleagues everywhere to support the United States Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI). The professors, J. KÄ“haulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University; Robin D. G. Kelley, University of California Los Angeles; Bill V. […]
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Distinguished scholars return from USACBI delegation – Radio interviews with Robin Kelley, Nikhil Singh, Bill Mullen, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Neferti Tadiar
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel recently organized a delegation of five scholar/activists to Palestine; the scholars who participated were Robin D. G. Kelley, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Neferti Tadiar, Nikhil Pal Singh and Eyewitness to Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing If you have any questions or would like to contact delegation members […]
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Neferti Tadiar on USACBI Delegation: Why the Question of Palestine is a Feminist Concern
Neferti X. M. Tadiar, Professor and Chair of Women”s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College, is one of the scholars – alongside
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Bill Mullen on USACBI delegation: Eyewitness to Israel’s ethnic cleansing
Purdue University professor Bill Mullen traveled to Palestine with a delegation of academics organized by the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel to find out about the obstacles facing Palestinian students and educators. Published first at Socialist Worker. AT 4:45 a.m. on the morning of August 2, 2009, the family of Miraym Al-Ghawi […]
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Open Letter to Cornell University: Don’t Collaborate with Apartheid
The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel is gravely concerned about Cornell University’s plans to collaborate with Israel’s Technion Israel Institute of Technology to build a joint campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island, including the use of $100 million in public funds.[1] Israeli academic institutions provide the technological foundation for […]
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