Sep 17, 2026 · 55 min · 10 segments
This week on CODEPINK Radio, Marcy Winograd and CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin take on the politics of Hollywood, from the backlash against Macklemore and pressure on artists speaking out for…
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It's the singer-songwriter Pink who, yeah, we thought was during the Bush years when she came out and said, hey, Mr.
President, how can you sleep while the rest of us cry? Talking about the Iraq war.
And I just found out, Marcy, I don't know if you know this, that she is a UNICEF ambassador.
And so for those who aren't necessarily following this story, what happened was that Pink shared an Instagram post criticizing Macklemore's pro-Palestinian concert statements during Ed Sheeran's concert tour.
I want those words to be loud and clear so the people from Gaza all the way to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten them.
Criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you.
Yes! There you go.
That was Macklemore's pro-Palestinian concert statements during Ed Sheeran's concert tour.
Stop spiraling on social media in defense of the indefensible and stand with Palestine.
If you want to read that petition, it's at www.codepink.org slash petition2pink.
It's the singer-songwriter Pink who, yeah, we thought was during the Bush years when she came out and said, hey, Mr.
President, how can you sleep while the rest of us cry? Talking about the Iraq war.
And I just found out, Marcy, I don't know if you know this, that she is a UNICEF ambassador.
And so for those who aren't necessarily following this story, what happened was that Pink shared an Instagram post criticizing Macklemore's pro-Palestinian concert statements during Ed Sheeran's concert tour.
I want those words to be loud and clear so the people from Gaza all the way to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten them.
Criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you.
Yes! There you go.
That was Macklemore's pro-Palestinian concert statements during Ed Sheeran's concert tour.
Stop spiraling on social media in defense of the indefensible and stand with Palestine.
If you want to read that petition, it's at www.codepink.org slash petition2pink.
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