American Studies Association

"Frivolous" lawsuit aims to reverse ASA's Israel boycott

Charlotte Silver 24 April 2016

Israel advocates turn to corporate law in latest effort to stifle free speech by academics. Read more about "Frivolous" lawsuit aims to reverse ASA's Israel boycott

Nora Barrows-Friedman 15 January 2016

United Auto Workers International executives seen as protecting pro-Israel corporate interests over workers’ solidarity. Read more about Union members fight nullification of Israel boycott resolution

Ali Abunimah 23 November 2015

American Anthropological Association move is blow to Israel lobby groups that stepped up efforts to combat BDS. Read more about US anthropologists back Israel boycott in landslide vote

Steven Salaita 22 November 2015

Corporate media commentators fret about “political correctness” but ignore censorship of Palestine solidarity activists. Read more about Why is Palestine absent from debate about campus suppression?

Sarah Irving 27 October 2015

Ali Abunimah 26 March 2015

Randi Weingarten, president of 1.5 million-strong teachers union, leads Israel propaganda tours and promotes J Street’s anti-Palestinian agenda. Read more about Why is the American Federation of Teachers promoting Israeli apartheid?

Joseph Massad 16 December 2014

Moves to “recognize Palestine” and co-opt the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement aim to guarantee Israel’s survival as a racist state. Read more about Recognizing Palestine, BDS and the survival of Israel

Sarah Irving 12 December 2014

Motion approved by Middle East Studies Association defends right of professors to urge that academic ties with Israel be severed. Read more about America's Middle East scholars finally discuss "boycott Israel" call

Tithi Bhattacharya 2 December 2014

If Israeli apartheid falls, it will not just be a victory for Palestine, but a taste of liberation for the whole world. Read more about Israel's fear of boycott rooted in tactic's historic victories against colonialism

Charlotte Silver 18 October 2014

The group invokes a new California law alleging the academic boycott enables “unlawfully discrimination,” but the American Studies Association is still going forward with plans. Read more about Anti-gay Christian group threatens to sue hotel for hosting scholars who endorse Israel boycott