It’s easy to make jokes about Macklemore, the white rapper from Seattle who blew up and scored a couple of #1 hits a decade ago. But whatever you think of his hits — or even his politics — Macklemore has shown himself to be the type of artist who can make actual political statements. As an independent artist, he’s free of the network of major-label honchos and managers that seems to be actively discouraging famous artists from saying anything about the slaughter currently happening in Palestine, and he’s just shared a new protest song called “Hind’s Hall,” delivered in solidarity with the people of Palestine and with the protesters who are trying to get American colleges to divest from Israel.