The culture boycott of South Africa is claimed to have played an important role in the World Community’s attitude to the racial regime and the anti-apartheid struggle as such. The recent initiative to boycott Israel is controversial, so is the Arab initiative to boycott cultural events which include Israeli artists. In June the EU announced that it will impose a range of diplomatic- and cultural sanctions against Cuba over its recent human rights record. More than 75 “political activists”, including musicians, have been imprisoned during 2003 and Cuban musicians are boycotted by the US government. Are culture boycotts or sanctions of any use and how do they affect/damage local and international collaborations?
The recent initiative to boycott Israel is controversial, so is the Arab initiative to boycott cultural events which include Israeli artists. Yet the cultural boycott on apartheid South Africa did have an effect. And what about Cuba? Listen to the panel discussion from WOMEX 2003.
Right-wing politician Kenneth Kristensen, chairman of the youth branch of Danish People's Party, called for a “total boycott” of the hip hop band Outlandish
Pink Floyd bass player Roger Waters Roger Waters has called off his summer concert in Tel Aviv and will instead perform in a chickpea field near a joint Jewish-Arab village
Upset with Bruce Springsteen's effort to oust President Bush from the White House, the New York Conservative Party's candidate for the U.S. Senate is launching a "Boycott the Boss" television commercial
A documentary film shows the controversy over Youssou N’Dour’s 2004-album 'Egypt' which became subject of a boycott because of its mix of music and Islam
The Canadian group that called for a boycott of Jamaica unless the country's government take action on homophobic violence has called it off after recieving an official letter
