Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Special ~ Music Video

Special music video from VOICE
Click Image to Download the VIDEO 18 mgs 5 minutes
Here's a Big Phat Version 41 mgs
Here's a Bandwidth Challeged Version 2 mgs RealPlayer

Full length music video for Special (the song featured on Free Speech TV's Iraq War 3rd Anniversary Special).

music from VOICE rapping from Phoenix

Related Links ::: VOICE, The Iraq War 3rd Anniversary Special,
Another Music Video for VOICE "The Divide"

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Thursday, May 11, 2006

4 Directions ~ Indigenous Hurricane Relief


Click Image to Download the VIDEO 41 mgs 25 minutes
Here's a Bandwidth Challenged Version 7.5 mgs

The Four Directions Relief Project was started in early October in recognition that the Native American communities of storm ravaged southern Louisiana remained under-served and in urgent need of relief efforts. Despite the immense pride and independence of these communities, Katrina and Rita created an intense burden on the people, and storm assistance was requested.

Four Directions was organized to help gain both short and long term storm relief, working in solidarity and respect for the pride of local communities, and the preservation of their cultures.

Working in solidarity with tribal leaders, Four Directions was formed by community organizer/spiritual activist Naomi Archer and medic Dave Pike who had been working on the ground in southern Louisiana building the innovative mutual-aid relief work of Common Ground in Algiers.

Between October 2005 and January 2006, Four Directions, in collaboration with our tribal partners, NGO partners, and a very limited number of volunteers facilitated:

* 27 tons of food and material aid collected and distributed
* 1600+ volunteer hours in the community
* 8 home repair projects
including 2 emergency housing projects for homeless families
* 30 classroom teaching kits to the most damaged elementary schools
* 26 large and small appliances bought and distributed
* 2 tons + of trash collected
* 1200+ holiday meals distributed
* Stories, interviews or links in 20+ native, commercial,
and independent media outlets

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I spent a great deal of time doun de bayou in Chauvin the last couple of months in Louisiana. Much love & respect to the Courteaux's for allowing me to hang around , mostly working on other projects from the Wonder Pod Satelite internet hook up, camping at the Volunteer Center. It was magical ... as long as you had bug spray. The locals have systematically developed their natural defense to the mosquitos by feeding children increasing doses of a local berry... Unprepared volunteers however, often ran, flapping & screaming across the yard. During the first weeks after Hurricane Katrina I followed my friend Naomi's blog and wished I could be there, she kept me interested in coming to New Orleans.. even though I was sure I'd missed it all. How ridiculus to think it was all over in November. 6 months later and New Orleans is truely a thing of the past, most of the coastal communities are STILL completely wiped out and some have just begun to return ... it's STILL long from "over".

Related Links ::: Four Directions Solidarity Network, Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw of Louisiana, Sustainability Research & Education Project, Plenty International, Islamic Relief, Hurricane Autonomous Workers Collective, Seventh Generation, National Relief Charities, New Orleans Voices for Peace

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Monday, May 01, 2006

May Day In Fighting

Audio ~ Work from Audio Anarchy

May Day is not a worker of color holiday.
It's all "The Worker's" Holiday

So, while it is refreshing AND LONG OVER DUE to have the participation of our new immigrant brothers & sisters... why do they join us now only to shove aside and denigrate whitey activists who have been fighting these battles for them (albeit lamely) for so many years?
~ immigrant Beat Down NYC
~ Whitey Indy Reporters Attacked by ANSWER
~ Anarchist Bloc @ Chicago Mayday/Immigrant's Rights March

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