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BDS calls for boycott of Spotify (bdsmovement.net)

submitted 16 hours ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), a founding member of the Palestinian-led BDS movement, endorses the growing, organic consumer boycott of Spotify.

In October 2025, Spotify users began to hear racist recruitment ads for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as the agency continues to terrorize immigrant communities and those in solidarity with them across the country.

Spotify’s complicity in Israeli apartheid goes much deeper than the typical lifecycle of these unethical and potentially illegal ads. The company launched in the Israeli market with a multi-year deal with Partner Communications Company Ltd, an Israeli telecommunications company listed in the United Nations’ database of businesses involved in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land.

Any such deal violates the 2024 International Court of Justice ruling that Israel’s entire presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, is illegal and amounts to apartheid. Failure of corporations to comply with international law may also constitute criminal complicity, according to leading legal experts.

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[–] nyankas@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

If someone‘s looking for an alternative, I‘d recommend Qobuz after trying Spotify, Deezer and Tidal. They‘re European, pay artists very well, don‘t support AI slop, have excellent audio quality and I haven‘t yet stumbled upon any artists or albums missing from their library (though your experience may vary).