[mgj-discuss] Music of Resistance: Hip-Hop, Poetry, Stories, & Pictures of Occupation & Struggle

[Rami Elamine]

Music of Resistance: Hip-Hop, Poetry, Stories, & Pictures of Occupation & Struggle
   
  Sunday, Dec 4, 9pm
Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th NW

  Joe Carr, with his high energy and powerful voice, will entertain,
educate, and inspire you with this evening of stories, pictures, music,
and poetry from his experiences in Iraq, Palestine, and US direct action
movements. In this one-activist show, Joe Carr will move your feet and
challenge your mind with his biting and controversial political hip-hop
and poetry rooted in his experience in anti-colonial struggles. His songs
are accompanied by  stories and analysis from his work on the front lines, and illustrated with picture slideshows. Checkout Joe’s music and poetry at www.lovinrevolution.org/lyrics_mp3s.htm.
  
Download the flyer: http://www.lovinrevolution.org/flyer_music.doc
  
 
   
  ALSO, COMING UP ON FRIDAY, DEC 16....
   
  SlingShot Hip-Hop PARTY
  "Free the P" Fundraising Show for Documentary on Palestinian Hip-Hop
   
  Friday, December 16th, 2005 @ 10 PM 
  Busboys and Poets
2021 14th St. NW Washington, DC
   
  FEATURING:
  
Head-Roc - www.head-roc.com 
  The N.O.M.A.D.S. - www.thenomads.biz 
  The Philistines - www.thephilistines.com 
  Iron Sheik - www.ironsheik.biz 
  DJ RBI
   
  'SlingShot Hip-Hop' (www.slingshothiphop.com) is in post-production stages. Produced by award-winning filmmaker Jackie Salloum, this film chronicles the lives and music of Palestinian rappers in Gaza, the West Bank, and the rest of 1948 Palestine. This film portrays the voices of displacement and oppression.
  
Come out to support this project and have a good time.
  
"Free the P" is a mix CD dedicated to raise funds for the completion of "SlingShot Hip-Hop." Order it at www.freethep.com
   
  Donations to the film will be requested. The event is free. 



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Haiku for the Head Locked 

We thrash, curse for air 
As our strangler declares, look 
How violent the Arab
by Zein El-Amine

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