Why is calling for the end of a genocidal army – army, you will note, not Jews, not Israelis, not people at all, but an institution – more scandalous than the genocide itself?
– Damien Willey
Excerpted from “What Bob Vylan Said
at Glastonbury Took Guts
– And He’s Not Wrong”
Kernow Damo
June 29, 2025
Excerpted from “What Bob Vylan Said
at Glastonbury Took Guts
– And He’s Not Wrong”
Kernow Damo
June 29, 2025
I appreciate the following video commentary by Damien Willey on the controversy involving English punk rap duo Bob Vylan’s recent performance at Glastonbury, Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, and numerous personalities and entities of the British establishment, most notably the BBC.
Related Off-site Links:
What Really Happened at Glastonbury – Lowkey (Double Down News, June 30, 2025).
BBC Response to Bob Vylan’s IDF Chants at Glastonbury “Not Good Enough,” Says Minister – Kevin Rawlinson (The Guardian, June 30, 2025).
U.S. Revokes Visas of Rap Duo Bob Vylan Over “Death to IDF” Chant at Glastonbury – ABC News, June 30, 2025).
UPDATES: Bob Vylan Speaks Out Amid Glastonbury Outrage: “We Are Not for the Death of Jews . . . We Are for the Dismantling of a Violent Military Machine” – Chris Willman (Variety, July 1, 2025).
“I Said What I Said”: Bob Vylan Defends Glastonbury Set as Police Launch Investigation – Reuters via SBS News (July 1, 2025).
Bob Vylan and Kneecap Show How the Status Quo Has Shifted on Palestine – Isaac Nellist (Green Left Weekly, July 2, 2025).
Bob Vylan Removed From European Festivals After Glastonbury Controversy: “We Will Be Fine” – Larisha Paul (Rolling Stone, July 2, 2025).
BBC to Drop “High Risk” Live Performances After Bob Vylan Glastonbury Set – Michael Savage (The Guardian, July 3, 2025).
See also the following chronologically-ordered Wild Reed posts:
• October 7, 2023: “Nothing About Today Is ‘Unprovoked’”
• Phyllis Bennis: “If We Are Serious About Ending This Spiraling Violence, We Need to Look at Root Causes”
• In the Midst of the “Great Unraveling,” a Visit to the Prayer Tree
• Eric Levitz: Quote of the Day – October 11, 2023
• Something to Think About – October 12, 2023
• Prayer of the Week – October 16, 2023
• Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
• More Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
• Ta-Nehisi Coates: Quote of the Day – November 2, 2023
• Jehad Abusalim: Quote of the Day – December 8, 2023
• Christmas 2023 – Reflections, Activism, Art, and Celebrations
• Sabrina Salvati: Quote of the Day – January 2, 2024
• Michael Fakhri: Quote of the Day – February 27, 2024
• Phyllis Bennis: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
• Josh Paul: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
• “A Genocide Has Been Normalized”
• “This Is a Genocidal Project”
• Outrage and Despair
• Naomi Klein’s Powerful Words on Israel’s and the West’s Ongoing Gaza Genocide
• Judith Butler on the Ongoing Student Protests Against the Gaza Genocide
• Kyle Kulinski: Quote of the Day – May 23, 2024
• Something to Think About – June 28, 2024
• Nina Turner: Quote of the Day – July 24, 2024
• Phyllis Bennis: “We Can Never Give Up Hope”
• John Cusack: Quote of the Day – July 26, 2024
• Progressive Perspectives on the Presidential Nomination of Kamala Harris
• Breaking Down Kamala Harris’s DNC Speech on Gaza
• Yousef Munayyer: Quote of the Day – August 30, 2024
• “It’s a Systematic Slaughter That We’re Funding”
• Protesting Weapons Manufacturer and Genocide Enabler General Dynamics
• Something to Think About – September 26, 2024
• “A Year of War Against Children”
• Anti-Genocide Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Reflects on the First Anniversary of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
• Liam Cosgrove Confronts U.S. State Department Spin Doctor Matthew Miller: “People Are Sick of the Bullshit”
• “This Is a Tragic, Heartbreaking Moment in the History of Humanity”
• Progressive Perspectives on Kamala Harris’ Faltering Presidential Campaign
• Progressive Perspectives on Where Democrats Went Wrong in the 2024 Presidential Election
• Hope and Courage – Christmas 2024
• Chris Hedges: “Israel Has No Intention of Halting Its Merry-Go-Round of Death”
• The Lamentable Legacy of the Biden Administration
• Caitlin Johnstone: Quote of the Day – January 22, 2025
• Butch Ware: Quote of the Day – January 30, 2025
• The Only Difference
• Progressive Perspectives on Cory Booker’s Marathon Speech
• Silence on Gaza Genocide Is “More Than a Mere Moral Abdication; It Is Lethal”
• The Theft of One’s Soul: Omar El Akkad on the “Lesser of Two Evils” Argument
• How Genocide Becomes Ordinary
• Thomas Friedman: Quote of the Day – May 27, 2025
• “A Holocaust, Live-streamed”
• “Life Comes First”: An Interview with Thiago Ávila
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• “The Mistreatment and Discrimination Against Palestinians Is Not Unprecedented. It’s Baked Into the Foundation of the Political System in Israel”
• Progressive Perspectives on the Ongoing Israeli-Palestinian “Nightmare” (2021)
• Something to Think About – July 29, 2018
• Noura Erakat: Quote of the Day – May 15, 2018
• For Some Jews, Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians is Yet Another Jewish Tragedy
• Remembering the Six-Day War and Its Ongoing Aftermath
• David Norris: Quote of the Day – August 12, 2014
