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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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USACBI supports the #Strike4BlackLives #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel supports the #Strike4BlackLives taking place in academia on Wednesday, June 10. The call to action was initiated by colleagues in physics and astronomy as well as in the sciences more broadly to refrain from research, meetings, classes and business as usual in support of […]
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USACBI statement in support of Black liberation and movements confronting racist police
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) expresses its strongest support for the Black and other oppressed communities, organizations, and movements that have taken to the streets to demand justice and accountability in the wake of the ongoing and pervasive criminalization, hyper-incarceration, and state murder of Black persons in the […]
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#WeAreUnderApartheid: Exclude the complicit Jerusalem Film Festival from We Are One
The following statement was published today by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). USACBI is an initial signatory of this statement along with many groups and organizations from around the world. Add your name here We, the undersigned Palestinian rights organizations, filmmakers, other artists and cultural organizations call on Tribeca Enterprises to […]
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