#Irish band #Kneecap hold a concert in #Cuba while most of the island is without power

RT: @ultras_antifaa #Kneecap, who went to Havana in solidarity against the US blockade:

“I can't remember the last time Cuba invaded a country. Can you?”

Próvaí is calmer, more grown-up; he was a secondary school teacher until his employers found out he was in the band. Someone recognised him when he dropped his trousers onstage to display his buttocks, emblazoned with “Brits Out”.
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They built a fanbase that cut across the usual sectarian divides, their high-energy gigs and witty interviews enhanced for many fans by their outspoken support for Palestinians caught up in the Israel-Palestine conflict. They brushed off naysayers, including then-home secretary Kemi Badenoch, who blocked the band from receiving a £14,250 UK arts grant. (Kneecap took her to court and won: they gave the grant money to youth organisations working with Protestant and Catholic communities in Belfast.) But in April last year things changed. The band had been booked to play Coachella festival in California, both weekends, and the shows went well. But, as they had done at all of their gigs, they used background visuals that included a slide accusing Israel of “committing genocide against the Palestinian people”, and one that read “Fuck Israel, Free Palestine”.

https://observer.co.uk/culture/interviews/article/kneecap-nobody-actually-thinks-were-terrorists-its-a-carnival-of-distraction

#palestine #gaza #music #kneecap #protest
#genocide #apartheid

Kneecap: ‘Nobody actually thinks we’re terrorists. It’s a carnival of distraction’

After a tumultuous 2025 in which they were rarely out of the headlines, the Irish-language hip-hop trio are back with a new ‘statement piece’ album

The Observer

"As the Taoiseach heads to Washington to shake the hand of a warmonger, we'll be in Cuba, where the island is being strangled and starved by the man who'll be handed shamrock."

#kneecap

https://www.hotpress.com/opinion/kneecap-gather-medical-aid-for-cuba-ahead-of-neustra-america-convoy-23134217

KNEECAP gather medical aid for Cuba ahead of Neustra América Convoy

The Nuestra América Convoy is a response to a recent executive order from the Trump administration, cutting off fuel to Cuba.

Hotpress
#Kneecap are “mobilising to Cuba” with the Nuestra América Convoy

"It’s time to break the siege – and stand up for
#Cuba, as they have stood up for us," they wrote on social media


https://www.nme.com/news/music/kneecap-are-mobilising-to-cuba-with-the-nuestra-america-convoy-3933832
Kneecap are "mobilising to Cuba" with the Nuestra América Convoy

Irish rap trio Kneecap have announced that they will be joining the Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba next week.

NME

The quiet recovery of Ireland’s ancient tongue.

In the land of St Patrick, Irish is making a steady comeback.

A century ago just 18% of the country’s population spoke Irish; UNESCO has declared it endangered. Yet today 1.8m people in Ireland (around 40% of the population) claim some ability to speak the language, up 71% from 1991.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260316-the-quiet-recovery-of-irelands-ancient-tongue?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Ireland #Language #Irish #Kneecap

The quiet recovery of Ireland’s ancient tongue.

In the land of St Patrick, Irish is making a steady comeback. A century ago just 18% of the country’s population spoke Irish; UNESCO has declared it endangered. Yet today …

The Economist

How Surgeons Repair a Shattered Kneecap

https://tube.blueben.net/w/3nbHfvnDErU4xZdXadZpjy

How Surgeons Repair a Shattered Kneecap

PeerTube
Venu al Roskildefestivalo ’26! Bliv frivillig med esperantoholdet på Roskilde ’26!

Dansk nedenfor Karaj Roskilde-amikoj! Ni ludu “ĉiuj tiuj, kiuj”! Ĉu vi konas? Levu la manon ĉiuj tiuj, kiuj: En aŭtuno pensas pri someeero! 🙋‍♂ Volas frenezumi ĉe konceeertoj 🙋‍♀ Fajfas pri koncert…

Roskilde Festivalo
"This entire process was never about me, never about any threat to the public and never about 'terrorism', a word used by the British Government to discredit people you oppress both in Ireland and across the world.” #Kneecap