BDS Conference underway at Sydney University

Catch some of the sessions that have taken place so far at the BDS Conference currently running at Sydney University.

Welcome and introduction to the conference.

BDS conference – Welcome to country and introduction

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Samar Sabawi

BDS Conference – Samar Sabawi –

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Stuart Rees on BDS in Australia

Stuart Rees on BDS in Australia

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Panel on anti-semitism – Slezak, Svirsky, and Porzsolt (chair: Jordy Silverstein)

BDS conference – Panel on anti-semitism – Slezak, Svirsky, and Porzsolt (chair: Jordy Silverstein)

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Robert Austin – The Palestinian boycott campaign, the Latin American Perspective journal and the Western academic bloc

BDS conference – Academic freedom and the boycott – Austin, Handala-Italy collective, and Riemer (chair: David Brophy)

Robert Austin – The Palestinian boycott campaign, the Latin American Perspective journal and the Western academic blocBDS conference – Academic freedom and the boycott – Austin, Handala-Italy collective, and Riemer (chair: David Brophy)

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BDS conference – Plenary panel: BDS in different national contexts – Badra, Munayyer, Wakim, and Ismail (chair: Stuart Rees)

BDS conference – Plenary panel: BDS in different national contexts – Badra, Munayyer, Wakim, and Ismail (chair: Stuart Rees)

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Support message from parliamentarians

Support message from parliamentarians

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Tim Budge at the Sydney #BDS conference: A critical review of church engagement in BDS.

Tim Budge at the Sydney #BDS conference: A critical review of church engagement in BDS.

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BDS – Australian and international initiatives

BDS – Australian and international initiatives

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Handala-Italy Collective Doublethink and censorship in Italian academia: the case of the academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions (PACBI)

Academic freedom and the boycott – Austin, Handala-Italy collective, and Riemer (chair: David Brophy)

Handala-Italy Collective Doublethink and censorship in Italian academia: the case of the academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions (PACBI)BDS conference – Academic freedom and the boycott – Austin, Handala-Italy collective, and Riemer (chair: David Brophy)

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David Brophy, University of Sydney: Why don’t you boycott China ?
Critiques of BDS and responding to them (chair: Samah Sabawi)
Brull, Brophy

David Brophy, University of Sydney: Why don’t you boycott China ?BDS conference – Critiques of BDS and responding to them (chair: Samah Sabawi)Brull, Brophy

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Panel on ‘Palestine, students and activism’ (Speakers: Students for Palestine)

Students and Palestine activism

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Michael Brull: BDS in Australia: failures, successes, prospects

Michael Brull: BDS in Australia: failures, successes, prospectsBDS conference – Critiques of BDS and responding to them (chair: Samah Sabawi)Brull, Brophy

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Justice-work, activism and BDS in universities (chair: Jordy Silverstein)
Panel: Silverstein, Hage, Lynch, Hassan, Sorbera

BDS Conference. Panel: Justice-work, activism and BDS in universities(chair: Jordy Silverstein)Silverstein, Hage, Lynch, Hassan, Sorbera

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Plenary: Yousef Munayyer. “Building toward Sanctions: Palestine Rights Work in the US under Trump” (chair: Cathy Peters)

BDS conference. Plenary: Yousef Munayyer. "Building toward Sanctions: Palestine Rights Work in the US under Trump"(chair: Cathy Peters)

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