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Transnationalizing BDS: The Academic & Cultural Boycott in Canada and the United States (Left Forum panel)

In its opening statement of 2012, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel declares that "it is time to take a stand to end all forms of complicity with Israeli academic and cultural institutions; they are key partners in the Israeli regime of occupation, colonialism and apartheid." In the context of what PACBI has called "a year to further intensify academic boycott," this roundtable brings together faculty and activists in Canada and the United States who are active in the global BDS movement.

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The Chain Must Break: Divestment from Israeli Occupation as Anti-Corporate Resistance (Left Forum panel)

For years preceding the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement, Palestinian civil society has mobilized nonviolently for accountability in the name of liberation. The international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights targets Israel's violations of international law, at the intersection of economic exploitation and political occupation. BDS challenges Israel's moral standing in the world through economic, cultural, and academic boycotts.

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