Threats to anti-racism charity lead to Ken Loach stepping down as competition judge
– Show Racism the Red Card commends Loach’s ‘commitment to fighting racism’
– Charity’s funding put at risk by unfounded allegations
Censorship & silencing
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Anti-racism charity confirms Ken Loach as judge for its School Competition
Show Racism the Red Card has resisted pressure to ditch campaigning film-maker Ken Loach as a judge for its annual School Competition.
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 Loach. -
Artswatch Palestine: September – December 2019
Our digest of news from Israel’s cultural war against the Palestinians Cádiz – and London On December 20th the press office of the City of Cádiz announced that the Cádiz Court (Juzgado de Instrucción número 1 de Cádiz) had dismissed a case brought by the pro-Israeli organisation, ACOM against the Council’s decision to cancel a…
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Aldeburgh DocFest disinvites author, invites Israel lobby CEO to discuss ‘GAZA’
On Sunday, Aldeburgh Documentary Festival will host a discussion that follows a screening of the acclaimed documentary ‘GAZA’, a film about Palestinian lives in the besieged enclave. Extraordinarily, the panel is advertised to include the CEO of the UK’s biggest pro-Israel public relations group, BICOM (British Israel Communications and Research). Clearly something has gone very…
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Open letter: the demand that artists disavow BDS is not a legitimate request
Open letter to Aachen Mayor, Marcel Philipp: ‘We are scandalized that you’d make your approval of the city’s decision to honor artist Walid Raad dependant upon his disavowal of the BDS movement.’
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Artswatch Palestine: April – August 2019
*Art and power
* Palfest re-formed
* Borders and visas
* Reinventing Jerusalem
*A spectacle of demolition
*A spectacle of punishment
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Boots Riley, Naomi Klein among 100+ figures demanding free speech on BDS movement for Palestinian rights
Attempts in Germany to impose political conditions on artists who support Palestinian rights, particularly targeting black, POC and queer artists, comprise a shameful trend of censorship, anti-Palestinian repression, and attacks on freedom of conscience.
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‘UK government must end isolation of artists from Gaza’: hundreds of academics and artists speak out
The letter below criticises the UK government’s shameful ‘hostile environment’ policy, as it impacts on artists, and in particular artists from Gaza. Israel’s policies have brought Gaza to the brink of economic, social and ecological collapse. To refuse visas to individuals who use all their efforts to be productive and creative in the face of…
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Artswatch Palestine: December – March 2019
Our digest of news from Israel’s cultural war against the Palestinians
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Artswatch Palestine: September- November 2018
Palestinian author Susan Abulhawa (pictured) was on her way to Palestine Literature Festival when she was denied entry to her homeland, held in a prison cell, then flown back to the United States. Our digest of news from Israel’s cultural war against the Palestinians Dareen Tatour Dareen Tatour, Palestinian poet and citizen of Israel, was…
