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Support Palestinian rights on campus and the academic boycott of Israel this #GivingTuesday
Dear endorsers and friends of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, USACBI has been organizing for over 10 years to advocate for the academic and cultural boycott of Israel in defense of Palestinian rights and in support of Palestinian liberation. Responding to the call of Palestinian academics and cultural workers, […]
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USACBI Condemns US Science Funding of Illegal Israeli Institutions
On October 28, 2020, the Trump administration eliminated U.S. government restrictions on US scientific funding to Israeli institutions in illegal settlements in Palestine. Those restrictions were part of U.S. policy since the 1970s. On the same day, the Trump administration initiated a new science and technology cooperation agreement between the U.S. and Israel that further legitimizes Ariel […]
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Video from University of Hawai’i challenges Zoom censorship of Palestine: We will not be silenced! #LeilaKhaledSpeaks
This video is a response from Students and Faculty for Justice in Palestine at the U of Hawai’i and KOA Futures (Cancel Rimpac Coalition) to the censoring by Zoom, with complicity from the University of Hawai‘i, of the event “We Will Not Be Silenced: The Case of Khaled and Solidarity from Hawai’i to Palestine.” Watch […]
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We Will Not Be Silenced: Continuing the struggle against corporate and university censorship of Palestine – report and videos
Yesterday, over 10 universities and academic groups hosted webinars featuring a message from Leila Khaled, as part of We Will Not Be Silenced: National Day of Action Against the Criminalization and Censorship of Campus Political Speech. Of those events, three of them – at the University of Hawai’i, New York University and the University of Leeds […]
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Join us today to resist censorship with Leila Khaled: We Will Not Be Silenced
Today, October 23, over 10 different universities will host webinars, meetings and discussions over Zoom as part of We Will Not Be Silenced: Day of Action Against the Criminalization and Censorship of Campus Speech, organized by the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Each of these webinars and events, organized by […]
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Zoom wants to censor Leila Khaled again – join us October 23 to defend academic freedom and Palestinian rights!
Just this afternoon, the webinar organized at the University of Hawai’i for this Friday, October 23, featuring a message from Leila Khaled – part of We Will Not Be Silenced: the National Day of Action Against the Criminalization and Censorship of Campus Speech – was suddenly cancelled, pulled from the Zoom platform after a series […]
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Join the growing list of events: We Will Not Be Silenced – October 23 National Day of Action
Campuses across North America are joining in the campaign to resist corporate and university silencing of Palestinian narratives and Palestinian voices. On October 23, join us to host a webinar via your campus’ Zoom account, including a video of Leila Khaled, to make it clear that we will not be silenced. It’s not too late […]
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Call to Action October 23: We Will Not Be Silenced! Against the Criminalization and Censorship Of Campus Political Speech
We Will Not Be Silenced: Against the Criminalization and Censorship Of Campus Political Speech As you may know, on September 23rd, corporate tech giants Zoom, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube acted in lockstep with San Francisco State University (SFSU) to shut down an open classroom webinar entitled “Whose Narratives? Gender, Justice, & Resistance: A Conversation with […]
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Film screening, October 15: The Lobby – U.S.A. / Discussion: In Defense of Solidarity – Palestine on Campus
USACBI is joining Jewish Voice for Peace for an important film screening and discussion, especially at this time of confronting censorship and silencing of Palestinian expression. We will be screening a one-hour supercut and panel discussion of Al Jazeera’s The Lobby – USA, a look into the counterinsurgency projects designed to disrupt Palestine solidarity movement building. This supercut […]
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Action alert: Sign the petition – Whose classrooms? Censorship, corporate media, and the suppression of academic freedom
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel supports this petition, which comes in response to egregious assault on academic freedom that happened on September 23, 2020, at SFSU. Signing the petition is intended to demonstrate academic solidarity with Palestine, Palestinian feminist narratives, and in the defense of academic freedom. The link […]
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