Luke Black:

Warning: police brutality

At Emory University in Georgia, police violently arrested a number of faculty protestors, including an economics professor and the chair of the philosophy departmen (Media 4 and 5), and they tased an on-site media (Media 8). They shot rubber bullets and tear gas (Media 6 and 7).

It should be noted that these tactics of repression and violence are exchanged between US police departments and the IOF in occupied Palestine, with at least 69 cop cities having been built since 2020 to teach IOF tactics, using IOF trainers.

Students are undeterred, having set up a number of new liberated zones and refusing to back down (FIT, IU-Bloomington, UCLA, UT Arlington, Cornell, UH, UPenn, PSU, Stanford, and more) bringing the number of ongoing encampments to at least 50.

Nemo Mettler

Gender: Non binary (they/them)

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: 3 August 1999

Ethnicity: White - Swiss

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, rapper, musician

Note: Will represent Switzerland in Eurovision 2024

On May 7, 9 and 11, the 2024 Eurovision will be held in Malmo, Sweden. I wrote a bit about the song that will represent Israel this year, which you can find here.

Still, the story of this music contest, at this time, and in this specific host city, deserves more attention. I found a great Israeli news piece in two parts, with English subtitles. The first part deals with how hostile Malmo is to Israelis and Jews, the second part revolves around meeting the local Jewish community in Malmo, and hearing from them about their fears ahead of ESC 2024. Both I think are worth watching, in part because they say a lot about the situation of Jews in Europe specifically and in the west in general nowadays.

(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)

Boycott Eurovision

israel has now officially been announced as one of the countries participating in eurovision 2024

meanwhile russia is still banned, for the third year in a row. the double standard is just sickening

btw! I was made aware that many people don't know that we're boycotting Eurovision this year, so.

we are boycotting Eurovision, as per BDS guidelines.

don't watch the stream, don't engage with the videos, don't post it about it on social media using hashtags that are going to trend. whatever you're getting from the show isn't worth it

the bds movement has officially called for a boycott of eurovision 2024.

While Israel actively commits a genocide and prepares to invade Rafah, Eurovision helps it spread its war propaganda. Boycott Eurovision.