First Amendment

Boycotting Israel is a free speech right

Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) 18 March 2016

Israel’s campaign against the BDS movement threatens basic freedoms all over the world. Read more about Boycotting Israel is a free speech right

Josh Ruebner 12 February 2016

Pro-Israel bills would seek to authorize violations of US constitutional rights. Read more about Congress encouraging US states to “combat BDS”

Nora Barrows-Friedman 8 January 2016

Anti-BDS legislation also introduced in California by lawmaker who says Israel has “divine right” to West Bank. Read more about New York bill would create official blacklist of Israel boycott supporters

Ali Abunimah 4 December 2015

Republican hopeful ratchets up repression threats against Palestine solidarity movement. Read more about Jeb Bush says he'd order crackdown on BDS as president

Nora Barrows-Friedman 29 September 2015

Fueled by huge new flows of cash, Israel lobby groups step up effort to silence Palestine solidarity activists. Read more about Are pro-Israel bullies on US campuses planning dirtier tactics?

Ali Abunimah 6 August 2015

Meanwhile, Chancellor Phyllis Wise, a key figure in Salaita’s firing, announces surprise resignation. Read more about Judge clears way for Steven Salaita lawsuit over Gaza-tweets firing

Ali Abunimah 9 September 2014

After student walk-out, Salaita reaffirmed his commitment to teaching and called on the university to reinstate him. Read more about Breaking silence, Salaita calls on Univ. of Illinois to rescind his firing over Gaza tweets

Asa Winstanley 2 April 2014

Pro-Israel groups are using court venues around the world in an attempt to stilfe the Palestinian-led boycott campaign, but are having surprisingly mixed results. Read more about Israel's incompetent global campaign of "lawfare"

Maureen Clare Murphy 18 April 2012

Nancy Murray, education director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, explains why she believes a “Muslim exception” is being carved out of the First Amendment, how a juror came to Tarek Mehanna’s sentencing hearing last week to ask the judge for mercy, and why Mehanna’s case has wide-reaching implications. Read more about "You will be punished if you don't become an informant": ACLU's Nancy Murray on Tarek Mehanna case