News from Texas: Deportation Threat in Conference Contracts, Boycott to Follow?
As they say, everything is bigger in Texas. Here is some big news from the Lone Star state.
Indie-pop band Told Slant announced it was cancelling its performance at the SXSW Conference later this week in Austin, Texas because of language in the artist contract that allows the festival to “notify the appropriate U.S. immigration authorities” if they “or their representatives have acted in ways that adversely affect the viability of their official SXSW showcase.”
Texas State Rep. Diego Bernal (D-123) later said he was withdrawing from a scheduled SXSW Conference speaker’s panel on the “bathroom bill” to demonstrate his opposition to the artist contract.
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Hat tip to Cappy White!
KJ