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Women of Colour call on Joan Armatrading not to play Apartheid Israel
Women of Colour in the Global Women’s Strike Crossroads Women’s Centre 230A Kentish Town Road London NW5 2AB Tel: 44 (0)20 7482 2496 womenofcolour[at]allwomencount.net www.globalwomenstrike.net We call on Joan Armatrading, as a woman of colour who wrote a tribute to and performed for Nelson Mandela, and whose website says, “South Africa has always been close […]
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Note to Elvis Costello’s Wife Diana Krall: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel!
Diana Krall, wife of Elvis Costello who recently chose to abide by the cultural boycott and not play in apartheid Israel, is scheduled to perform there later this summer. Krall would do well to heed her husband’s moral decision not to support an apartheid regime by performing there.
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Is Bob Dylan Embracing a Silent Boycott of Apartheid Israel?
In January Ynet reported Bob Dylan’s May 27th concert date in the apartheid state. Now his website shows no sign of any stop in apartheid Israel.
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Singer’s boycott of Israel a matter of conscience
JASON KOUTSOUKIS May 24, 2010 Pro-Palestinian activists gather at the Sarayburnu port to send off the Mavi Marmara cruise ship sponsored by Turkey’s Islamic and pro-Palestinian rights group.Click to play video Palestinian support groups take their protest of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip to a new level as they board ships destined for the […]
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Art, theory and action: Udi Aloni interviewed
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 24 May 2010 On 10 May, Udi Aloni spoke at a public debate on the Palestinians and Israel in Bern, Switzerland about his support for the Palestinian civil society call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). Aloni told the public that the recent arrests of respected Palestinian leaders in Israel […]
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TAKE ACTION: Boycott Alert at the Seattle International Film Festival
Attention all Seattle-area people: Here is a film in the upcoming Seattle International Film Festival that demands a protest: Films & Events Blood Relation * Kirvat Dam * Average User Rating: Be the first to review this film! * Country: Israel * Year: 2009 * Running time: 75 Minutes * Genres: Documentary, Political, Social Issues […]
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What John Lennon Might Say To Sir Elton And A Call For 21st Century Artists Against Apartheid
Written by By Eileen Fleming Sunday, 23 May 2010 05:12 May, 2010 Countercurrents.org “All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth. I’ve had enough of reading things by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians. All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth.”-John Lennon, 1971. Sir Elton Hercules John, is scheduled to perform in […]
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Music stars’ boycott rocks Israel
Vita Bekker, Foreign Correspondent * Last Updated: May 21. 2010 10:53PM UAE / May 21. 2010 6:53PM GMT TEL AVIV // Israel”s occupation of the Palestinian territories is again drawing international condemnation – this time from the music industry. In what activists for Palestinian rights say is a major boost to their goal of spurring […]
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Boycotts are bustin’ out all over
Friday, May 21, 2010 Have you heard the boycott news? Singer/songwriter/rock-n-roller Elvis Costello has not only canceled two gigs in Israel, but he’s come out with a powerful public statement of his support for boycott: “One lives in hope that music is more than mere noise, filling up idle time, whether intending to elate or […]
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JUNE 2: NO DANCING ON GAZA’S GRAVES!
Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm Location: Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave. Reject business as usual with Israel and protest Israel’s participating in the Chicago Sister City International’s Consular Corps Ball! WHEN: Wednesday, 2 June 2010, 5:30pm WHERE: Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave. Join the Palestine Solidarity Group-Chicago’s protest of […]
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