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Elvis Costello boycotts Israel

Standing firm against Apartheid last century and this one! Elvis Costello has cancelled his scheduled gigs in Israel on explicity human rights grounds: Read the statement on his website Please thank Elvis via his manager:gilmour@mfmgt.com Feel free to use or adapt these flyers to leaflet his upcoming gigs to make his fans aware of the stance…

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‘Racism’ case against five SPSC members ridiculed and thrown out

Criminalising solidarity; ‘racism’ case thrown out1st May 2010 A legal attempt to stifle solidarity action with Palestine through boycott fails in Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Five members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign were accused of “racism” after disrupting a concert by Israel’s cultural ambassadors, the Jerusalem Quartet.  Sheriff James Scott ruled the protest was “clearly…

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Stand-up comic Frankie Boyle stands up for Palestine and bites the hand that feeds him, hard

A stand-up’s sharp take on the BBC and Palestine “I’ve been studying Israeli Army Martial Arts. I now know 16 ways to kick a Palestinian woman in the back. “The situation in Palestine seems to be, in essence, apartheid. I grew up with the anti apartheid thing being a huge focus of debate. It really seemed to…

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