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Gil Scott Heron Agrees Not to Perform in Tel Aviv-Emory Douglass Issues Statement
Gil Scott Heron Boycott Israel press release: GSH ANNOUNCES CANCELLATION OF TEL-AVIV CONCERT [including response from Emory Douglas] by Sukant Chandan Gil Scott Heron announces cancellation of Tel Aviv concert Artist won”t play in Israel “until everyone is welcome there”. Fans of revolutionary poet and singer-songwriter Gil Scott Heron welcomed his decision last night to […]
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they need to know we’re on their side, a letter to Gil Scott Heron
Dear Gil, We are members of an Israeli group called Boycott! which supports the Palestinian unified call for boycott divestment and sanctions(BDS) from Israel. We are appealing to you because of the respect we have for the work you have done for peace which has also inspired others to do the same. You might not […]
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Gil Scott-Heron, whose political poetry influenced a generation of rap artists, last night sensationally announced the cancellation of his planned gig in Tel Aviv.
Speaking on-stage at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Scott-Heron told the audience he “hated war” and, in a lengthy monolougue, told the packed audience his Israel tour date would not be going ahead. His concert had earlier been disrupted by fans dismayed at the booking, repeatedly heckling the performer and asking him to cancel. Security was […]
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Ghosh: Do not undermine the Palestinian struggle for freedom!
PACBI | 25 April 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 25 April 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) was extremely disappointed by the recent statement you issued in response to pleas from individuals and groups around the world urging you not to associate your name with Israel”s efforts to white-wash its […]
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Gil Scott Heron announces cancellation of Tel Aviv concert: Artist won’t play in Israel “until everyone is welcome there”
Palestine Solidarity Committee’s contribution to the successful campaign below this statement. Gil Scott Heron Boycott Israel Campaign press release Fans of revolutionary poet and singer-songwriter Gil Scott Heron welcomed his decision tonight to cancel the concert he had been scheduled to play in Tel Aviv this May. Heron announced the decision during his set at […]
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Obama’s New Path To Mideast Peace?
David A. Love Philadelphia-based writer and Executive Editor, BlackCommentator.com Posted: April 21, 2010 10:39 AM Sometimes, desperate and difficult circumstances require that we change the game a little bit, shake things up, if you will. If recent reports are true, then President Obama plans to mint his own Mideast peace plan in an attempt to […]
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Protest: Gil Scott-Heron: Don’t Play apartheid Israel!
Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010 Time: 6:15pm – 8:30pm Location: outside Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London Meet at 6.15pm outside Royal Festival Hall, London (to protest as people go into the concert that starts at 7.30pm) Bring banners. placards, flags, drums, etc Gil Scott Heron was part of the United Artists Against Apartheid in the […]
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Open letter to Gare St Lazare Players Ireland: Cancel Tel Aviv University!
PACBI | 23 April 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 23 April 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) urges through this letter the Irish touring theatre company Gare St Lazare Players Ireland to cancel their scheduled performance of Samuel Beckett”s “First Love” at Tel Aviv University on May 26, 2010. We […]
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Letter to Gil Scott-Heron
Rap pioneer Gil Scott-Heron is scheduled to go to Israel for one performance on May 25 in Tel Aviv’s Barbie club. Dear Gil, We write to urge you not to perform in Israel next month. This is done in the name of millions of Palestinians living under an Apartheid system no different (and probably worse) […]
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Gil Scott-Heron: don’t go to the moon
Matthew Cassel, The Electronic Intifada, 20 April 2010 Dear Gil Scott-Heron, I’ve always defended your track “Whitey on the Moon” to fellow white Americans who dismissed the song as racist. I argued that considering the centuries of enslavement of your African ancestors, and the continued oppression of and racism against Black Americans, it’s not unfair […]
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