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Macklemore Cancels Dubai Show in Protest of UAE’s Role in Sudan War

"Our individual liberation IS Palestinian liberation," the singer wrote. "Is Sudanese liberation. Is Congolese liberation."

“While numerous external forces contribute to this crisis, advocates, organizers, journalists, and officials repeatedly highlight the UAE’s role in funding the RSF militia as a major factor,” he continued. The singer acknowledged the “shoulder shrug” from which many around the world have approached the conflict — “What difference can we individually make anyway?” he wrote as an example — but pushed back against this stance: “We have been intentionally conditioned to be apathetic on issues outside of our personal needs.” “We have seen people around the globe protesting in the millions, college encampments and widespread information through social media that has not only documented the last 10 months of genocide but the last 76 years of ethic cleansing and occupation in Palestine.”

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