i totally agree with you. 2009/2/16 bob catchpole <bobcatchp...@yahoo.co.uk>
> Well put. > > The call to boycott an individual - Jewish or not - only trivializes a > social, political and historical issue. > > Bob > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Michael Szpakowski <szp...@yahoo.com> > *To:* NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity < > netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > *Sent:* Monday, 16 February, 2009 16:06:33 > *Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] [Fwd: BOYCOTT BLOOMBERG - CALL FOR > CONTRIBUTIONS] > > I worry that there is a conflation of two issues here, that could lead to > this project being perceived as anti-semitic and, worse, actually > engendering anti-semitism, rather than political opposition to the state of > Israel and its barbaric behaviour. > The first is the issue of support for the Palestinians and the other the > corporate sponsorship of art. > I'm all for ,for example, campaigns for dis-investment or for a boycott of > Israeli goods or for the cultural boycott of Israeli *institutions*; > campaigns that target political Zionism, not Jewish individuals. > Likewise I'm all for campaigning against the BBC and the British media in > general's abject capitulation to Israel. > On the second issue also it seems to me that there's a lot to be said for > all sorts of comment and campaigns against the corporate presence in art ( > and indeed in academia and pretty much everywhere) > But to target a *particular* Jewish individual , with a *particularly* > Jewish name, to link this in with the possible implication there is a > *particular* connection between Jewishness, suuport for the state of Israel > and the corporate presence in art seem to me to risk ( unintentionally I > hope) reviving the worst kind of anti-semitic propaganda. > At a time when political Zionism is doing its very best to muddy the waters > between what constitutes opposition to Zionism and anti-semitism, so as to > smear those who opposed the Gaza massacre and those who stand solidarity > with the Palestinians this is, to put it at its very best, playing a > dangerous game. > michael > > > --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Ruth Catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> wrote: > > From: Ruth Catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> > Subject: [NetBehaviour] [Fwd: BOYCOTT BLOOMBERG - CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS] > To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" < > netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 2:20 PM > > > > > WE ARE LOOKING FOR ARTISTS & WRITERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A 'FREE SCHOOL' > MAGAZINE > > WORK SHOULD RELATE TO THE RECENT ATTACKS IN GAZA, THE OCCUPATION OF > PALESTINE, MEDIA BIAS, THE CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP OF ART, BLOOMBERG, ART AS A > SPECULATIVE COMMODITY, ART & PROTEST, AND OTHER ASSOCIATED OR RELEVANT > SUBJECTS. > > THE MAGAZINE WILL BE LAUNCHED ON 6 MARCH OUTSIDE ARTFUTURES AT BLOOMBERG > SPACE. > > CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE B&W TO FIT A4 SIZE, AND SENT TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL > ADDRESS: > > freefreesch...@googlemail.com > > DEADLINE 1 MARCH. > > PLEASE FORWARD THIS ON TO ANYONE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED > > Thanks, Free School. > > 'Boycott Bloomberg' artwork by Andrew Cooper & Dean Kenning > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- Sometimes it's better to be sincerely false instead of being falsely true. [Eva e Franco Mattes a.k.a. 0100101110101101.ORG] me: www.desvirtual.com myself: www.noema.art.br you: http://netart.incubadora.fapesp.br/ everybody: http://del.icio.us/desvirtual + http://www.youtube.com/gbeiguelman
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