El teu nom Palestina (Your name Palestine)

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Lluís Llach, one of the artists featured on my Tidal music streams for September this year, is probably not very well-known outside of Spain. Llach is a Catalan singer-songwriter who was a preeminent member of the Nova Cançó (New Song) movement in Spain, which defied the brutal fascist dictator Franco, who ruled from 1939 to … Continue reading El teu nom Palestina (Your name Palestine)

Eurovision blues and a red card for Israel?

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The world seems helpless to stop Israel from completely annihilating the entire population of Gaza. Complicity in the genocide by the U.S. and England, mainly, is proving impossible to restrain. While protest action is brave, ethical, and morally justified, it has been largely ineffectual as these complicit governments enact violent reprisals and laws to combat them.