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The Academic Boycott : American success vs. French censorship
Last month’s murders at Charlie Hebdo have revealed a paradox in French attitudes to freedom of expression. On the one hand, French public pronouncements display a rhetorical attachment to unlimited….
Over 600 artists announce a cultural boycott of Israel
Along with more than 600 other fellow artists, we are announcing today that we will not engage in business-as-usual cultural relations with Israel. We will accept neither professional invitations to….
Israeli Apartheid Week 2015
Call out
Stanford professors call for divestment from Israeli occupation ahead of student govt vote
The following press release was issued by Stanford Out of Occupied Palestine, a coalition of 19 campus organizations including the Black Student Union, MEChA, and Students for Justice in Palestine. Tonight the Stanford Undergraduate Senate will be voting on a resolution calling for divestment from companies violating human rights in occupied Palestine.
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: Myths and Realities
[This article is reprinted from an article appearing in the February 2015 edition of the e-bulletin of the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies.]
BDS Referendum at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
The SOAS Students Union was the first UK students union to vote for and support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign launched in 2005 by Palestinian civil society organisations…..
In Historic Vote, UC Student Association Endorses Call for Divestment in Support of Palestinian Rights
On the morning of February 8, 2015, hundreds of students gathered in Tom Bradley International Hall at UCLA as the UC Student Association (UCSA) deliberated motions in support of divestment….
A Report on the Cultural Boycott of Israel
[Editor’s note: For roughly three years, Hyperallergic has been covering the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and how it manifests in the art world, including recently during the 31st São Paulo Biennial. The following report, written by Israeli-Canadian curator Chen Tamir, outlines recent developments in regards to BDS and the positions of various art-related entities. This is the first in a continuing series exploring BDS and its connection to the art world.]