Cultural Boycott

Tamar-kali with her band and special guest Sonny Singh at "Palestine Calling"
Brooklyn vocalist and composer Tamar-kali with her band and special guest Sonny Singh at our "Palestine Calling" event on November 14th, 2015.

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Haaretz

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A new video starring Roger Waters and other U.S. artists is calling for a cultural boycott of Israel. The video begins with the artists explaining the different ways in which Israeli control dictates the life of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. The clip then details the economic cost of the occupation. [Article in English.]

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American Herald Tribune

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Adalah, a grassroots NYC activist organization for Palestinian rights, has launched a new video advocating the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The video was shown at the launch party on Saturday, 14 November, though not released officially until the 17th. Adalah members and related activists met at Verso Books in DUMBO, Brooklyn for music, food and BDS.

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Haaretz

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Eight American artists and musicians are featured in a new video to promote the cultural boycott of Israel as part of the BDS movement. In the last two days hundreds of artists signed a petition declaring that they refuse to show their work or perform in an apartheid state. [Article in Hebrew.]

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Alternative Information Center

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The NY-based Palestine solidarity group Adalah-NY is calling on artists and culture workers to affirm their support of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and commit to upholding the cultural boycott of Israel.

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Justseeds

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Eight leading artists, all with ties to New York, state their support for the cultural boycott of Israel in our new video. The video features actor Kathleen Chalfant; musician Roger Waters, a founding member of Pink Floyd; musicians Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio; musicians Kool A.D. and Tamar-kali; artist and author of Drawing Blood, Molly Crabapple; and visual artist Swoon.

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Electronic Intifada

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But increasing numbers of cultural workers are vocally refusing to play Israel’s game, recognizing, as British musician Brian Eno and Israeli musician and boycott activist Ohal Grietzer put it, “In the current context, performing or not performing in Israel forces a choice between taking the side of the oppressor or the oppressed.”

In a video released this week, eight prominent artists state their support for the cultural boycott of Israel and describe its abuses of Palestinians’ human rights in general, and its targeting of culture in particular.

Press Release

Nov. 17, 2015 - New York, NY – A video released today features eight leading artists stating, “I endorse the cultural boycott of Israel.” The artists include Tony-nominated stage and television actress Kathleen Chalfant; musician Roger Waters, a founding member of Pink Floyd; musicians Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio; musicians Kool A.D. and Tamar-kali; artist and author of Drawing BloodMolly Crabapple; and visual artist Swoon.

The movement for a global boycott of Israel -- launched by a coalition of over 170 Palestinian trade unions, political parties and human rights groups in order to advance their movement for freedom, justice and equality -- has steadily gained support worldwide over the last decade. The video was released by Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel and is accompanied by an appeal for more cultural workers to pledge their support for the boycott of Israel.

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VICE

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Today, a group of artists—among them Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, actor Kathleen Chalfant of The Affair, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, and visual artist Swoon—have released a video in support of the boycott. And we are glad to say that a growing number of artists from Canada, the UK, and now the US are following the tradition of Artists United Against Apartheid, and have lent their visibility and voice to the struggle to end the Israeli oppression of Palestinians.

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