Seekae- Beach Walk Lament

Radiohead- Lotus Flower

A brand new track- hot off the press- from Radioheads' spanking new album which was released today [19/2/11]. The new album, entitled The King of Limbs, has been talked up by Flying Lotus and, if this track is any indication, is going to be DOPE.. Hurry download!!

http://www.thekingoflimbs.com/DIUSD.htm

Seeding Deep Democracy - Vandana Shiva

Rage Against The Machine-Killing in the name.

"Killing in the name", Rage Against The Machine's rebellion anthem is as pertinent and rocking as it was when it first came out in 1992. Their frequency, which has been described as a molotov cocktail of punk, hiphop and thrash,has the fire to inspire the revolutionary spirit across generations and across the world.

Bassnectar - Inspire the Empathic

This Bassnectar track, from he album "Mesmerizing the Ultra" is an informative pastiche on media ownership and illuminates some very salient points..


"i think you are right undoubtedly that most people seem to be accepting the war on terrorism
but i believe that acceptance is very superficial
very thin
i believe it's based on the fact that people don't have information given to them by the media...let me give an example

the federal communications commission regulates radio and TV, telephone and satellite transmissions
the concentration of media in the hands of few and fewer corporations isn't a news story but the changes in the last two decades have been remarkable

in 1983 90 percent of the major media were controlled by just 50 companies
by 1992 that number had been cut in half to just two dozen companies

and by 2000 the overwhelming majority of the mass media was owned by only 6 companies:

AOL TIME WARNER
DISNEY
VIACOM
BURGLES-MAN
NEWS CORPORATION
AND VEVENDI UNIVERSAL

by 2006 ALL THESE COMPANIES WERE OWNED BY ONE COMPANY:
Clear Channel Communications

what you don't want

is to have so few owners in a community
that they can dominate the dialogue
and move it in any direction they might want to move it in without having the alternative
of competing ideas to ensure that there are diverse owners of media

the founders of this country figured out a way for there to be a fairness in the media - to make it possible for ordinary people to create media

that means that it isn't in the hands of very large corporations
(clear channel communications)
but just locally owned locally produced organizations to the folks who are consuming it

that's the answer
and right now we have a set of changes that will move us in exactly the wrong direction being considered
and still the vast majority of Americans no nothing about it

3/4 of Americans had absolutely no idea what so ever
NO IDEA WHAT SO EVER
people who did actually know about it were almost universally opposed
people do not have information given to them by the media.

we have enormous freedom
that's not a gift that was given to us it's a legacy that was left to us
by centuries of struggle centuries of people most of whose names are completely forgotten
the ones who created the freedom and the rights that we now have

and that will be taken away unless you constantly defend them
there is in fact A MAJOR EFFORT TO TAKE THEM AWAY right now.

Kona Triangle- Mango Rubicon

This track was taken from Kona Triangle's 2009 release, "Sing a sapling into existence" [released through Porter] and is one of the longest of their typically short but o-so-sweet numbers.
Kona Triangle are comprised of members Keaver & Brause, Lone (2), Matt Cutler and their powers combine in a sublime, cascading, adroit fashion reminiscent of Boards of Canada, Hudson Mohawke and Flying Lotus.

Trentemøller: Moan (Trentemøller Vocal Remix ft. Ane Trolle)

Egypt Uprising

I find it incredibly powerful and inspiring that the Egyptian people, en mass, are refusing to tolerate the corrupt, totalitarian dictatorship and are peacefully rising up demanding justice and change. They have my full support and empathy.
May this moment in history serve as a lesson to all those abusing power and human rights and committing acts of corruption against the people of the world: Your time, too, will come. The people are the greatest in number, and united will never be defeated.
The world is watching...

Julian Assange Colouring Book

"You determine whether he's a red commie or true-blue Aussie"....

Internet Gold

http://www.julianassangecoloringbook.com/index.php

An extremely on-point and inspirational speech by John Pilger

"Official" rules of the Internetz

Let Freedom Reign!!

A pithy quote which is more than pertinent in our post 9/11 world which has seen governmental desire for greater social control combine with hyper-inflated fears for security allow for the greatest erosion of civil rights to privacy and freedom since the establishment of law.
It is interesting to reflect on how much governments have strayed from the principles of it's founding fathers as to what constitutes a just society. Benjamin Franklin would no doubt be seen as a radical "terrorist" under current U.S. laws, in particular the  HR 1955 titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 , otherwise known as the "Thought Crime Act"which was passed almost unanimously in 2007 and is one of a number of new bills passed post 9/11 that strip citizens of their rights and give the government  inexorable power to detain and otherwise exercise over people for whatever they wish they are opposed to their agenda.


http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=4682
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Contingencies_Act_2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_Security_Enhancement_Act_of_2003

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