Wireless Festival bans clothes ‘promoting cultural appropriation’

Clothing that promotes “cultural appropriation” has been banned by a leading music festival.

Wireless Festival organisers have banned dozens of items from this year’s three-day event in Finsbury Park, London, which begins on Friday. They include “clothing/garments/items which promote cultural appropriation”.

The information on Wireless’s website does not specify which items of clothing fall under the ban – raising questions over whether the prohibition extends to sombreros or keffiyeh scarves, a symbol of the Palestinian cause.

Some folks are going to be without pants.

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Kamala Harris doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong

Is attacking synagogues, calling for the genocide of Jews, and calling for the destruction of the United States of America the sign of a person who has their priorities straight? US Vice President Kamala Harris seems to think so.

In an interview with The Nation that was published on Monday, Harris had words of praise for the protest movement that has created a historic outbreak of antisemitism throughout the country since October 7.

According to Harris, the protesters “are showing exactly what the human emotion should be, as a response to Gaza.”

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It’s ‘obvious’ Justin Trudeau should step down, Elizabeth May says — so why won’t she listen to her own critics?

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says it’s “obvious” Justin Trudeau should “pass the torch,” and if she were in the Liberal party she’d be pulling him aside saying, “prime minister, with all due respect, don’t you think it’s time?”

Following a press conference Tuesday, where May’s unofficial co-leader, Jonathan Pedneault, resigned, the long-time head of the Green Party was confronted by questions about her own leadership. But she dismissed a complaint she isn’t making room for the next generation of Green leadership. She suggests she’ll pick her heir, and will guide the party into the next campaign — her fifth in 15 years.

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U of T gave pro-Palestinian protesters amnesty before camp was packed up

The University of Toronto quietly granted amnesty to the pro-Palestinian protesters who set up camp for over two months on campus in exchange for a peaceful end to the occupation, the Star has learned.

A two-page agreement, signed by Sandy Welsh, vice-provost of students, and Kelly Hannah-Moffat, vice-president of people strategy, equity and culture, as well as four representatives of the protesters, promises that no one will face legal or academic sanctions for the protest. The agreement is dated 2:30 p.m. on July 3, hours before the court-imposed deadline to evacuate the camp.

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WTF?

He really needs a few good slaps across the face and then a few dozen more for good measure.

h/t Patti Jo

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