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Extra.ie
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Kanye West blocked from entering Australia over pro-Hitler anthem
Kanye West has reportedly been blocked from entering Australia due to the release of his recent song praising Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Australian Home Affairs minister Tony Burke spoke out on the track,which was released in Mary, claiming it promoted Nazism. West, who now goes by the pseudonym Ye, has been travelling to Australia for some time, with his wife of three years, Bianca Censori having been born there. Kanye West has reportedly been blocked from entering Australia due to the release of his recent song praising Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Pic: Edward Berthelot/GC Images 'He's been coming to Australia for a long time. He's got family here. And he's made a lot of offensive comments that my officials looked at again once he released the song and he no longer has a valid visa in Australia,' the minister told Australian Broadcasting Corp. 'We have enough problems in this country already without deliberately importing bigotry,' he added. After the song was released at the start of the summer, Ye made a string of antisemitic posts on X, which included comments such as 'I love Hitler' and 'I'm a Nazi.' West, who now goes by the pseudonym Ye, has been travelling to Australia for some time, with his wife of three years, Bianca Censori having been born there. Pic: Jon Kopaloff/WireImage The track has since been banned in Germany and from online platforms including Spotify, YouTube and Apple Music because of its antisemitic lyrics praising Adolf Hitler. The song repeats the slogan hailing the Nazi leader and also includes a sample of a speech Hitler gave in 1935. Earlier this year Kanye was dropped by Los Angeles-based talent agency 33&West following a series of polemic posts the rapper posted on X. Australian Home Affairs minister Tony Burke spoke out on the track,which was released in Mary, claiming it promoted Nazism. Pic: Broadimage/REX/Shutterstock Variety reported that West's agent took to Instagram at the time to state that they were severing ties with the artist 'effective immediately… due to his harmful and hateful remarks that myself nor 33&West can stand for.' Among the many messages he wrote on the platform were: 'I love Hitler,' 'I'm never apologising for my Jewish comments,' and 'you Jewish n* abort Black children for stem cells, abortion is murder.' Ye also expressed support for rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs, who is currently in prison awaiting trial for sex trafficking and racketeering charges. Ye posted: 'Free Puff,' and, referring to other celebrities: 'Y'all watch our brother rot and never say s***.' He also claimed he has 'dominion' over wife Bianca Censori, and stated her recent appearance in the nude on the Grammys red carpet was only possible because of his permission.
Edmonton Journal
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Edmonton Journal
Australia cancels Kanye West's visa over 'Heil Hitler' song
Article content Australia has cancelled US rapper Kanye West's visa over his song glorifying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, the government said Wednesday. The 48-year-old musician, who has legally changed his name to Ye, released 'Heil Hitler' on May 8, the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. West — whose wife Bianca Censori is Australian — has been coming to Australia for some time because he has family in the country, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said.
RTÉ News
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Kanye blocked from entering Australia over Hitler song
Updated / Wednesday, 2 Jul 2025 11:00 American rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has been blocked from entering Australia over an offensively titled song praising Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Australian Home Affairs minister Tony Burke revealed that the singer has been travelling for years to the country, where his wife of three years, Bianca Censori, was born. Her family live in Melbourne. Mr Burke said the track, which was released in May, promoted Nazism. It has been criticised as an antisemitic tribute to German dictator Adolf Hitler. "He's been coming to Australia for a long time. He's got family here. And he's made a lot of offensive comments that my officials looked at again once he released the song and he no longer has a valid visa in Australia," the minister told Australian Broadcasting Corp. "We have enough problems in this country already without deliberately importing bigotry," he added. Australia's Migration Act sets security and character requirements for non-citizens to enter the country. Its largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, have seen a spate of antisemitic attacks since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7 2023. Source: Associated Press
Winnipeg Free Press
15 hours ago
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Much to be learned in military history
One of the obvious lessons of history is that it is much easier to start a war than to predict how it will end. But you have to study history, specifically military history, to learn that lesson. Too few ever do. It is important to realize that those most responsible for starting a war, and even those who lead the fighting once it begins, may know few of the lessons that history so obviously provides. In an uncertain world, we will unfortunately always make some wrong decisions. Those wrong decisions become 'dumb' ones, however, when such mistakes could (and should) have been avoided. For example, U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran reflects a general ignorance of such lessons. Future historians will regard this attack as one of the dumber decisions of a bizarre period in American history. From the dawn of recorded history, leaders have started wars for any number of reasons they thought were good, only to have these wars end in disaster and death (often their own). The First World War of 1914-1918 seemed to be little more than yet another struggle in European power politics, until it wasn't. In four years, four empires were erased, and two others shattered beyond repair — empires, not nations or states. Into the power vacuum moved the United States and Japan, setting the stage for the next war to control the Pacific. It was another year of dumb decisions in 1941. After the war between Japan and the U.S. was triggered by the surprise bombing of Pearl Harbor, Adolf Hitler declared war on the U.S., too — something he was not compelled to do. Having also just invaded his former ally, the Soviet Union, what could possibly go wrong? It is terrifying to witness a similar ignorance of history reflected in the decisions of our own political and military leaders today. In a global society already teetering on the brink of various catastrophes, we cannot afford to relearn such disastrous lessons from the past. And yet, to be fair, we can only learn lessons from the history of war if we have the chance to study it. Very few Canadian universities have faculty working or teaching in military history. You are far more likely to encounter a classics professor than a military historian, and so have a better chance of learning about the Roman army than the Canadian army! Without professors, without research, without courses, post-secondary institutions across Canada are ensuring that not only will their graduates know little or nothing about war, its history and what it means in the 21st century, but neither will future members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Throughout my 20-plus years teaching CAF members, I have consistently admired their tenacity, their resilience and their ability to perform miracles with whatever stuff emerges from our frequently absurd procurement cycle. The CAF has always done more with less, even when 'less' was the result of dumb procurement decisions and not just scanty funding. What needs to change? First, there are far too many echo chambers in political and defence circles, here and elsewhere, where contrary voices — offering reason, evidence and the lessons of history — are not invited or welcomed. So, we prepare (as usual) to fight the last war instead of the next one and rely on leaders who lack the necessary education to make wise choices. (We need fewer new submarines and more courses on technology, war and society!) Second, going forward, we can't rely on underfunded civilian universities to provide all the education that wise leadership in the 21st century requires. Bluntly, civilian universities don't teach much of anything about war these days, even though they should. The Department of National Defence used to provide some courses taught through the division of continuing studies at Canada's only national university, the Royal Military College of Canada, but cuts reduced such offerings to a shell after the cancellation of the Officer Professional Military Education (OPME) program in 2012. Those mistakes should be corrected. Younger Canadians, including CAF members, are not learning the lessons of military history, because they have little or no opportunity. Thus they won't have the intellectual resources to challenge or guide the choices we will need to make about war in the years ahead, and that worries me. Ominously, what we don't understand about war can kill us all. Dr. Peter Denton is adjunct associate professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada, where — as a subject matter expert (SME) in technology, warfare and society — he has taught undergraduate courses in military history since 2003, as well as a range of graduate courses in the war studies program.
India Today
a day ago
- Politics
- India Today
Virginia enacts law to ban Nazi symbols, protects sacred Swastika
Virginia has officially enacted House Bill 2783 as of July 1, making it a Class 6 felony to display Nazi symbols, such as Hitler's emblem, on private property or in public places with the intent to sets this legislation apart is a historic and culturally sensitive amendment: it clearly distinguishes the Nazi 'Hakenkreuz' (Hooked Cross): a symbol of hatred and violence, from the sacred Swastika, an ancient symbol of peace and prosperity revered by nearly two billion Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and other communities July 1, a new law in the state of Virginia distinguishes between Hitler's Hakenkreuz and the Sacred Swastika- a win for accuracy, religious freedom and equitable treatment for Dharmic communities that revere the sacred we ask other institutions including CoHNA (Coalition of Hindus of North America) (@CoHNAOfficial) July 1, 2025advertisementA CRUCIAL DISTINCTIONWhile the Nazi symbol is often mistakenly referred to as the 'Swastika,' Adolf Hitler himself called it the Hakenkreuz—a stylised hooked cross. The Swastika, by contrast, is an ancient symbol of peace, prosperity, and divinity that appears in Dharmic and Indigenous traditions. Unlike the Hakenkreuz, which is a symbol of hatred and violence used by the Nazis, the Swastika is an ancient symbol of peace, prosperity, and divinity revered in Dharmic and Indigenous drafts of HB2783 dangerously blurred this distinction, referring to the Nazi emblem as 'commonly known as the Swastika.' This language, though unintentional, risked harming religious communities by reinforcing decades of ADVOCACY SPURS MAJOR CHANGEOver a single weekend, more than 1,000 concerned citizens contacted lawmakers. Community leaders, legal experts, and interfaith allies united to urge changes in how the bill described Nazi advocacy worked. Governor Glenn Youngkin even sent the bill back for revision, asking that lawmakers adopt the critical updates requested by the community. As a result, the new law now prioritizes the historically correct term 'Hakenkreuz'.- Avoids implying there is a 'good' vs. 'bad' Swastika.- Clarifies that the 'Nazi Swastika' is not the sacred Swastika used in religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, or Native American traditions.- Replaces 'commonly known as' with the more accurate 'sometimes referred to as'.This Virginia legislation follows similar progress in California and even in Canada, where the Jewish advocacy group B'nai Brith has adopted the term Hakenkreuz and acknowledged the sacred role of the Swastika in Dharmic traditions. Influential figures like design historian Steven Heller have also publicly corrected their language on this issue in recent years.- EndsMust Watch
