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Open letter to progressives: The ADL is not an ally
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel is one of the signatories of this call to progressive organizations and social justice movements to Drop the ADL. 100+ racial, economic, and social justice organizations and coalitions have issued an open letter with an accompanying primer encouraging community institutions and organizations to rethink […]
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USACBI joins call for Ohio State University and other institutions to cut ties with Tel Aviv University
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) supports the call for Ohio State University and other higher education institutions to cut ties with Tel Aviv University, including ending study abroad and academic exchange programs. USACBI’s campaign to Boycott Study Abroad in Israel advocates for the termination of all such programs […]
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Video: Movement for Palestine and Struggle for Black Lives with Ghada Karmi , Kristian Davis Bailey and Mohammed Nabulsi
On Tuesday, 14 July, USACBI hosted the second webinar in its summer series, The Movement for Palestine and the Struggle for Black Lives: Anti-Apartheid, Anti-Colonial Perspectives on BDS. The speakers for this informative and powerful meeting were Ghada Karmi (Palestinian doctor, author, activist and academic; Honorary Research Fellow and lecturer, the Institute of Arab & Islamic […]
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Scientists for Palestine: Freedom for Imad Barghouthi
USACBI is republishing the following statement from our colleagues at Scientists for Palestine. We note the ongoing attacks on the right to science – and the right to education – in occupied Palestine and call for the immediate release of Prof. Imad Barghouthi. The ongoing targeting of Palestinian academics, including scientists, poses a direct threat […]
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July 21, Online Event: Black Lives, Black Freedom and the Indivisibility of Justice
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel is a co-sponsor of the below event: Tuesday, July 21 10 am Pacific – 1 pm Eastern – 7 pm central Europe – 8 pm Palestine Register online: https://sfsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsd-2trzMiGNAyc0bQE_iGji6tZnFaaS_r Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/935141753625805/ The Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies program and Al-Adab Journal […]
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Important Victory for the Campaign to Boycott Israeli Universities
The USACBI Organizing Collective is pleased to announce that a spurious lawsuit against the American Studies Association (ASA) for its vote to boycott Israeli universities has been dismissed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. This lawsuit involved four years of dragging the American Studies Association (ASA) and eight former officers–Lisa Duggan, […]
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July 14: USACBI Webinar – The Movement for Palestine and the Struggle for Black Lives
The Movement for Palestine and the Struggle for Black Lives: Anti-Apartheid, Anti-Colonial Perspectives on BDS The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) will hold the second session of its summer webinar series on Palestine and BDS in the age of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter. The webinar will take place […]
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Video: Black Lives Matter, Israeli Annexation and BDS – USACBI webinar with Robin D.G. Kelley and Rabab Abdulhadi
On June 30, the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel hosted a webinar on Black Lives Matter, Israeli Annexation and BDS, the first in our ongoing summer webinar series. The speakers during this powerful discussion were Rabab Abdulhadi (Director and Senior Scholar, Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies and Associate Professor […]
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June 30: USACBI webinar – Black Lives Matter, Israeli Annexation and BDS with Robin Kelley and Rabab Abdulhadi
The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) will host a summer webinar series on the topic of Palestine and BDS in the Age of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter. The first webinar will take place on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 10:00-11:00 AM Pacific / 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern / 8:00-9:00 PM […]
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USACBI Statement on Israel’s Annexation Threat
On July 1st, Israeli lawmakers are hoping to realize their longstanding plan to annex large portions of the West Bank. They see the months before the 2020 US presidential election as the optimum time to move forward. If the Knesset enacts Netanyahu’s electioneering promise, it will be the first de jure annexation since 1967. The […]
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