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Enrique Iglesias, don’t sing for Israeli Apartheid!

The following letter to Enrique Iglesias, urging him to respect the boycott of Israel, was coordinated by the BDS Group Catalonia. USACBI is a signatory and is distributing the letter, in English and Spanish. Also, please see the Facebook page calling upon

Posted in Cultural Boycott, Spanish Organizing, USACBI in the News

USACBI Appeal to Macy Gray: Don’t legitimize apartheid

Dear Macy Gray, You report on your Facebook page that you are receiving “a lot of letters from activists urging/begging me to boycott by NOT performing in protest of Apartheid against the Palestinians.” And you say that you “don’t know how my

Posted in Boycott, Boycott News, Cultural Boycott, U.S. Cultural Workers, U.S. Organizing, USACBI in the News

Open Letter to Jon Bon Jovi: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel

http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1442 It is with great disappointment that the undersigned organizations learned of your scheduled performance in Israel set for 2011 as part of your “Circle Tour” [1].  Given that Israel is involved in grave violations of international law and human rights,

Posted in Boycott News, Cultural Boycott, U.S. Cultural Workers, USACBI in the News

Tell Felix Da Housecat: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel!

We have learned that American artist, Felix Da Housecat, is scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv on December 12th, 2010. We have sent a letter asking him to join the BDS movement but we need your help in getting the

Posted in Boycott News, Cultural Boycott, U.S. Cultural Workers, U.S. Organizing, USACBI in the News

USACBI on Professor Lisa Taraki’s US Visit

The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel [USACBI] is proud to host Professor Lisa Taraki during her tour of the United States. In addition to her academic work as a sociologist at Birzeit University in Palestine

Posted in Boycott News, Cultural Boycott, Divestment, U.S. Academica, U.S. Organizing, USACBI Event, USACBI in the News

OLMV – Jess Ghannam & Nada Elia talk BDS with hosts Wael Elasady and Will Seaman

One Land, Many voices – Dr. Nada Elia and Dr. Jess Ghannam join hosts Wael Elasady and Will Seaman for an extended discussion of the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions Movement. One Land, Many Voices, March 26th, 2010, 9:00AM-10:00AM: KBOO Community Radio Click here

Posted in Boycott, Boycott News, Divestment, Sanctions, U.S. Academica, U.S. Organizing, USACBI in the News

US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel – Bulletin No. 1

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Los Angeles Launches Nation’s First Israel Divestment Campaign

By Linda Milazzo On April 1, 2010, in a no-holds-barred interview with the Christian Science Monitor, Israeli peacemaker Jonathan Ben Artzi, a PhD candidate at Brown University and nephew to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, made clear his belief that

Posted in Boycott News, Divestment, U.S. Organizing, USACBI in the News

California Activists Launch Ballot initiative to divest from Israel

ISRAEL DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGN (IDC): Tuesday, September 7, 2010 “DIVEST FROM ISRAEL” CALIFORNIA BALLOT INITIATIVE LAUNCHES IN LA ON WEDNESDAY WITH A SIGNING CEREMONY IN FRONT OF ISRAELI CONSULATE California Israel Divestment Campaign http://www.israeldivestmentcampaign.org VISUALS: Giant petition to be signed by

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Vandals hit S.F. billboards with anti-Israel invective

August 4, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO (j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California) — An activist group claimed responsibility for plastering anti-Israel messages over legitimate advertisements on San Francisco billboards. The group, calling itself the California Department of Corrections, claimed

Posted in Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions, USACBI in the News