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“A Song For Trayvon”, Live from Brooklyn, NY

Help get Justice 4 Trayvon by signing the petition at moveon.org/trayvon or texting "TRAYVON" to 30644...
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Demand Justice for Trayvon (watch VIDEO) – Jasiri X

Demand Justice for Trayvon Martin by signing petition to US Department of Justice at http://colorofchange.org/campaign/trayvon/ ...
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Alabama’s Hate Bill 56 Drags State Back to it’s Ugly Past

A few weeks ago, I traveled to Alabama with members of Sound Strike, a coalition of artists that have committed to supporting the International Boycott of Arizona in the wake of the passage of its own racist and oppressive bill SB 1070. What we saw was heartbreaking, but also inspiring...
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FILM THE POLICE!!!!

"FILM THE POLICE" pays tribute to N.W.A.'s infamous "F*ck the Police," serving as a call to action for the digitized media movement while responding to the recent explosion of police brutality all across the world. ...
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Hip-Hop Artists Stand for Human Rights

  Chino XL, Rhymefest, Immortal Technique, Jasiri X (Photo by Paradise Gray) Most of the discussion around rap music is almost always about it’s negative effects. Blog after blog of so called intellectuals rant about mainstream rap music’s bad influence on youth. I often wonder why they never mention the countless MCs all over the [...]...
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