The rapper Macklemore was booted off a US tour with popstar Ed Sheeran after speaking up for Palestine on stage. Rather than go quietly, he went public about the coordinated campaign behind his cancellation, leading all the other support acts to abandon the tour in solidarity. This act of defiance and moral courage has tapped into a growing mood of disgust towards Israel’s genocidal actions in the Middle East and McCarthyite efforts to silence dissent.

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