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Lemur@lemmy.worldM to Underneath the mainstream narrative@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

“A True Prophet”: Why Sinéad O’Connor Risked Her Career to Call Out Catholic Church Abuse

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“A True Prophet”: Why Sinéad O’Connor Risked Her Career to Call Out Catholic Church Abuse

www.democracynow.org

Lemur@lemmy.worldM to Underneath the mainstream narrative@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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In an in-depth interview, we look at the life and legacy of the groundbreaking musician Sinéad O’Connor, who converted to Islam and also started using the name Shuhada’ Sadaqat in 2018. O’Connor died last week at the age of 56 and was known for her music as much as for her outspoken activism. In 1992, she performed Bob Marley’s “War” on Saturday Night Live, then proceeded to rip up a photo of Pope John Paul II on live TV to protest systemic child abuse in the Catholic Church, of which she was a survivor. The move provoked widespread uproar. O’Connor was also an ally to LGBTQ communities, an opponent of police brutality on some of her earliest records, a staunch supporter of Palestinian rights, and marched for abortion rights decades before it was legalized in Ireland. We are joined by Jamie Manson, president of advocacy group Catholics for Choice, and Allyson McCabe, music journalist and author of the recent book Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters.
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