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Tell Leonard Cohen to CANCEL HIS PERFORMANCE IN ISRAEL, following the lead of cultural figures like Bono, Bjork, Roger Waters, Jean-Luc Godard, Adrienne Rich, and others.
Place: Meet at Southeast Corner of 50th and 6th Avenue
(Across from Radio City Music Hall)
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 PM, Sunday, May 17th
We'll be chanting, singing a parody of Cohen's "Democracy", and more!
Not in NYC? Organize a protest when he performs in your town!
Cohen will be touring the US, Canada, and Europe before heading over to Israel. We can make sure his journey to Israel lacks the peace that Israel refuses to provide the Palestinians. Make some noise along his tour by organizing demonstrations at each of his concerts (tour dates and locations listed further below). You can even use our flyer (available at
http://adalahny.org/images/image/leonard_cohen_flyer.pdf
or write us for the original if you'd like to make changes)!
This week marks the 61st anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel.
For Palestinians, this is the Nakba, or catastrophe. The Nakba is not just a historical event, but an ongoing process. What began with the destruction of more than 530 Palestinian villages and the displacement of more than 800,000 Palestinians, continues today as ongoing occupation and oppression.
What can we do?
Palestinian civil society calls on ALL of us to boycott Israel until it recognizes the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with international law by ending occupation, ensuring full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel, and respecting and promoting Palestinian refugees' right to return to their homes. Leonard Cohen is scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv on September 24, 2009 despite this boycott. Israel relies on performers like Leonard Cohen to whitewash its policies in the face of a growing worldwide movement to hold Israel accountable. By performing in Israel, Cohen is legitimizing the Nakba and 61 years of oppression of the Palestinian people.
Leonard Cohen Tour Dates:
May 19, 2009
8:00pm Hamilton, Ontario Copps Coliseum
May 21, 2009
8:00pm Quebec City, Quebec Pavillon de la Jeunesse
May 22, 2009
7:30pm Kingston, Ontario K-Rock Centre
May 24, 2009
8:00pm London, Ontario John Labatt Centre
May 25, 2009
8:00pm Ottawa, Ontario National Arts Centre - Southam Hall
May 26, 2009
8:00pm Ottawa, Ontario National Arts Centre - Southam Hall
May 29, 2009
8:00pm Boston, Massachusetts Wang Theatre
May 30, 2009
8:00pm Boston, Massachusetts Wang Theatre
Jun 2, 2009
8:00pm Denver, Colorado Red Rocks Amphitheatre
For European tour dates, visit http://www.leonardcohen.com/tour.cgi |
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