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August 19, 2015

1,000+ Black Artists & Scholars Declare Solidarity with Palestinians 
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More than 1,000 black activists, artists, scholars and students have
signed on to a statement supporting "the liberation of Palestine's land
and people." Signatories include scholars Angela Davis and Cornel West,
jailed journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, hip-hop artist Talib Kweli and Black
Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. The statement endorses the
Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions movement against Israel. It specifically
highlights private prison giant G4S as a target for the movement,
because the company detains for profit Palestinians in Israel as well as
people of color in the United States.

 

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