BDS

Between Boycotts and Special Interest Campaigns: the Chilling of Speech on Israel and Palestine

By |2019-03-20T14:19:20-04:00February 5th, 2018|Blog|

Any art institution that displays art about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict - or even art that is created by Israeli or Palestinian artists - needs to carefully navigate a space between intense pressures coming from right-wing pro-Israel groups and calls for boycott from supporters of the cultural BDS movement.

Anti-BDS Laws Move to Federal Courts | UPDATE: Victory for ACLU!

By |2020-01-03T15:49:00-05:00January 31st, 2018|Blog|

Following a widespread tide of denouncements of anti-BDS legislation, objections to the state laws have now moved into the purview of federal courts. The ACLU recently filed separate First Amendment challenges against bills in Kansas and Arizona, alleging that they prohibit political expression and association and engage in speaker-based discrimination.  

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