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Anti-Israel rap trio Kneecap have brought a defamation suit against a Canadian indigenous leader after he signed a letter objecting to their planned performances at venues on ancestral lands in the country.

Harvey Yesno of the Eabametoong First Nation was a signatory to a statement posted by the Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, a pro-Israel group for indigenous communities globally.

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh, known by their respective stage names as Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí, claim that the statement contained false and defamatory claims.

In particular, their suit centres on the allegation that it accused them of expressing support for the Hamas and Hezbollah terror groups and condoning antisemitism, which they deny.

O hAnnaidh was previously charged in the UK with a terror offence after a video which appeared to show him displaying a Hezbollah flag at a gig at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, north London, on November 21 2024, circulated online.

However, that case collapsed last September, with chief magistrate Paul Goldspring ruling the proceedings were “instituted unlawfully” as prosecutors had brought charges outside the required six-month time frame from the date of the alleged offence.

That ruling was later affirmed by the High Court, which rejected an appeal by the Crown Prosecution Service.

On Wednesday, an Irish court granted Kneecap’s legal counsel permission to serve notice of the suit on Yesno, in both Irish and English, in Ontario, Canada.

The group is suing for financial damages, claiming that the statement Yesno signed caused material damage to their reputation after it was widely picked up by media outlets.

Judge Cian Ferriter ruled that the group had an arguable case that they had been defamed in Ireland, allowing them to bring the suit in that jurisdiction, rather than in Canada.

He added that the three men’s reputations, as well as their identity with Irish language and culture, were “bound up” with Irish jurisdiction due to their citizenship and status as Irish public figures.

However, he did state that he was open to a prospective application from Yesno’s legal team to challenge the jurisdictional ruling.

Is there a place we can donate to support him against these terrorists?

it’s also not the only time they’ve done hezbollah propaganda.

the deniability fans try to give him is that he was “just reading” it, which isn’t necessarily showing support. which is true. I’ve read terrorist propaganda. doing so doesn’t make a person pro-terrorist.

But posing for a photo op and lifting the book to show the title isn’t “just reading”. it’s an intentionally crafted photo of an deliberately framed moment, that was intentionally disseminated to an audience; it wasn’t just reading, there was a decision at every step, and a message that was meant to be conveyed.

It's stupid conceptually, but do you know who proves it wrong?

Ukraine 🇺🇦

Since the turd got back in office aid to Ukraine has been slashed

And in the last few months Ukraine has made russia its bitch

Ukraine did not collapse as trump his cronies and putin bet it would, they adapted, they found new partners, relied on their own know how, embraced the fact that no US aid means less leverage and more freedom to strike russia as they please

He goes down, ends up in a coma or brain dead, on life support, genuinely never coming back and even if part of him did he would be in agony from his cpr injuries. The best thing is to let him go.

But its not convenient to. His own *wife* runs away to China so they can't *make* her do the right thing and allow him to pass. She doesn't love him enough to override the political posturing. His own family is letting his abused half alive carcass get played with like a political doll while he's trapped in purgatory, as close to undead as one can be.

JEWISH PEOPLE EXISTING DOESN’T HURT YOU

THE ONLY GOOD NAZI IS A DEAD NAZI

not only did our families live through the horror that was the ussr but now we gotta be reminded of that shit constantly in the community that we're supposed to share as queer people

not to mention that the ussr wasnt even communist it was just fascist. why are u communists using the symbols of fascists. it just looks like ur idolizing a fascist state.

off the top of my head:

the rose (which is more a demsoc/socdem symbol but is a cool looking one)

the three arrows (a very standard 'anti authoritarian leftist' symbol which represents being against fascism monarchy and authoritarian 'communists')

the black cat (a symbol very often used by syndicalists)

the symbolless red and black flags (or any of the diagonal combo anarchist flags)

the raised fist (commonly associated with BLM nowadays but has historically been connected to left wing stuff in general)

or if youre a complete weirdo like me some people identify with the chaos star (most commonly seen in warhammer 40k but originally created by noted anarchist fantasy author michael moorcock)

The monkeys continue to run loose in the circus of my discipline. As Rebecca Cypess writes:

"Yet this is all a sleight of hand. As one speaker explained, Palestine is really a synecdoche for all oppression, where “industries of oppression have been developed and tested and then spread throughout the world.” This includes not only conflicts in the region such as the recent war in Iran, but also in “Congo, Sudan, the recent embargo against Cuba, and the imprisonment of the Venezuelan president.” And the list continues: “climate destruction, capitalist extraction, racism, politicide, femicide, memoricide”—all are “branches of the same tree” with its roots in Israel.