Context & Analysis Archives - Legislation

Boycotts, the BDS Movement, and the First Amendment

Source: Genevieve Lakier

Report of the Academic Board Working Group on Racism and Prejudice

Source: University College London (UK)

Israel’s Leaders Are Trying to Cancel the Debate Because They Know They’re Losing

Source: Jacobin

Background on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions

Source: BDS Movement

BDS FAQs

Source: BDS Movement

On Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)

Source: Institute for Middle East Understanding

Boycott & Divestment: Tools and Resources

Source: US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Academic Boycott of Israel: An Introduction for Students

Source: US Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel

The Truth About Israel, Boycotts, and BDS (video)

Source: The Intercept

U.S. BDS Victories

Source: US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Why Americans Should Support BDS

Source: The Nation

BDS: how a controversial non-violent movement has transformed the Israeli-Palestinian debate

Source: The Guardian

Cases

Legal Challenges to Anti-Boycott Laws

Source: Palestine Legal

Congress, Laws Suppressing Boycotts of Israel Are Unconstitutional. Sincerely, Three Federal Courts.

Source: ACLU

American Studies Association Sued for Academic Boycott

Source: Palestine Legal

Olympia Food Co-Op: Court Dismisses Anti-Boycott Lawsuit

Source: Center for Constitutional Rights

Palestine Legal Statement on NLG Ending Lawsuit Targeting BDS

Source: Palestine Legal

Amicus Briefs

Rights Groups Urge Court to Overturn Decision on Arkansas Anti-Boycott Law

Source: Palestine Legal

Rights Groups Urge Federal Appeals Court to Strike Down Arizona’s Israel Loyalty Oath

Source: Palestine Legal

Rights Groups Urge Court to Uphold Decision Against Texas Anti-Boycott Law

Source: Palestine Legal

Palestine Legal to DC Court of Appeals: Dismiss Lawsuit Over ASA Israel Boycott as SLAPP Suit

Source: Palestine Legal

Lawsuit Intends to Thwart Co-op BDS Victory

Source: Palestine Legal

Law Review Articles

Wielding Antidiscrimination Law to Suppress the Movement for Palestinian Rights

Source: Harvard Law Review

Secondary Boycotts in American Labor Law and the First Amendment: An Application to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement

Source: Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law

South Carolina Disqualifies Companies Supporting BDS from Receiving State Contracts.

Source: Harvard Law Review

Other Resources

Legal briefing – BDS: a Legitimate Human Rights Movement to be Respected and Protected by States

Source: BDS Movement

Constitutionality Issues & BDS Legislation: Source Docs & Expert Views

Source: Foundation for Middle East Peace

US: States Use Anti-Boycott Laws to Punish Responsible Businesses

Source: Human Rights Watch

Redefinition of Antisemitism

Dismantle Antisemitism, Not Palestinian Rights: Oppose the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

Backgrounder on Efforts to Redefine Antisemitism as a Means of Censoring Criticism of Israel

Source: Palestine Legal

Abusing “Anti-Semitism” to Quash Israel Criticism – in Congress & States

Source: Foundation for Middle East Peace

How Not to Fight Antisemitism: A Critique of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism

Source: Independent Jewish Voices Canada

Toolkit on Challenging IHRA definition

Source: Independent Jewish Voices Canada

40+ Jewish Groups Worldwide Oppose Equating Antisemitism with Criticism of Israel

Source: Jewish Voice for Peace

The scholar who wrote the definition of anti-Semitism says it’s been subverted

Source: Times of Israel

Editorial: Enough already. Not all criticism of Israel is anti-Semitism.

Source: Los Angeles Times

Amicus Brief of Jewish Scholars on Redefinition

Source: Palestine Legal

Trumped-up anti-Semitism charges at Rutgers designed to chill free speech | Editorial

Source: New Jersey Star-Ledger

Israel-Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Label Criticism of Israel as Hate Speech

Source: Jewish Currents

Who Is Behind These Repressive Laws?

How a Bill That Seeks to Shut Down Boycotts of Israel Is Spreading State-to-State

Source: Center for Public Integrity

Revealed: rightwing push to suppress criticism of Israel on US campuses

Source: The Guardian

ALEC Attacks: How evangelicals and corporations captured state lawmaking to safeguard white supremacy and corporate power.

Source: Center for Constitutional Rights

U.S. pro-Israel groups failed to disclose grants from Israeli government

Source: Forward

God, Gas, and Cash: How Texas Fell in Love with Israel — and Then Trampled on the Constitution

Source: The Intercept

Anti-Protest

Anti-Protest U.S. Law Tracker

Source: International Center for Not-For-Profit Law

Defending the Right to Protest

Source: Defending Rights and Dissent

ALEC Attacks: How evangelicals and corporations captured state lawmaking to safeguard white supremacy and corporate power.

Source: Center for Constitutional Rights

Punishing Protest: Government Tactics that Suppress Free Speech

Source: National Lawyers Guild

Protect My Protest – a resource hub for protestors

Source: Defending Rights and Dissent

Campus Free Speech

Campus Free-Speech Legislation: History, Progress, and Problems

Source: American Association of University Professors

Campus Free Speech: The Koch Network’s Anti-Protest Movement

Source: UnKoch My Campus

Environmental Justice

Anti-Protest Legislation is Threatening our Climate

Source: Greenpeace

A Powerful Petrochemical Lobbying Group Advanced Anti-Protest Legislation Amidst Pandemic

Source: The Intercept

Louisiana Activists Face Terrorism Charges, 15 Years in Prison for Harmless Plastic Stunt

Source: Gizmodo

Indigenous Rights

Water Protector Legal Collective Report Condemns Government Treatment of Native Protesters

Source: https://waterprotectorlegal.org/

Racial Justice

Fear of a Black Homeland

Source: The Intercept

Don’t Let the First Amendment Forget DeRay Mckesson

Source: The Atlantic

Litigation

European Court of Human Rights deals major blow to Israel’s war on Palestine solidarity

Source: BDS Movement

Baldassi and Others v. France: Criminal Convictions of BDS Activists Violate Freedom of Expression under the European Convention on Human Rights

Source: Opinio Juris

Victory as German court rules anti-BDS motion breaches principle of equality

Source: Middle East Monitor

Victory for the Humboldt 3

Source: Mondoweiss

Human rights defenders sue German parliament over anti-BDS resolution

Source: Electronic Intifada

We have been fined for asking Lorde to boycott Israel – but we won’t be silenced

Source: The Guardian

Legislation

German Parliament Deems B.D.S. Movement Anti-Semitic

Source: NY Times

A Call to German Parties Not to Equate BDS with Anti-Semitism

Source: Jewish and Israeli scholars

Campaigns

No IHRA Campaign

Source: Independent Jewish Voices Canada

A Human Rights Controversy at the University of Toronto

Source: Human Rights Watch

Hundreds of authors protest after Kamila Shamsie’s book award is revoked

Source: The Guardian

German Museum Will Give Artist Walid Raad Prize Despite City’s Objection

Source: Hyperallergic

Other Resources

European Legal Support Center

Irish and Dutch governments join Sweden in speaking out for right to call for BDS

Source: BDS Movement

Owen Jones meets Salma Karmi-Ayyoub | ‘The IHRA antisemitism debate is toxic’

Source: Owen Jones

Legal Challenges to Anti-Boycott Laws

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