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Tilda Swinton among 2000+ artists calling for ceasefire
Miriam Margolyes, Steve Coogan, Asif Kapadia, Peter Mullan & Khalid Abdalla among more than 2000 artists saying: “Our governments are not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and abetting them.”
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BREAKING: More than 40 figures from the world of film endorse Harry Potter star's message:
“We recognize the underlying power imbalance between Israel, the occupying power, & the Palestinians, the people under a system of military occupation and apartheid”
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1000+ artists inc Olivia Colman, Harriet Walter, Juliet Stevenson, Aimee Lou Wood, Amir El-Masry, Siobhán McSweeney, Paapa Essiedu, Susanne Wokoma, Youseff Kerkour launch letter accusing arts institutions of censoring Palestine
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Man of principle, national treasure 🇵🇸
Ken Loach's
#BFIBacked
The Old Oak is nominated for Outstanding British Film.
#EEBAFTAs
#NationalLottery
funded
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Tilda Swinton, Stece Coogan and Miriam Margolyes among 2,000 artists calling for Gaza ceasefire
Open letter, also signed by Charles Dance and Maxine Peake, accuses government of ‘aiding and abetting’ Israel’s alleged ‘war crimes’
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SXSW: Multiple bands pull out of festival "in solidarity with the people of Palestine" highlighting the "unacceptable" links between the military and SXSW - which lists the US Army as a "super sponsor" on its website. ✊🏾 🔥🇵🇸
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Leading artists disengage from British venue that censored Palestine ✊🏾🇵🇸
Over 1000 artists announce refusal to work with Bristol’s Arnolfini after censorship of Palestinian films and poetry
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Leading names of British theatre and film have criticised the cancellation of a prestigious lifetime award to the playwright Caryl Churchill because of her support for Palestinian rights, saying the move is “nothing less than modern-day McCarthyism”.
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Musicians, writers & concerned citizens stand together against a cynical campaign of misinformation that aims to *ban* Roger Waters' shows over his condemnation of apartheid Israel
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'No Other Land' wins best documentary at Berlin Film Festival
"I'm here celebrating the award, but also very hard for me to celebrate when there are tens of thousands of my people being slaughtered and massacred by Israel in Gaza" Basel Adra
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UK Lawyers for Israel want to reduce name of ‘Anne Frank’ to Trade Mark, pressuring Anne Frank Foundation to litigate against Roger Waters’ memorialising her name among other victims of state violence.
Zionism’s anti Palestinian racism knows no bounds
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Eric Cantona, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Mark Rylance, Miriam Margolyes OBE, Dame Marina Warner, Baroness Blackstone, Steve Coogan and many other leading figures have backed Ken Loach & anti-racism charity Show Racism the Red Card
#ShowRacismtheRedCard
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Boycott Eurovision 2024 over genocidal Israel’s participation | BDS Movement
The contest has refused to ban Israel despite its genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza
Obscene. Time to step up the pressure. Love music Hate genocide.
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Solidarity with the women of Gaza on International Women's Day 2024 ❤️
#IWD
Poster below published by the GUPW for its delegation to the UN's conference on the Decade of Women in 1980.
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At Spain's top film awards! 👇🏾
Los
#Goya2024
con Palestina 🍉 y con 2 peticiones claras:
#StopArmasConIsrael
y fin al genocidio israelí en Gaza.
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‘Bridgerton’ Star Nicola Coughlan Got Told ‘You Won’t Get Work’ for Supporting Palestine but Pushes Back: ‘I’m Not Worried About People’s Reactions’
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BREAKING: Seventy prominent writers from several continents endorse Sally Rooney’s decision to turn down an offer with an Israel publishing house, describing it as “an exemplary response to the mounting injustices inflicted on Palestinians”. 📚🇵🇸
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“Palestinians whose grandparents were forced out of their homes at the barrel of a gun [in 1948] are again being told to flee – or face collective punishment on an unimaginable scale.”
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Scottish cultural figures including Irvine Welsh, Darren McGarvey, and Young Fathers have signed a boycott pledging to not to perform or exhibit in Israel.
#BDS
#CeasefireNOW
#StopGenocide
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RIP Sinead ❤️
Thank you, Sinéad O'Connor, for boycotting Israel 🙏🏼
“There’s not a sane person on earth who in any way sanctions what the fuck the Israeli authorities are doing.”
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Full Academic Boycott now!
The Israeli military just blew up the University of Palestine in Gaza City with 315 mines. All the universities in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed. We need a full academic boycott.
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Artists withdraw work from Barbican over Gaza talk cancellation
“We cannot take seriously a public institution that does not hold a space for free thinking & debate, however challenging it might feel to some staff, board members, or anxious politicians
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Joaquin Phoenix, Cate Blanchett, Jon Stewart, Kristen Stewart, Riz Ahmed and 50 more actors & entertainers demand Joe Biden call for Israel-Gaza Ceasefire:
‘Compassion Must Prevail’ ❤️
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Rabbi Alissa Wise, Judith Butler, Mark Rylance, Peter Gabriel, Carmen Callil, Julie Christie, Thurston Moore, David Morrisey, Caryl Churchill, Steve Coogan, Brian Eno, Ohal Grietzer, Eyal Sivan, Samuel West & more say:
Stop McCarthyism!
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50+ artists including Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Rea, Ken Loach, Peter Kosminksy & Sabrina Mahfouz deplore
@BarbicanCentre
's partnership with Israeli embassy as “a cynical attempt to re-brand apartheid as diversity and military occupation as tolerance”
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"The most powerful use of Olly's voice at this moment would be to use it to announce his withdrawal from Eurovision" - Queers for Palestine 🏳️🌈🇵🇸🔥
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Tonight outside the BBC - demonstration called by Queers for Palestine asking Olly Alexander and all contestants to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest while Israel is included.
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Swedish music stars call for Israel Eurovision ban over Gaza 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Open letter signed by more than 1,000 musicians from 2024 host country follows petition from artists in Finland and Iceland
#GazaGenocide
#BanGenocidalIsrael
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In Gaza yesterday 104 Palestinians, including 43 children & a paramedic, were shot & injured by Israeli snipers. One 16 yr old was shot with an explosive bullet in his leg.
In Tel Aviv, ex-soldier 'gun models' make violence sexy for camera.
Apartheid is ugly.
Israeli gun models with IDF experience are among the most popular, and most successful, 'influencers' on social media.
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Jesse Darling wins the 2023 Turner Prize
During his acceptance speech, Darling pulled a Palestinian flag out of his pocket. When asked later why, the artist said: “Because there’s a genocide going on and I wanted to say something about it on the BBC.” ✊🏽
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Artists are pulling their work from an exhibition at HOME Manchester in protest at HOME's cancellation of the sold-out Palestinian 'Voices of Resilience' event. HOME must reverse its decision. Read the artists statement here.
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@berlinale
Cowardly and pathetic. If Berlinale cannot stand up loudly for its filmmakers' opposition to an unfolding genocide - then what is the point of Berlinale?
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An activist wearing a Palestinian flag T-shirt disrupts the semi-final of
#Eurovision
with banner: 'Dare to Dream of an End to the Apartheid' ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
#BoycottEurovision2019
#EndApartheid
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Update: more than 3,300 artists signed in total as of this morning
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THREAD: Palestinians are calling for solidarity with
@TalibKweli
, whose performance at a German festival was cancelled over his anti-racist principles, following pressure from a blog that once called for genocide against Palestinians.
Artists are speaking up
#StandWithTalibKweli
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Artists, writers and musicians have reacted with fury to an Arts Council England (ACE) warning that “political statements” could break funding agreements.
Well done everyone who commented under the report! This needs to be reversed.
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@JohnnyR1Red
You might want to see the mass graves and the amputations without anaesthetics before banging on about what ‘disgusts’ you
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Activists Stage ‘Guerrilla Festival’ of Palestinian Art in
@BarbicanCentre
Amid Censorship Controversy ✊🏾
The action was a response to the Barbican’s decision not to host a talk on Palestine by Indian writer Pankaj Mishra.
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Barbican Forced to Apologise for Silencing Palestinians
✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Other institutions must take note.
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BREAKING: More than a hundred artists, including Hollywood stars, acclaimed authors & musicians condemn Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, call for accountability. Read their letter 👇🏾
#JusticeforShireen
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British cinemas refuse to host Israeli film festival.
Good. After several years of protest and calls to boycott Seret festival, genocidal Israel is now too toxic even for mainstream cinemas.
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Eric Cantona, Claire Foy, Mark Ruffalo, Susan Sarandon, + 100 more - call for an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Palestinian human rights groups
"We call on the international community to
#StandWithThe6
& protect Palestinian human rights defenders”
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Victory in Manchester. Censorship overturned. Palestine event reinstated by HOME.
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"We join Emma Watson in support of the simple statement that ‘solidarity is a verb’, including meaningful solidarity with Palestinians struggling for their human rights under international law."
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Israel's official Eurovision entry, 'HOME', has been improved to show just what ‘HOME’ means for Palestinians living under occupation & siege.
#BoycottEurovision
#DareToDream
#Eurovision2019
Watch the full video:
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The Manchester venue HOME has cancelled 'Voices of Resilience', a sold-out event of Palestinian prose and poetry read by members of the Palestinian community. This followed pressure from a pro-Israel organisation. Cultural workers respond
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Cultural icon Laurie Anderson Loses German Professorship Over Pro-Palestine Letter
The artist and the Folkwang University jointly announced her resignation in light of Anderson’s endorsement of a “Letter Against Apartheid” over two years ago.
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BREAKING: Many artists withdrawing from the British Art Show in Manchester in solidarity with the Whitworth & with the Palestinian people - against the silencing of criticism of Israel. 👏🏾 👇🏾
#BAS9
#TheWhitworth
#UniversityofManchester
The withdrawal is an act of foremost solidarity with Palestine and Palestinian people and ensuring that artists, academics and the public can continue to freely express their views as well as with Alistair Hudson and the workers and employees of The Whitworth.
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Poet Saleem Al-Naffar 💔 buried under the rubble of his house with his family in Gaza city.
May his words live on and haunt us all.
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THIS IS HUGE:
The BBC has been accused by its journalists of failing to tell the story of the Israel-Palestine conflict accurately, investing greater effort in humanising Israeli victims compared with Palestinians, & omitting key historical context.
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OUR STATEMENT
"Urgent questions must be asked about the
@BarbicanCentre
's commitment to freedom of expression and anti-discrimination."
Any British arts institution that engages in anti-Palestinian racism and censorship may be liable to legal challenge.
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Naomi Klein, Hisham Matar, Maaza Mengiste, & more Withdraw From the PEN World Voices Festival
“In the context of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, we believe that PEN America has betrayed the organization’s professed commitment to peace and equality for all.”
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Leading lights of UK stage call for Israeli release of Palestinian theatre
Open letter signed by top playwrights, actors and directors demands Israel free members of Freedom theatre
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"We stand against ongoing Israeli attempts to forcibly displace Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan and elsewhere in the occupied Palestinian territory."
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Massive Attack, Steve Coogan, Peter Gabriel, Maxine Peake, Philip Pullman and Benjamin Zephaniah are among 60+ cultural figures to put their names to an open letter calling for sanction & condemning Israeli attacks on Palestinian cultural centres
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Variety: London’s Biggest Eurovision Song Contest Screening Party Canceled Due to Israel’s Participation
#LoveMusicHateApartheid
#LoveMusicHateGenocide
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@goetheinstitut
@varathas
@m7mdkurd
What did he say about the regime of apartheid and persecution that he lives under that you think unacceptable ?
Direct quotes, with full context please.
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🏳️🌈 More than 450 queer artists, individuals, organisations call on Olly Alexander to withdraw from Eurovision because of the inclusion of apartheid Israel, despite its ongoing genocidal assault on Gaza.
🖊️ Sign the letter:
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Art is always political – so why are we punishing artists who speak out about Gaza?
'To put deliberate restrictions on artists, cultural workers, charities and organisations is a low and fearful act of censorship'
We refuse silence!
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Palestinians call to ban genocidal Israel from Eurovision
Palestinians call on the European Broadcasting Union to ban Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest – the world’s biggest live music event – or face widespread boycotts.
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Miriam Margolyes: “To me, it seems as if Hitler has won. He's changed us Jews from being compassionate and carrying into this vicious, genocidal, nationalist nation, pursuing and killing women and children.”
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@yairlapid
@noatishby
@IsraelMFA
Colonising apartheid regime appoints a Special Envoy for Deflection.
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Novelist Lana Bastašić's blazing response to yet another act of censorship
'Thank you for uninviting me. I would not want to be part of an institution which not only cancels artists, but seems to think silence & censorship is the right answer to genocide.
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@stellacreasy
Appalling justifications from
@stellacreasy
on Israeli snipers killing refugees who are marching for their rights.
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Scholars and researchers SIGN 👇🏽
"Prof Miller was approached to provide a statement on Israel-Palestine. When he responded honestly to the query, well-orchestrated efforts were made to misrepresent these responses as evidence of antisemitism."
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@ZacGoldsmith
700 Palestinian children are dead in Gaza Zac. We were there because we want the killing to stop.
Delete this disgusting tweet.
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Mike Leigh, Leila Sansour, Roy Battersby, Ken Loach and others say British cinemas should boycott Israel government sponsored UK-Israel film festival
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“Palestinian and international artists plan to air an alternative event that will be broadcast online during the Eurovision finale. Named Globalvision, it will include live shots of concerts from Dublin to Bethlehem.”
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"The late Desmond Tutu once said, 'If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.' Heeding Tutu’s moral appeal, we stand on the side of justice, freedom, and equal rights for all.
This is the least we can do."
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Gaza we love you ❤️🇵🇸
UK political and media class: we will never forgive your abject complicity.
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The artists accusing institutions in Germany of “deep-seated anti-Palestinian racism” include actors Miranda Richardson, Miriam Margolyes, KhalidAbdallah, Juliet Stevenson, Maureen Beattie, playwrights Abbie Spallen, Hannah Khallil, Nicholas Wright
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"Opposition to a political system or policy is distinct from bigotry, hatred & discrimination targeting any group of humans based on their identity. We see the former as a legitimate & necessary form of political and ethical expression and the latter as racism – pure and simple"
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Director Mike Leigh on modern-day McCarthyism of the
@SchauspielS
, 'systems of silencing and intimidation' when it comes to Palestine, attempts to de platform one of the greatest playwright of our times, Caryl Churchill
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We have published a longer version of the open letter published in tomorrow’s print edition of the Guardian signed by 70+ artists and public figure. via
@Art4PalestineUK
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@IsraelinUK
@alexander_olly
"We, as LGBTQIA+ people, cannot let others weaponise our struggles for freedom on the basis of sexuality + gender identity to justify systemic occupation & genocide of a people. This pinkwashing is a smokescreen that undermines the lives of LGBTQIA+ people in Palestine right now.
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They accuse arts institutions of:
“repressing, silencing and stigmatising Palestinian voices and perspectives".
“targeting the livelihoods of arts workers who express solidarity w Palestinians, cancelling performances, screenings, exhibitions, book launches"
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Joaquin Phoenix, Elliott Gould, Chloe Fineman and More Jewish Creatives Support Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars Speech in Open Letter 🔥🔥🔥
Boots Riley, Debra Winger, Joel Coen, Todd Haynes and Lenny Abrahamson are also on the list of signees
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The Mayor of Barcelona's suspension of ties with Israel draws praise from public figures including Arundhati Roy, Naomi Klein, Mark Ruffalo, Viggo Mortensen, Alia Shawkat, Marianne Faithful, Peter Gabriel, Seun Kuti many more🔥🔥🔥
#BDS
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"We oppose injustice anywhere in the world and stand with all those seeking an end to oppression."
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EXCLUSIVE: German city rescinds literary award to celebrated British author Kamila Shamsie over support for BDS. The jury panel then refuse to publish Shamsie's statement alongside their own statement on the affair.
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@mpgpresident
@anthroprofhage
What a disgrace.
The IJC, the highest court in the world, acknowledges there is an ongoing, plausible risk of genocide against Palestinian people, and this is your statement - firing a researcher who refuses silence on genocide?
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100% Solidarity with Comma Press
We are appalled at attempts to silence Palestinian voices in the midst of a genocide.
We are appalled that
@HOME_mcr
has failed its duty of care towards Palestinians and its duty to uphold freedom of expression for artists and audiences.
In relation to the cancelation of the forthcoming 'Voices of Resilience' event at Home, and the libelous allegation that led to it, Comma has made its statement here:
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20 years from now when it is far too late for journalism to make any difference someone will win a Pulitzer for telling the truth about this moment. They’ll be celebrated for unequivocally using the words that people are currently losing jobs for saying...
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RIP Jeremy Hardy - always spoke out in support of Palestinian rights, we're proud to have had him among our supporters
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ANGA is an international group of artists, curators, writers who have come together to call for the exclusion of Israel at the Venice Biennale. ANGA is a collective with no sole authors.
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“Despite this pressure, artists in their thousands are following their conscience & continuing to speak out. Freedom of expression, as enshrined in the Human Rights Act & the European Convention of Human Rights is the backbone of our creative lives, & fundamental to democracy.”
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Thank you for taking a principled stance ❤️
Arnolfini, a publicly funded arts org, must uphold freedom of expression and must engage with the artists and audiences it serves.
We have joined the call to disengage from the Arnolfini in Bristol following their censorship of Bristol Palestine Film Festival events. Along with
@hajarpress
we will not be supplying the bookshop until further notice.
Read the full statement here:
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"In my heart, I am Palestinian"
RIP Diego Maradona 💔
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@BoardofDeputies
@WeBelieveIsrael
@JewishChron
@JewishNewsUK
@JewishTelegraph
@Telegraph
@guardian
@NewStatesman
@SkyNews
The 'end result of BDS' is full rights for Palestinians. That's it.
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Former Greek Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis: “The decades-long failure of governments to hold Israel to account for its repression of the Palestinians has led to this situation. The international community must speak out and sanction Israel, now.”
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This ‘promotional’ video is of itself a violation of the Geneva Convention, a war crime. Even without the children.
Video of Israeli forces invading and destroying a stadium in Gaza, turning it into a detention camp. There are reportedly hundreds of Palestinians being held under horrific conditions in this stadium alone, stripped naked and abused. This includes men, women, children and elders.
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"As Jews living in Germany, we are outraged by this systematic use of antisemitism accusations to silence artists and intellectuals who stand for human rights for all. "
Much❤️ to all Left Jews and all Palestinians in Germany.
Read
@JNahost
's statement on Caryl Churchill 👇🏾
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Author China Miéville rescinds his fellowship at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) over its President's complicity in anti-Palestinian racism and censorship. This follows Dutch artist Jonas Staal's refusal of a nomination…
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Thank you Ireland ✊🏾
NEW: Ireland is to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the top court in the United Nations.
Micheal Martin, Ireland’s deputy leader, said that he had been told there is a “basis” for an intervention in the high-profile case.
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Terrible news. Among his many contributions to poetry, music, and the struggle for against racism, Benjamin Zephaniah always stood in solidarity with Palestinians.
RIP 💔
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