• May 15, USACBI Webinar: Resisting the Ongoing Nakba — The Role of Academic and Cultural Boycott

    Join the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel for a webinar commemorating #Nakba75 and discussing the role of academic and cultural boycott in confronting the ongoing Nakba. Monday, May 15 5:00 – 6:30 pm Eastern time (2:00 – 3:30 pm Pacific) REGISTER HERE With speakers: Riham Barghouti, Amahl Bishara, Sunaina Maira, […]

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  • USACBI salutes Sally Rooney for her support for Palestinian rights and the cultural boycott of Israel

    The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel salutes Irish writer Sally Rooney for supporting the Palestinian and global picket line against apartheid and colonialism. Rooney declined to sell the Hebrew-language translation rights to her latest novel, Beautiful People, Where Are You?, to an Israeli publisher. She did so explicitly in support […]

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  • Roger Waters joins 700+ organizations, artists and individuals to urge: Stevie Wonder, say no to Israeli apartheid!

    Famed musician Roger Waters of Pink Floyd issued a video appeal to Stevie Wonder, urging him to reject the Israeli Wolf Prize and say no to Israeli apartheid: .@steviewonder, with respect, you turned down Haim Saban’s IDF fundraiser in 2012. Please turn down Israel’s @WolfPrize_ in 2021. LoveR.https://t.co/VXS3pWP2X9 pic.twitter.com/KTeFk5ePck — Roger Waters (@rogerwaters) March 9, […]

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  • Stevie Wonder Please Say No to Apartheid Israel: An Open Letter

    Dear Stevie Wonder: Along with the undersigned, the Organizing Collective for the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) writes to urge you to hold strong to your opposition to Apartheid by declining Israel’s Wolf Prize. We’d like to begin with our acknowledgement and thanks for your past thoughtful and steadfast […]

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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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  • #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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  • I chose not to participate in the whitewashing of Israel’s image

    I Said No to a Netflix Series Audition Because I Support Palestinian Rights by David Clennon, Truthout [August 7, 2019 ] I have supported the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel since the 2014 Israeli War on Gaza. (That astonishing display of high- and low-tech cruelty, I believe, opened the eyes of many Americans.) The […]

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  • USACBI Condemns U.S. State for Banning BDS Leader Omar Barghouti

    USACBI (the United States Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel) strongly condemns  the recent denial of permission to travel to the United States to Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement leader Omar Barghouti. Barghouti was scheduled to speak at several U.S. venues, including a temple in Chicago, and to attend his daughter’s wedding, when […]

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  • No to the France-Israel Season: Solidarity with protest in Toulouse

    The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel stands with protesters in Toulouse and everyone throughout France who say “No to the France-Israel Season!” As you organize and protest, Palestinians in Gaza are recovering from the latest round of Israeli bombing which targeted, among other institutions, a television station and the University […]

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  • USACBI joins Palestinian athletes to say: #BoycottPuma

    USACBI Organizing Collective member Cynthia Franklin collected the photos below to join the #BoycottPuma campaign during a series of events featuring Palestinian writer, Dr. Ramzy Baroud. USACBI supports the following call by Palestinian athletes and PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. See the full album of photos on Facebook: […]

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