Archive for the ‘Musicians’ Category

Massive Attack On Apartheid

Massive Attack bandmember Robert Del Naja discusses why their band is boycotting Israel as a tour destination.
“We were asked to play Israel and we refused,” he says. “The question was asked: ‘If you don’t play there, how can you go there and change things?’ I said: ‘Listen, I can’t play in Israel when [...]

MC Lowkey Responds to Freedom Flotilla Killings

Lowkey is speaking at one of many demonstrations around the world condemning the killings of at least 9 human rights activists aboard the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, one of six ships in the “Freedom Flotilla” aid convoy.  The names of those killed have not been released, and the surviving members of the flotilla were captured [...]

The Last Chance – Eight Songs on Israel/Palestine

Unapologetically challenging and provocative, The Last Chance is a new CD released from Fuse Records.  The collection weaves eight finely-crafted human stories around Israel/Palestine, with songs to move the mind and the heart.
The Song of Martin Fontasch/ Song of the Olive Tree (sung by Janet Russell)
The Last Chance/ They Said…/ Yafa! (lyrics by Mahmoud [...]

Greek Artist Yperastikoi Sets Sights for Gaza

Composed and Performed by Yperastikoi for the upcoming “Ship To Gaza” voyage from Greece.  The “Ship to Gaza” initiative is part of an international expedition of ships and passengers from many different countries, to sail to the Gaza Strip in spring 2010 carrying aid and supplies to the steadfast people of Palestine.  Gaza [...]

Tadamon Montreal Rally 500 Artists in Solidarity

Montreal, Canada – February 25th 2010.   Today, a broad spectrum of Montreal artists are standing in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom and supporting the growing international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the Israeli state. Last winter, the Israeli state launched a violent military assault on [...]

Shine A Light for Palestinian Freedom

Elton John is scheduled to perform in Apartheid Israel on June 17th, 2010.  This performance would undermine the international cultural boycott of Israel, which was initiated by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), as a means of non-violent resistance to Apartheid and Colonialism.
In addition to normalizing the oppression [...]

Thank You Carlos Santana

Thank You Carlos Santana
Artists Against Apartheid  and the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel would like to extend our thanks to Carlos Santana for honoring the call for the Cultural Boycott of Israel, by electing not to perform in the apartheid state.  The call for cultural boycott was successful in [...]

Mass Obliteration – Mashom

Mass Obliteration is an Italian death metal band, born in Rome during april 2006 from the cousins Andrea and Luca, who moved from their hometown Gaeta (where the Cavalera brothers from Sepultura have their origin too) to the capital, deluded by their past projects, aiming to create extreme and original music.  They created this song [...]

Hey You, Break The Siege – Roger Waters and Gaza Freedom March

Roger Waters, of Pink Floyd, discusses the context of the Gaza Freedom March, as activists attempt to break the illegal siege of the Gaza Strip:

Uri Gopher – Istikbal (Welcoming)

Uri Gopher presents his personal perspective on how it feels to raise a child in Israel, as a Jewish-Israeli who does not buy into his country’s Ethos and who wants no part in the continued self-defeating denial of responsibility to the tragic fate of the Palestinian people. Inspired by the work of “Zochrot” activists.