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BRICUP urges all academics to support the Academic Commitment in response to the call by Palestinian civil society organisations to refrain from any involvement with Israeli academic institutions, all of which are complicit in Israel’s occupation, colonisation and system of apartheid. Two common misconceptions need to be exposed. Firstly, the boycott is of institutions not…

UCU Congress 2024: Palestine motions and amendments Six motions, nos.32-37, listed below, were adopted (no.34 in amended form) 32 Composite: Solidarity with Palestine Disabled members standingcommittee, UCU Cymru, London retired membersCongress notes education, lack of resources, and dependence on guardians 33 Composite: In defence of Palestinian rights, free speech andacademic freedom University of Warwick, UCU…

The BRICUP Seminar programme is being prepared and will be posted soon.

BRICUP supports the PACBI call for Cultural Boycott of Israel.  Artists for Palestine UK lead the campaign in Britain. Their website can be found here. Cultural Boycott Overview Israel overtly uses culture as a form of propaganda to whitewash or justify its regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid over the Palestinian people. Just as South African…

To learn more about the case for academic boycott, our booklet, Why Boycott Israeli Universities?, is available for download here.

One hundred and twenty members of Harvard faculty sharply criticised President Claudine Gray for a statement she issued last week condemning the phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine must be free” on the grounds it implied “removalism [sic] and even eliminationism [sic]”, suggesting that those who criticised Israel and/or expressed sympathy for Palestinians…

Home > All News Items and Articles Wealthy benefactors helped to push the President of Brandeis University into banning the group Students for Justice for Palestine from campus a week ago. Now, a large group of alumni have threatened to withhold financial support to the University until the President reverses his ban and apologises to…

Home > All News Items and Articles On 16 November, Spanish students from colleges and universities across the country held a second day of demonstrations and marches for Gaza. Activities were organised in no fewer than 38 cities. Their frustration has been increased by the relative inactivity of the Spanish government which voted for a…

James Hughes, Professor of Politics at the London School of Economics and a specialist in political violence and terrorism, submitted the following article to an LSE politics blog, which refused to publish it. Readers may like to see if they can identify serious errors of fact, interpretation or relevance to current affairs – the three…

Tribute from BRICUP to Professor Richard Seaford delivered by Tom Hickey on behalf of BRICUP on 15th November 2023 at the University of Exeter in the presence of Richard, family members, colleagues and students Some days ago, in a webinar on the Gaza events, Gabor Maté told a story that had been bequeathed to him…