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Last summer Radiohead played Tel Aviv, and when fans at a Glasgow gig waved Palestinian flags to protest the event, the band’s frontman, Thom Yorke, lashed out, muttering on stage, “Some fucking people”. Months later, Nick Cave accused Palestinian human rights supporters of bullying and silencing artists like himself for crossing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) picket […]
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Whose freedom does Radiohead support?
July 18th, 2017 
Awake Goy Nora Barrows-Friedman Activism and BDS Beat 18 July 2017 Palestinians demand Radiohead respect the international picket line. (PACBI) Artists and activists continue to push back against Radiohead, two days before the band goes ahead with a gig in Tel Aviv. On Monday, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Leigh condemned Radiohead’s intransigence toward Palestinians. “As the lights go […]
Did Radiohead’s Thom Yorke swear at fans waving Palestinian flags?
July 10th, 2017 Awake Goy Hilary Aked Activism and BDS Beat 10 July 2017 Palestinian flags on display during a Radiohead performance in Scotland. (Glasgow Palestine Action) Radiohead front man Thom Yorke has apparently stuck up his middle finger up at fans waving Palestinian flags in protest at the band’s decision to play in Israel later this month. The singer’s gesture was […]
Radiohead Frontman Gives Middle Finger to BDS Protesters
July 10th, 2017 Awake Goy Andrew AnglinDaily Stormer July 10, 2017 Radiohead’s Thom Yorke is not a person I would intuitively imagine would be a supporter the the genocidal Jew regime in Palestine. However, it seems that my intuition is not always correct. #Radiohead fans in Glasgow at #TRSNMTfest called on the band to respect the cultural […]
Radiohead may never live down Tel Aviv show, says Ken Loach
July 8th, 2017 Awake Goy Nora Barrows-Friedman Activism and BDS Beat 7 July 2017 Palestinians are urging Radiohead to cancel their upcoming Tel Aviv gig. (PACBI) Radiohead may not be forgiven if the band plays Tel Aviv, the filmmaker Ken Loach has warned. Loach made his comments during a week when activists held protests at the rock band’s performances, urging […]
Israeli musicians to Thom Yorke: Canceling Radiohead show will disrupt Israel’s ‘business as usual’ facade
June 30th, 2017 Awake Goy Dear Thom Yorke, We are Israeli musicians writing you about your scheduled performance in Israel this July 19. It is our understanding that the public appeal urging you to respect the Palestinian picket line and cancel this concert was published only after a private appeal went unanswered. Likewise, we will only publish a public letter […]
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No Comments »An appeal to ‘Radiohead,’ the band that woke my soul to the Palestinian crisis
June 26th, 2017 Awake Goy Radiohead were the second band I ever saw live — at Victoria Park in Warrington, Cheshire, a day or two after Kid A came out in October 2000. A few songs into the set, Thom Yorke said: “this one is dedicated to the Israeli soldier who shot that Palestinian boy and his dad.” Then they […]
#FreeAssange: Global event calls for WikiLeaks founder freedom after 4 years of isolation
June 19th, 2016 Awake Goy Assange has been unable to leave Ecuadorian Embassy since June 19, 2012, due to the UK police’s 24/7 watch on the building, a legal case opened against him in Sweden, but, crucially, because of what he says is Washington’s persecution for publishing and maintaining the largest trove of explosive leaks in world’s history. “First they […]
Posted in World News Tags: Amp, attack, disperse, party, police, protesting, radiohead, rally, teargas, turkish, video No Comments »WATCH: Student Armed Only with Pepper Spray Takes Down School Shooter
June 18th, 2016 Awake Goy Source: Daily Caller Newly-released footage shows the incredible heroism of a Seattle Pacific University (SPU) student, who took down a school shooter in 2014 while armed only with pepper spray. One student was killed and two others were hurt in the SPU shooting, but it could have been far worse if […]
Posted in World News Tags: attack, drinking, fans, patrol, radiohead, ramadan, sharia, watch No Comments »Medical Errors Now 3rd Leading Cause of Death – Time for New Approaches?
May 9th, 2016 Awake Goy Phillip J. Watt, ContributorWaking Times The ignorant vilification and unethical suppression of natural, plant-based approaches to medical issues of both a mental and physical nature has long been exposed for the world to see. However, usually the proponents of pharmaceutically-derived mechanistic medicine point to the high success of the industry, but […]
