• Australians for BDS - Defend free speech and human rights and support the BDS

• US Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel - Endorsements from Colleagues at American Institutions

• Jewish Voice for Peace – Academic Freedom: Documents and statements related to opposition to anti-boycott bills in the US

• American Studies Association – Endorsers of American Studies Association academic boycott resolution and news of other academic boycott successes

• US Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel – Call to Boycott the Oral History Conference at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Open Letter (conference planned for June 2014)

• Do Not Apply Hebrew U – Boycott Israeli Cinema and TV Studies Conference at Tel Aviv University (conference planned for June 2014)

• Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) - Recent news

• US Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel - Recent news

2014:

• May 2014, Middle East Monitor – NUS Black Students conference endorses BDS, slams Israeli 'systemic’ racism

• April 2014, American Studies Association, Mondoweiss – American Studies Association adds over 700 new members since Israel boycott call

• April 2014, Ryerson University – Ryerson University student union votes to join BDS

• April, 2014, UK National Union of Teachers, Alternative Information Center – UK National Union of Teachers passes BDS resolution

• April 2014, Alex Kane, Mondoweiss - Columbia faculty and students press retirement fund to divest from Israeli army-linked corporations

• March 2014 Vassar College – Open letter in defense of academic freedom in Palestine/Israel and in the United States

• March 2014, Judith Butler and Rashid Khalidi – Scholars condemn censorship and intimidation of Israel critics

• March 2014, Barnard College and Columbia University faculty - Barnard and Columbia Faculty to hold Press Conference Calling for Divestment

• March 2014, Campaign to Boycott the Oral History Conference at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Alternative Information Centre - BDS: Hebrew U conference dealt two blows

• March 2014, Michael Deas - Boycott campaigns cost G4S two university contracts

• March 2014, American Studies Association - Boycott Israeli Cinema and TV Studies Conference at Tel Aviv University

• March 2014, US Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel - Call to Boycott the Oral History Conference at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Open Letter

• March 2014, Alex Kane, Mondoweiss - BDS’ big night: Loyola student government passes divestment, U. Mich votes it down

• March 2014, Jon Liedtke, The Urbanite - UWindsor becomes first university in Canada to approve BDS through undergraduate referendum

• March 2014, Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign - Victory in Galway as NUIG Students’ Union votes to join BDS movement 

• March 2014, UMass Boston Faculty and Staff - Statement in Support of Academic Boycott of Israel

• February 2014, The Electronic Intifada - 140 Irish academics pledge to boycott Israeli institutions

• February 2014, Steffanie Pinch - Five successes of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement

• February 2014, SDSU Student Union - An Open Letter of Support for Student Union for Representation and Justice

• February 2014, Adam Horowitz, Mondoweiss - University of Hawai’i faculty responds to administration’s condemnation of ASA boycott resolution

• January 2014, Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher ED - Modern Languages Association: Taking Israel to Task

• January 2014, Bill Mullen, American Studies Association - Caucus on Academic and Community Activism: Academic and Cultural Boycott Campaign

• January 2014, Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher ED - Inside Higher Ed: Israel boycott row intensifies

• January 2014, Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada - Palestinian, Arab American scholars back ASA’s Israel boycott, condemn “intimidation”

• January 2014, Arab American Studies Association (AASA) - Arab American Studies Association (AASA) Supports ASA academic boycott of Israel

2013:

• December 2013, Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada - Major Indigenous studies group endorses Israel boycott

• December 2013, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) – Declaration of support for the boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions

• December 2013, Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada - ASA membership votes to boycott Israel by landslide

• December 2013, Critical Ethnic Studies Association - CESA letter of support to the American Studies Association, Palestinian call for boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions

• November 2013, We Divest Coalition,  Mondoweiss – Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund removes Veolia from Social Choice Fund

• November 2013, Michael Deas, The Electronic Intifada - Second Norwegian university drops G4S over support for Israeli apartheid

• October 2013, Association for Humanist Sociology - The AHS Votes to Support the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

• October 2013, University of Hawai’i Ethnic Studies Department, PACBI - University of Hawai’i Ethnic Studies Department Letter of Endorsement of the BDS

• September, 2013, US Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel – Do Not Apply: Open Letter Campaign to Boycott Hebrew University (boycott of Department of Communication and Journalism Assistant Professor position opening)

• August 2013, International academics boycott of the Hebrew University – Campaign to boycott the Oral History Conference at Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• May 2013, Michael Deas, The Electronic Intifada - Sheffield University dumps Veolia, capping successful year for UK student Palestine movement

• May 2013, Harriet Sherwood and Matthew Kalman, The Guardian - Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel

• April 2013, The Teachers’ Union of Ireland – Academic boycott of Israel called by Irish teachers’ Union

• April 2013, Hichem Maafi, IndyMedia UK - Sussex University Students vote in favour of Boycott of Israeli Goods and Veolia

• April 2013, Australian Students for Justice in Palestine, Green Left Weekly - Sydney uni SRC endorses academic boycott of Israel

• April 2013, Belgian French-speaking students Federation (FEF) - The FEF (Belgian French-speaking students Federation) calls for a freeze of all academic partnerships with Israel!

• April 2013, Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher ED - Asian American Studies Association endorses boycott Israeli universities

• April 2013, Asa Winstanley, The Electronic Intifada - Irish academics’ union votes to “cease all cultural and academic collaboration with Israel”

• March 2013, Students for Palestine Australia - Australian student union drops SodaStream competition

• March 2013, Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada - After hard-fought battle, students celebrate divestment vote victory at UC San Diego

• February 2013, Dundee University Action Palestine - Dundee University Students’ Association votes to cut ties with G4S

• February 2013, Michael Deas, The Electronic Intifada - UK student union to cancel G4S contract over role in Israeli prisons

2012:

• June, 2012, Adam Horowitz, Mondoweiss – BDS victory: TIAA-CREF drops Caterpillar from social choice funds

2011:

• March 2011, UJpetition.com, bdsmovement.net - University of Johannesburg ends Israeli links (Also see an update here)

2010:

• September 2010, Victorian Trades Hall Council – Resolution passed 10 September 2010

• July 2010, Queensland Teachers’ Union – Queensland Teachers’ Union support for BDS Call

• June 2010, NSW Teachers’ Federation – Union meeting report on Gaza blockade and attack on aid Flotilla

• June 2010, Australian Education Union – Union meeting report on Gaza blockade and attack on aid Flotilla

• June 2010, Geelong Trades Hall – Geelong Trades Hall Council (VIC) passes resolution on Gaza

• June 2010, Newcastle Trades Hall Council - Newcastle Trades Hall Council Motion on Gaza Peace Flotilla

2009:

• June 2009, CPACS, by Jake Lynch and co-signed by other Sydney University academics and community members – Academic boycott endorsement from University of Sydney staff and other members of civil society

• March 2009, CPACS Council - Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Council endorses letter to Sydney University calling for academic boycott; see item 3.2(i); CPACS Minutes 26.5.09

• January 2009, UK Academics Open Letter, The Guardian – Growing Outrage at the killings in Gaza

2008:

• December 2008, The University of Western Sydney’s Student Association (UWSSA) - Australian university student association to boycott Israeli institutions

2007:

• June 2007, UK University and College Union, The Guardian – Israeli Boycott Backlash: 'We will isolate them’

2002:

• June 2002, Petition from over 350 academics from 30 countries – University Professors call for European boycott of Israeli Scientific Institutions

• April 2002, Petition from over 700 Europe-based academics - University Professors call for European boycott of research and cultural links with Israel

• April 2002, Open letter from Open University, The Guardian – More pressure for Mid East peace

http://australiansforbds.wordpress.com/reports/reports-2/successes-in-the-academic-boycott/

Posted on 28-05-2014