Ian McEwan‘s acceptance of the Jerusalem Prize raised a storm of protest. We debate the motion ‘Cultural boycott can be an effective, indeed morally imperative, political strategy‘.
The debate features Omar Barghouti, human rights activist and author of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions - The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, and poet Seni Seneviratne, author of Wild Cinammon and Winter Skin, both speaking for the motion. Speaking against the motion are Carol Gould, broadcaster and author of Don‘t Tread on Me - Anti-Americanism Abroad, and Jonathan Freedland, a columnist for the Guardian, and author of six books including Jacob‘s Gift.
Date and Time: 10 July 2011, 7:00pm
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