By Left Horizons reporters.
Left Horizons has argued that the collective punishment being meted out to Palestinians will drive public opinion – including in the USA and Europe –into support for Palestine rights, particularly among youth and workers. The more savage the bombing, the greater will be the shift of public opinion.
The following is a copy and paste of a report that came to Left Horizons about a concert the comedian Dave Chappelle gave in Boston…
Comments from a guy attending Dave Chappelle’s show in Boston
“From a friend…
Something is changing in America
I saw Dave Chappelle last night at Boston TD Garden. It was sold out so I would say 22,000 people there. Three quarters into the show he said, I want to address what’s going on in Palestine and Israel.
He specifically said Palestine and said it before Israel. He said what happened on October 7 wasn’t right, but also what’s going on isn’t right and not just. You can’t kill innocent civilians like that and the whole world sits silently and watches.
Then someone shouted at him from the crowd shut the F up Dave. He then went nuts and yelled back, no you shut the F up. You don’t take tens of billions from my country to go kill innocent women and children and come and tell me to shut the F up.
He said, don’t come begging for money from my country and then go drop bombs on children and cut off innocent people’s water and electricity. You have the audacity to pay to come see me and then tell me shut the F up? No you shut the F up. The crowd started clapping and cheering for him and saying yes Dave, and chants of free Palestine and then he said you’re damn right free Palestine.
He went on a 15 minutes rant about being a Muslim and that the Israelis are projecting what’s wrong with them on Muslims and the crowd kept on cheering. It was surreal.
Crowd was typical Boston demographic 80% white. 5% black and the rest Latin and others.”
[Ediorial note: Since this article was published, it has come to our intention that Dave Chappelle holds controversial views on trans people, whom he has extensively attacked and ridiculed in his performances. This article, which is intended to highlight the shift of opinion in the US, should not be taken to imply any support for Left Horizons for such views]
