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Activism and BDS Beat

News about popular struggle, international solidarity and boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activism

London protest outside UEFA congress to call for cancelation of Israel tournament

European activists are mobilizing for mass protest outside UEFA’s annual congress.

UC Santa Cruz students to administration: Break the institutional silence on lecturer's hate speech

A lecturer at UC Santa Cruz, who was caught making racist remarks, has initiated yet another round of attempts to smear and legally harass students.

Anti-Palestinian activist heaps praise on campus BDS campaigners

Alarmist attack by StandWithUs staffer on campus BDS activists only highlights the growing strength of divestment campaigns on US campuses

UC President Yudof to attend Israeli conference boycotted by Stephen Hawking

University of California president has led previous trips to Israel sponsored by the hawkish American Jewish Committee.

Stephen Hawking confirms he pulled out of Israel conference due to boycott, not "health" reasons

Hawking’s decision was first announced yesterday by BRICUP, the UK campaign for the academic boycott of Israel.

Mandela’s fellow prisoner Ahmed Kathrada urges Morgan Freeman to pull out of Hebrew University fundraiser

Kathrada, who recently returned from Palestine, writes to Freeman that “Israel is indeed an apartheid state. And in certain respects it is worse than apartheid.”

Oberlin College student senate passes divestment resolution, targets six companies

Oberlin College’s student senate passes a divestment resolution which calls on the administration to pull its investments in companies profiting from Israel’s occupation.

Sheffield University dumps Veolia, capping successful year for UK student Palestine movement

More than twenty student unions in the UK now support boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel.

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