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We write to express our shock and disappointment with the City of Dortmund, for rescinding the Nelly Sachs Award for Literature from Kamila Shamsie because of her commitment to the nonviolent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights.

In this conversation hosted by Diaa Ali for Status/الوضع, Omar Barghouti gives an overview of the BDS movement, discussing its development, goals, challenges and acheivements. The conversation was held on June 18, 2016 in Arabic.

Omar Barghouti (born 1964) is a Palestinian researcher and..

This article reviews the history of Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA’s campaign to pass a divestment resolution through the Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC). In what follows, we briefly historicize campus Palestine activism, review the history of SJP at UCLA, and then p..

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It is no exaggeration to say that some of the most positive assessments of the recent election results in Israel have come from within the Palestine solidarity movement. “Positive” is, of course, not quite the right word, since no one serious about justice in Palestine would suggest that there i..

At the time of writing, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) members are asked to vote for a motion

[The following press release was issued on 19 November 2014 by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of California Los Angeles]

For Immediate Release

Students for Justice in Palestine Hails Divestment Victory, Thanks all Supporter..

On Israel and Palestine: Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israeli Institutions

In its best moments, anthropology is a discipline that is dedicated to social justice. It is a discipline that has historically stood up ..

When preparing to bring up its divestment bill in February of this year, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) engaged in what is widely described as one of the most open and far-reaching public campaigns on campus. The organization made pr..

 [The following press release was issued by the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor chapter of Students Allied for Freedom and Equality on 27 March 2014.]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

Greeti..

[The following roundtable was organized by Matt Duss and published on the American Prospect. It features an introduction by Duss and arguments by Lisa Goldman, Noura Erakat, Hussein Ibish, and Brent Sasley.]

As the divestment movement within the University of California (UC) system continues to grow, administrators and presidents have repeatedly issued condemnations and denunciations of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement. Such moves might be the result of pressure from anti-Palest..

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 [The following announcement was released by the American Studies Association on 16 December 2013.]

The members of the American Studies Association have endorsed the Assoc..

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Campaigns for freedom usually seem impossible at the start and inevitably successful at their conclusion. It has become common for opponents of the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to insist that it cannot emulate the success of the fight to isolate apartheid South Africa. The S..

BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights Announces the Autumn 2013 Edition of al-Majdal

On 7 June 2013, the Boycott National Committee (BNC) convened the Fourth National Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Conference at Bethlehem University. Compris..

Fourth National BDS Conference (Palestinian Boycotts, Sanctions, Divestment National Committee [BNC]) 

[The following resolution was issued by the General Membership of the Association for Asian American Studies (AAA..

[The following statement was issued by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on 2 March 2013.]

Earlier in February, a panel held at Brooklyn College on the bo..

International Women`s Day: Youth Activism, Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) 
9 March 2013, 6:00 p.m.
Garden Grove, California 

The Palestinian American Women’s Association (PAWA) of Southern California presents "Youth Activism, Boycott..

[The following remarks were given by Judith Butler at a recent boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) event held at Brooklyn College. The event was the subject of a major public campaign (via false accusations and threats to withdraw funding) to pressure the Department of Political Science..

Over three hundred student organizers from across the United States converged at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor over the weekend for the second annual National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) Conference. In addition to reaffirming the call for boycotts, divestment, and sa..