Lowkey’s Speech at the Afghanistan Troops Out Protest (video and transcript)
I went with my son down to the demonstration and rally yesterday (Saturday 20 November 2010), and can attest to the fact that Lowkey’s speech was hugely inspiring! Here’s the video. The transcription...
View ArticleChuck D interview (2005)
Via The Progressive. Chuck explores some very interesting ideas in this interview, particularly around corporate and state influence within hip-hop. Chuck D Q:You have been an outspoken opponent of...
View ArticleYouth for Smiley Culture event – this Saturday
On Saturday 7 May, from 6.30pm, Sons of Malcolm and friends will be holding a panel debate and gig in tribute to the legendary MC Smiley Culture. I’ll definitely be heading down there, and would...
View ArticleTroy Davis: strange fruit in 2011
This song, first recorded in 1939, still resonates today, the morning after the legal lynching of Troy Davis by the white power structure in the US. Many didn’t think it could happen – many thought...
View ArticleMissiles on the Blocks
This week we’ve heard that not only have the Olympics disrupted our transport system more than snow blizzards on top of autumn leaves, but that they also meant that our city is to be militarised,...
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