No Music For Genocide
We geoblocked our catalog from Israel to support civilians in Gaza and on the West Bank. Why? Because history shows us it helps to delegitimize regimes that commit crimes.
No Music for Genocide is a new cultural boycott initiative asking artists and rights-holders to remove their music from streaming platforms in Israel in response to its genocide in Gaza; ethnic cleansing of the Occupied West Bank; apartheid within Israel; and political repression of Pro-Palestine efforts wherever we live. This is a decentralized, global volunteer movement with no institutional backer.
This tangible act is just one step toward honoring Palestinian demands to isolate and delegitimize Israel as it kills without consequence on the world stage. The successful cultural boycotts against apartheid South Africa prove that our creative work grants us agency and power. When we wield it together, we add unified pressure to a growing, global, interdependent movement, from Hollywood to the docks of Morocco. We don’t boycott to target individuals: this is a rejection of apartheid Israel’s cultural industry, which works hand in hand with global music and media institutions to whitewash apartheid and genocide.
We encourage artists & record labels to do the same. Go to nomusicforgenocide.net to learn more and view the over 400 artists/labels who’ve already joined.
NO ART FOR APARTHEID, NO MUSIC FOR GENOCIDE. FREE PALESTINE.
