Cultural workers for Palestine - Squirrel Flower

Free City Radio

On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Squirrel Flower, the celebrated American musician. Squirrel Flower canceled her performance at South by Southwest festival last year to protest the involvement of military industrial complex companies in sponsoring the festival. Squirrel Flower's cancellation inspired many others to cancel their participation in official showcases to express solidarity with Palestine. Read some background here in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/06/sxsw-musicians-palestine-weapons-raytheon Thank you to Eve Parker Finley who coordinates POP Symposium and had invited me to into the voices of artists who canceled their participation in SXSW due to the sponsorship of arms industries at the festival. The panel we were planning didn't happen, but this interview did, so thanks to Eve for sparking this pathway. This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am on Jan. 17, 2025. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : http://radioalahra.net