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Thu, Feb 22, 2024, 17:00
- A statement, published today, takes a stand against Israel's 75-year occupation of Palestine.
DJs are taking a stance against Israel's occupation of Palestine.
Launched today, February 22nd, in collaboration with New York-based collective Palestine Forever, the DJs Against Apartheid campaign includes a statement signed by more than 500 DJs, including Logic1000, Nene H, AceMo, como se DJ, Aurora Halal, DJ Haram, DJ Voices, EscaFlowne, LCY, JADALAREIGN, LITA, musclecars and CCL. Several venues and promoters have also signed, including dweller, Jupiter Disco and Bar Jade in New York.
"We join in solidarity as artists and workers within this line of work and recognise that while our work is often celebratory and joyous, there can be no celebration or festivities during a genocide," the statement reads. "We understand the radical history and legacy of dance music and the power we and other cultural workers have in shaping public opinion, fighting for liberation, and resisting oppressive forces."
Nour Khalil, cofounder of Palestine Forever and one of the organisers of DJs Against Apartheid, told Resident Advisor that they wanted to make something more specific than the Artists Against Apartheid initiative.
"Art is more broad, nightlife is more specific," she said. "Techno was created by Black artists in Detroit and house was created by Black artists in Chicago. This music that we play and dance to, the warehouse raves, the dance floors, that whole culture was created as a form of resistance."
She continued: "Israel has, for many years, used techno and queerness as a tool to normalise the occupation—branding its capital Tel Aviv as a gay and techno capital in the region. We're reclaiming these spaces as our own."
Read the statement in full and sign it via the official website.
Photo: Patrick Perkins