“The government’s new visa rules, designed to shut U.S. borders to terrorists, are having an unintended effect in the cultural world: They are keeping out international performing artists, too. Organizers of cultural events in the Bay Area and across the nation say they’re being forced to cancel and change scheduled acts, squeezing the groups financially and depriving audiences of seeing acclaimed singers, filmmakers and other luminaries from foreign countries. Last weekend, the Afro-Cuban All Stars, one of Cuba’s most famous musical acts, was scheduled to perform in Berkeley in front of sold-out audiences. But the new visa policy prevented them from entering the United States.” (full story)
Read the rest of the article, and hate George Bush even more.