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Call to action: Exclude Hebrew University from all EU grants, prizes and financial instruments
EXCLUDE THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY FROM ALL EU GRANTS, PRIZES AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (The Hebrew University has strong links to the Israeli armament industry and the military.) Please urge Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation to respect the EU guidelines and rescind present grants and exclude the Hebrew University from all future grants, […]
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Audio: Status Hour Special Feature on Academic Freedom and Academic Boycott
Status Hour audio journal has produced a new special segment focusing on academic freedom, academic boycott, and political speech in academia. In this gripping special segment, host Tareq Radi speaks to Judith Tucker, Ilana Feldman, Nashiha Alam, Lisa Rofel, and Nadia Abu El Haj, who illuminate the challenges of passing academic boycott, as well as […]
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Faithwashing: A reflection on the Muslim Leadership Initiative
Sa”ed Atshan | Al Araby Al Jadeed The Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI) of Israel’s Shalom Hartman Institute has now sent two small cohorts of Muslim-American leaders to Israel/Palestine. MLI’s stated purpose is to shape the understanding of these cohorts with regards to Judaism and Zionism. This conflation of Judaism and Zionism is troubling, in addition […]
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Professor Noura Erakat delivers keynote Women’s History Month address at CSU Fullerton
In what is surely a first for BDS activism in the United States, Palestinian Human Rights lawyer and activist, Professor Noura Erakat was among those welcomed by a University President to deliver a public talk on Palestine. Professor Erakat spoke at California State University, Fullerton, on March 3, 2015 as the keynote speaker for the […]
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Action Alert: Tell Ms. Lauryn Hill to cancel her scheduled concert!
Ms. Lauryn Hill, an American singer–songwriter, rapper, and former member of the Fugees, is set to perform in Israel on May 7, 2015. Sign the petition (www.endtheoccupation.org/laurynhill) to call on her to respect the Palestinian call to boycott Israel and not cross the picket line. Read the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott […]
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Israeli elections: USACBI Provides a Way Forward
The re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu to a fourth term as Prime Minister of Israel on a platform explicitly hostile and racist to Palestinian citizens of Israel and to Palestinian sovereignty makes starkly clear the necessity for a new way forward. Despite the occasional verbal condemnation of Netanyahu”s antics in front of the Republican-led House of Representatives, the […]
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April 23, Berkeley: “Life in Occupied Palestine”: To Exist Is to Resist!
Thursday, April 23 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, California 94705 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1560592187556145/ La Peña Cultural Center, together with Jewish Voice for Peace- Bay Area, present a journal launch, music and fundraiser featuring contributors to Life in Occupied Palestine: A Special Biography Issue: Sarah Ihmoud (Dept. of Anthropology, […]
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New “Biography” issue examines “Life in Occupied Palestine”
USACBI Organizing Collective member Cynthia Franklin, with her colleagues Morgan Cooper and Ibrahim G. Aoudé have co-edited a newly released special issue of Biography, examining “Life in Occupied Palestine.” The special journal issue was launched in Palestine with events at Al-Quds University, Bir Zeit University, the MADA Center, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, and others; it has been […]
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Event: March 27 – BDS Film & Media Studies Workshop at Concordia University in Montreal
BDS Film & Media Studies Workshop at Concordia University in Montreal Co-sponsored by the Middle East Caucus of SCMS in conjunction with USACBI, Faculty 4 Palestine, and Cinema Politica. Date / Time: Friday, March 27th at 5:30 pm Room Location: VA 114 in the VA building of Concordia University, Montreal Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/714964448619407/ This workshop will […]
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Cornel West joins USACBI advisory board, cancels lecture at University of Illinois in protest of Salaita firing
Dr. Cornel West, professor at Union Theological Seminary and esteemed public intellectual, has joined the Advisory Board of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. USACBI is very pleased to welcome Dr. West to its Advisory Board and looks forward to working with him in the future. In addition, Dr. West […]
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