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protest joan armatrading tour dates in israel

bandora etrog | 27.04.2010 13:11 | Palestine

joan armatrading announces two tour dates in israel

 http://www.joanarmatrading.com/index.asp?m=misc&n=tours&p=1

hot on the heels of gil scott-heron, joan armatrading has announced tour dates in israel this june.

it is vital to maintain the pressure on any artist intending to visit israel. joan armatrading wrote a tribute song for nelson mandela. it included the lines:

"The message
That you delivered
Told us how we should be
We should treat each other
As we would be treated"

 http://www.joanarmatrading.com/index.asp?m=misc&n=downloads&p=5

if she genuinely believes these lines then she should not go to israel and perform in a racist, apartheid state which oppresses, denigrates and segregates.

bandora etrog

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Can't support this.

28.04.2010 11:25

This bullying of artists and musicians just doesn't sit well with me. Sorry.

anon


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