Results for: United States

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University of California in Irvine students vote overwhelming for divestment from apartheid

Passed 19 - 3, the resolution calls on the university to divest "from all corporations contributing to the human rights violations of Palestinians"

Economic Boycott
February 10, 2021
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Associated Students of the University of California in Irvine
In the News

Tufts students pass referendum demanding university end deadly exchange

The Tufts University student body voted overwhelmingly to end all foreign military training trips for Tufts University Police Department, including trips to Israel to exchange "worst practices"

Student solidarity
December 19, 2020
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Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine, in Mondoweiss
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Here’s What You Need to Know About BDS

The Trump Administration is Cracking Down Against a Global Movement to Boycott Israel

Economic Boycott
Cultural Boycott
Academic Boycott
Military Embargo
Sanctions and governments
December 7, 2020
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Sanya Mansoor, TIME Magazine
Update

Pompous Pompeo vs. You!

Trump and Pompeo, encouraged by apartheid Israel, are smearing the nonviolent, anti-racist BDS movement, while deepening their alliances with the global far-right and despotic regimes worldwide that are deeply anti-Jewish, and anti-Palestinian.

Right To Boycott
November 24, 2020
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
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San Francisco State University students vote to divest

Stuidents passed a divestment resolution that calls on SFSU to review its investments and divest from companies complicit in Israeli Occupation

Economic Boycott
Student solidarity
November 19, 2020
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General Union of Palestine Students at San Francisco State University
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State Department’s attack on BDS movement violates freedom of expression and endangers human rights protection

Amnesty said the US smears are "particularly hypocritical and deceitful coming from an administration that has emboldened neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other groups who advocate violence and discrimination"

Right To Boycott
November 19, 2020
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Amnesty International
In the News

Just fraction of hundreds of US bills targeting Palestinian rights have become law due to pushback

Only a fraction of the hundreds of bills lawmakers in the US have introduced targeting advocacy for Palestinian rights have become law because of strong grassroots and civil liberties opposition.

Right To Boycott
November 18, 2020
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Palestine Legal
In the News

Cori Bush, BDS supporter, elected to US Congress

Attacked for her support for BDS during her campaign, Cori Bush was elected by a landslide to the US Congress representing Missouri.

November 3, 2020
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
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Students at University of Illinois at UC and Columbia University vote to divest from Israel

Two campus BDS victories are indicative of the rapidly changing tide across the US

Economic Boycott
Student solidarity
September 30, 2020
By: 
Mondoweiss
In the News

AOC Backs Out of Rabin Event

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was set to participate in an event honoring former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. After a barrage of backlash, she backed out.

September 30, 2020
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Mondoweiss