Robert Kraft got Macklemore ousted from Ed Sheeran’s tour over “Free Palestine.” A look at the NFL owner’s record makes it clear why: funding the IDF, fighting BDS, courting Netanyahu, and bringing football legends on tours of Israel.

Whether it’s Macklemore, Hasan Piker, or your neighborhood activist, this is a fight to make sure billionaires and politicians cannot stop free speech and will have to hear the calls to “Free Palestine” whether they like it or not.

How Robert Kraft got Macklemore booted from Ed Sheeran’s tour for saying “Free Palestine” — and why the backlash reveals the racial logic of “neutrality,” from Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” to today’s entertainment industry.

Macklemore was pulled from Ed Sheeran’s tour after pro-Palestine remarks and Robert Kraft’s alleged pressure campaign. Columbia University faces a new lawsuit from Mahmoud Khalil and fellow activists over its handling of Palestine-related harassment.