And Remember The Microphone
The Dudes open on Macklemore announcing a Free Palestine Tour after getting cut from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour. MetLife, “Free Palestine,” “Hind’s Hall,” NFL stadiums blinking, openers walking, Sheeran blaming promoters. Ten days later: Dublin 3Arena Oct. 26, Paris Accor Arena the 29th, London’s OVO Arena Wembley the 30th, U.S. dates coming, tickets Sept. 30. Proceeds to Gaza Soup Kitchen, Anera, PCRF, JVP, UNRWA USA and the rest. That turns into the larger argument that Palestine has never existed as a sovereign nation-state — Roman Syria Palaestina, Ottoman provinces, British Mandate…
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