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Racism, Militarism, Poverty: From Ferguson to Palestine. In Support of Angela...

USACBI is a signatory of this collective statement in support of Angela Davis and UC Santa Cruz, in response to vicious attacks from the Amcha Initiative upon Davis and the university: Racism,...

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Cornel West joins USACBI advisory board, cancels lecture at University of...

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...

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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...

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In Defense of Deepa Kumar

The United States Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel stands in solidarity with Professor Deepa Kumar who is under attack by Fox News for exposing the violence of U.S. imperialism...

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On One-Year Anniversary of Salaita Case, Some Good News

Corey Robin’s post on this great news regarding Steven Salaita’s court case.

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Judge Refuses to Throw Out Salaita’s Case Against UIUC, Wise Resigns, Emails...

OC member David Palumbo-Liu placed this article in Salon to inform a wide readership of the tremendous victory awarded Steven Salaita yesterday in federal court.  He encouraged readers to follow the...

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USACBI: Standing with Steven Salaita

USACBI (the United States Campaign for the  Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel) applauds the ruling by Federal Judge Harry D. Leinenweber on August 6, 2015 in favor of Steven Salaita’s legal case...

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Steven Salaita Vindicated in Federal Court

Crucially, as this article explains, the judge ruled that the topic of Israel-Palestine was of great public concern, and therefore freedom of speech and academic freedom even more called for; he...

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Free Speech for All on Campus, Unless You’re Criticizing Israel

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New reports detail campus repression, “Palestine exception to free speech”

Two new reports detail the repressive mechanisms being used by Zionist organizations, in U.S. campuses and communities, in an attempt to silence voices in support of Palestinian rights and put in place...

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USACBI’s academic defense committee produces template letters to defend...

USACBI’s Academic Defense Committee, committed to the defense of scholars, students, staff members, and campus groups who face censorship and backlash for their solidarity with Palestine and engagement...

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USACBI Statement on Steven Salaita’s Legal Settlement with UIUC

USACBI stands in solidarity with Professor Steven Salaita in his legal settlement with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.   Last week, the University agreed to pay Salaita a reported total of...

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Letter in support of Professor Jasbir Puar regarding right-wing attacks on...

Professor Jasbir Puar, a member of the Advisory Board of USACBI, has come under an intense right-wing smear campaign perpetrated first by an attack blog, and then by the Wall Street Journal. The...

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USACBI Newsletter, February 2016

USACBI Newsletter, February 2016 South Asian Studies Scholars’ Statement of Boycott of Academic Workshop at Hebrew University Letter in support of Professor Jasbir Puar regarding right-wing attacks on...

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Statement in solidarity with Professor Bill Mullen at Purdue University

We, the undersigned, are deeply disturbed by the attempts to smear those advocating for Palestinians’ rights to racial equality and freedom from occupation with false charges of anti-Semitism....

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USACBI statement of solidarity with faculty and students under attack at CUNY

On March 22nd, Distinguished Professor Sarah Schulman was summoned to testify before a Commission on Anti-Semitism at the City University of New York (CUNY). The Commission was hastily set up after the...

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USACBI Statement on UC Regents Principles: Challenging Racism means...

On March 24, 2016, the University of California (UC) Board of Regents adopted a set of Principles against Intolerance, after several months of discussion, amendments, lobbying by Zionist organizations,...

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Statement on Islamophobic posters at SDSU and UCLA

We strongly condemn the inflammatory and Islamophobic posters that appeared on the campus of San Diego State University (SDSU) on April 14, 2016 and at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) on...

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Palestine Legal statement on lawsuit against American Studies Association +...

Palestine Legal issued the following statement in response to a lawsuit announced today against the American Studies Association (ASA) for adopting an academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions:...

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Letter in support of Prof. Simona Sharoni against harassment and intimidation...

The following letter was sent to SUNY Plattsburgh administration by the Campus Defense Coalition for Palestine (CDC4P), which includes USACBI, and allied organizations, in defense of SUNY Professor...

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