• Buy a Boycott Israel tote bag and support USACBI!

    Posted on November 30, 2011

    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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  • Jerusalem String Quartet met by protests across North America

    Posted on November 11, 2011

    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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  • USACBI condemns anti-Palestinian criminalization of political expression

    Posted on October 3, 2011

    (USA, 10/3/11) The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) today joins a growing coalition of civil rights and advocacy organizations around the globe in condemning the shocking verdict in the Irvine 11 trial. On September 23, 2011, ten students were found guilty for exercising their first amendment rights and for […]

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  • Call to Action: Boycott the Jerusalem String Quartet North America Tour!

    Posted on September 25, 2011

    QUARTET FIDDLES WHILE PALESTINE BURNS – BOYCOTT THE JERUSALEM STRING QUARTET! Join a local protest or organize your local action – contact us at usacbi@usacbi.org! The Jerusalem String Quartet is embarking on a North American tour from October 2-16, 2011 (visiting Vancouver, BC; Costa Mesa, CA; Tucson, AZ; Logan, UT; Downers Grove, a Chicago suburb, […]

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  • USACBI expresses support for Canadian community radio’s BDS Resolution

    Posted on August 25, 2011

    USACBI sent the following letter to Catherine Fisher, president of the National Campus and Community Radio Association in Canada, following the NCRA’s passage of a BDS resolution on June 10, 2011 calling for community radio stations to uphold the cultural boycott of Israel. For more information about the NCRA resolution, see here, or this article […]

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  • USACBI Action Alert: Tell Interpol to cancel their Israeli performance!

    Posted on August 21, 2011

    We are asking BDS supporters to get the word out and tell Interpol, an American post-punk band, to cancel their late August performance in Israel! Tweet your BDS message, post it to their Facebook,  http://www.facebook.com/interpol or send them an email (below) Like and post to the Interpol Don’t Play Apartheid Israel Facebook Page Use the sample […]

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  • Call from Gaza: Open the Rafah Crossing Now!

    Posted on August 9, 2011

    USACBI signed on to the following statement: Today, a call demanding the re-opening of the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and Palestine has come from Gaza. It is propelled by support from Egypt and has been endorsed by dozens of organizations, citizens” groups, associations and coalitions in many countries, as well as by distinguished international personalities. The call to action […]

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  • Action Alert: Tweet to Roxette: Don’t Entertain Apartheid!

    Posted on August 7, 2011

    Ask the Swedish pop duo Roxette to honor the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel by cancelling its October 22 concert in Tel Aviv! Join Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) organizers in Sweden and Palestine who have called on the band to refuse to entertain apartheid. Tweet your message to Roxette or post it […]

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  • USACBI Twitter Alert: Tell Wikimania to “edit” occupation and apartheid out of Palestine!

    Posted on July 27, 2011

    Ask the Wikimedia Foundation to respect the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel by moving its annual international conference, Wikimania 2011 (August 4-7), out of Haifa. See Palestinian organizers’ open call to Wikimedia, then help spread their words far and wide! “ŽTweet your message to the Wikimedia Foundation or post it on Facebook. […]

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  • USACBI Twitter Alert: Tell Riverdance not to dance for apartheid!

    Posted on July 24, 2011

    Will you tell Riverdance that entertaining apartheid is wrong?! Ask the cast and crew of Riverdance to join their set designer, Robert Ballagh, who refuses to entertain apartheid by participating in the show’s three-city tour of Israel. See letters from Ballagh and Irish Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigners telling the show to support Palestinian rights […]

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