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SXSW ‘Fully Respects’ Artists Boycotting Festival Due to U.S. Army Sponsorship: ‘We Are Witnessing Unspeakable Tragedies’ and ‘Repressive Regimes’
As artists boycott SXSW due to its U.S. Army sponsorship, the festival says it 'fully respects' their actions amid 'the rise of repressive regimes.'
Abbott’s post refers to the many bands that have pulled out of SXSW’s music programming citing the U.S. military’s relationship with Israel and its role in the ongoing violence in Gaza. Perhaps most prominent of the boycotting artists is Kneecap, the Irish band that stars in the comedic biopic of the same name, who on Monday wrote that cancelling their appearance would have a “significant financial impact” on them but that “it isn’t an iota of hardship when compared with the unimaginable suffering being inflicted every minute of every day on the people of Gaza.” In regard to Collins Aerospace, they participated this year as a sponsor of two SXSW Pitch categories, giving entrepreneurs visibility and funding for potentially game-changing work.”
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