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Activism and BDS Beat

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

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.

California lecturer caught on racist speech video threatens legal complaint after student campaign

A lecturer at UC Santa Cruz is bullying and threatening students involved in Palestine solidarity organizing.

BDS Roundup: US scholars group unanimously passes boycott of Israeli institutions

The latest roundup of international news from the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.

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