BRICUP calls on Leonard Cohen to cancel Israel visit, 05.08.09
BRICUP has issued a call to Leonard Cohen to cancel his proposed vist
to Israel to perform at a concert on 24 September.
We are calling on all supporters to read our open
letter to Leonard Cohen and send messages to him via
his manager, Robert Kory, asking him to abandon this trip.
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BRICUP joined with PACBI and Israeli and international |
Read
a poem by Cohen that we believe he should re-read. This is Cohen’s
own comment on the poem
This poem, first publsihed in the early 1970’s, is, tragically, still
pertainent today. It was also sent anonymously to a number of rabbis,
selected at random, in New York City and posted on traffic lights,
lampposts, and other places. The word "Shomrim" refers to
members of the left-wing, Zionist youth organizaion Hshomer Hatzair
that supported a binational state in Palestine/Israel when I was close
to them.
- A letter has been sent to
Leonard Cohen signed, initially, by 110 Israelis – but more signatories
are being collected. If you are an Israeli (Jewish or Palestinian)
and wish to add your name contact Rachel
Giora - Adalah NY, a New York Palestinian rights group have been organising
against Cohen’s visit
Download their flier to be
handed out at Cohen’s concerts
Adalah UK have produced a
pack of materials to help protest organisers - Update on Leonard Cohen boycott call
- Alexi Sayle’s
YouTube message to Leonard Cohen - Video of the
picket of Cohen’s Liverpool concert – Demo
report - Video of the
picket of Cohen’s Dublin concert - Report
of the picket of Cohen’s Belfast concert - Leonard
Cohen Seeks Reconciliation At Apartheid Bank Discount