Standing Together Does Create Change | Trending Ep419

How many times have you seen a...

Music star, film star, someone off the telly, use the platform they have to put out their political opinions.

Normally selling you the system's version of something.

Climate change being the absolute favourite or being, you know, left-wing policies, trans ideology, all those things that we know are being pushed upon particularly young people.

How many times have we seen Hollywood award shows, music award shows and so on, stages and platforms be used as an opportunity? to further a particular agenda? Well, the answer is incredibly often.

Leonardo DiCaprio alone, for example, uses pretty much every opportunity he has to push the climate change narrative.

We've seen the same with speeches from people like Billie Eilish about the ICE agents in America.

No one's illegal on stolen land.

You might remember that one.

We've seen it all the time.

But apparently, when you say certain things, that's actually not okay.

So you're allowed to have a political opinion, providing it's the right one, as we have seen.

So I'm of course referring to the tour of British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who is in hot water over in America for dropping a support act called Macklemore.

Sorry.

for talking about Free Palestine on stage and doing a pro-Palestinian speech.

I've been trying to figure out a way to say this all day.

One of the reasons why I wanted to come on this tour was because I wanted to stand up here on stages and stadiums across America and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart.

Free Palestine.

I said free Palestine.

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.

And this next song was inspired by the bravery of Columbia University students who led an encampment movement that mobilized the entire world, opened up hearts, myself included.

So thank you to those students that risked their diplomas, that risked their tuition, that risked their scholarships, that stood up and said no. CUAD students, Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voices for Peace, thank you guys.

To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters, criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you.

My message is for peace, love, for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality.

So I say free Palestine, I say free Lebanon, I say free Cuba, I say free Congo, free Sudan, free all people in America living in fear over this terrorist organization ICE.