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Joint Statement by Palestinians in North America: Nakba 73 – Ongoing Nakba, Ongoing Resistance
As we mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, we, the undersigned, join together to reaffirm our commitment to the Palestinian people’s struggle for justice, return, and liberation. We commemorate the loss experienced by Palestinians in 1948 when hundreds of thousands of our people were forced into exile and saw their homes and villages stolen […]
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Video: Weaponizing Anti-Semitism: IHRA and the End of the Palestine Exception – USACBI Webinar
On Tuesday, April 6, the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel hosted a webinar on “Weaponizing Anti-Semitism: IHRA and Ending the Palestine Exception.” Featured speakers at the event were Dima Khalidi of Palestine Legal, Prof. Richard Falk, Prof. Cornel West and composer Raymond Deane. Nura Bawab, a student at the University […]
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Weaponizing Anti-Semitism: IHRA and Ending the Palestine Exception — Introduction
The following introduction and overview of the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism was developed by USACBI Organizing Collective members Terri Ginsberg, John King, Bill Mullen and Heike Schotten and presented by Heike Schotten at the USACBI webinar on this topic on April 6, 2021: Weaponizing Anti-Semitism: IHRA and Ending the Palestine Exception […]
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March 31: From the U.S. to Palestine: End Medical Apartheid
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET REGISTER at http://bit.ly/UStoPalestine Join us on Wednesday 3/31, 12pm EDT (9am PDT) for a powerful rally to take action against Israeli medical and vaccine apartheid. The pandemic has exposed and exacerbated existing medical inequalities around the world. While vaccines are a symbol of hope and […]
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Sign on: Pledge that Palestine is a Feminist Issue
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) strongly supports the following statement issued by the Palestinian Feminist Collective. In honor of International Women’s Month, the Palestinian Feminist Collective calls on all people of conscience to pledge their commitment that Palestine is a Feminist Issue. SIGN THE PLEDGE This Women’s History […]
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Roger Waters joins 700+ organizations, artists and individuals to urge: Stevie Wonder, say no to Israeli apartheid!
Famed musician Roger Waters of Pink Floyd issued a video appeal to Stevie Wonder, urging him to reject the Israeli Wolf Prize and say no to Israeli apartheid: .@steviewonder, with respect, you turned down Haim Saban’s IDF fundraiser in 2012. Please turn down Israel’s @WolfPrize_ in 2021. LoveR.https://t.co/VXS3pWP2X9 pic.twitter.com/KTeFk5ePck — Roger Waters (@rogerwaters) March 9, […]
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Drs. Fauci, Wailoo, Park, June and Rosenberg: Say No to Israel’s Medical Apartheid – Reject the Dan David Prize
Dear Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Keith Wailoo, Dr. Katharine Park, Dr. Carl June and Dr. Steven Rosenberg, We write on behalf of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel to urge you to reject the Dan David Prize, awarded by the Dan David Foundation and located at Tel Aviv University (TAU) […]
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USACBI stands in solidarity with Dr. Cornel West
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) writes to condemn Harvard University’s denial of tenure to Dr. Cornel West. We also write to express our solidarity with Dr. West, one of the world’s leading public intellectuals and, we are proud to say, a member of the USACBI Advisory Board. The […]
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Stevie Wonder Please Say No to Apartheid Israel: An Open Letter
Dear Stevie Wonder: Along with the undersigned, the Organizing Collective for the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) writes to urge you to hold strong to your opposition to Apartheid by declining Israel’s Wolf Prize. We’d like to begin with our acknowledgement and thanks for your past thoughtful and steadfast […]
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January 23, Online Event: Liberation vs Dependency: Strategies to Defeat Neoliberalism and Colonialism in Algeria, South Africa, and Palestine
Saturday, January 23, 2021 11 am Pacific/2 pm Eastern/7 pm GMT/9 pm Palestine time Online event, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAodu6qpjoqHNBKRNG0ucrF4kqmcdOUMYbl Neoliberalism is sold, and adopted, as the most viable model of development while playing a central counter-revolutionary role in societies still engaging decolonization. Neoliberal policies have advanced colonial projects by protecting models of accumulation through dispossession […]
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