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Open Letter of Support for the SDSU Student Union for Representation and Justice
An Open Letter of Support for Student Union for Representation and Justice at San Diego State University February 2014 Dear Members of Student Union for Representation and Justice, The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) is a national organization that supports the academic and cultural boycott of Israel as part […]
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US BDS activism reaches the third rail
By Heike Schotten. Original publication: http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=671977 Trains typically run on tracks consisting of two rails, but when they are powered by electricity, they run on a third rail that supplies the train with electric power. Third rail systems are often used for mass transportation because they are so efficient. The third rail is nevertheless hazardous. If […]
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Act Now – NY State Assembly Bill Attacking American Studies Association
Palestine Solidarity Legal Support This past Tuesday, Jan. 28th, the NY State Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill targeting the American Studies Association (ASA) because it recently passed a resolution supporting an academic boycott of Israel. If this becomes law it would prohibit public universities and colleges from using any taxpayer money on groups that support boycotts […]
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This is what an academic boycott looks like: Two new campaigns target conferences hosted by Israeli universities
Recent decisions by prestigious US academic organizations to support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement have sparked long neglected public discussion of the limits of academic freedom in the West, the deleterious effects of occupation on Palestinians, including university students and faculty, and Israel”s human rights abuses against Palestinians on both sides of the […]
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Academic Delegation to Palestine Endures 10-Hour Interrogation by Israeli Security
For Immediate Release: On January 12, 2014, a delegation of six academics and a labor activist traveled from Jordan to Palestine through the Israeli checkpoint. The delegation is led by Professor Rabab Abdulhadi of San Francisco State University and is meeting with Palestinian academics to better understand conditions on the ground and to facilitate future […]
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Boycott Israeli Cinema and TV Studies Conference at Tel Aviv University
Please add your signature to this Call by sending an e-mail with your name, affiliation (if desired), and location to boycottTAUfilmconference@gmail.com. Affirming a commitment to the pursuit of social justice and to the right of political dissent and intellectual freedom that has long been central to the humanities and to the politically-minded, intellectual tradition of cinema […]
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Support the ASA: What you can do
Click to download the original PDF file from the ASA Activism Caucus Background: In an act of international solidarity, congruent with its historic mission to advance social justice, the American Studies Association (ASA) announced on December 16, 2013, that it endorses an academic boycott of Israeli universities. This decision came about following an open public […]
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The Time for Intimidation is Over
[The following press release was issued by the American Studies Association Caucus on Academic and Community Activism on 21 December 2013.] It has come to our attention that members of the American Studies Association are getting hate mail or threatening mail following the ASA membership vote in favor of a resolution calling for boycott of Israeli universities. The […]
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Boycott Israel Movement Erupts in the US Academy: A Statement on the ASA vote to endorse the academic boycott of Israeli Universities
USACBI congratulates the American Studies Association (ASA) for its unprecedented vote endorsing the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israeli universities. The overwhelming support of the ASA membership who voted by a significant margin (66.05% “yes” to 30.5% “no”) in favor of the academic boycott resolution is sending shockwaves through US academia and the media. This […]
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USACBI Congratulates the American Studies Association for Endorsement of Academic Boycott of Israel
December 16, 2013 – The US Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) congratulates the American Studies Association following today”s announcement that its membership has endorsed the Association”s participation in a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. In an election that attracted 1252 voters, the largest number of participants in such a referendum in the history of the organization, […]
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