"'Hundred Year Hunger' looks at the current famine that Israel has created in Gaza through the lens of a century of enforced food insecurity and malnutrition imposed on the Palestinian people, firstly by British imperialism, then as a weapon of mass displacement by the state of Israel."
"'Sumud is an Arabic word which translates into English as steadfastness or perseverance,' he continued. 'It is used by Palestinians to describe their nonviolent everyday resistance against Israel's occupation. Sumud emphasises the commitment of the Palestinian people to remain on their land despite hardship and oppression, elevating their everyday existence into a form of resistance. Lan narhal translates as 'we will not leave'. Together 'Sumud! Sumud! Lan narhal' conveys the determination of the Palestinian people to refuse to be displaced.'"
Billy Bragg released a new song titled "Hundred Year Hunger" for Palestine, timed with the Global Sumud Flotilla departing on August 31 to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The song was written and performed by Bragg, with additional keyboards and backing vocals by JJ Stoney. The title takes its name from E Mark Windle's book of the same name. The song examines Gaza's current famine through a century of enforced food insecurity and malnutrition imposed on the Palestinian people, tracing origins to British imperialism and to Israeli policies used as displacement. Sumud is defined as steadfastness or perseverance and frames Palestinian nonviolent everyday resistance and refusal to be displaced. Bragg's previous full-length album was 2021's The Million Things That Never Happened, and he collaborated with Michael Stipe on a 2023 cover.
Read at Pitchfork
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]