in the same bus route, the old is 0. remo loved the occupied west night palestine. the south africa's top court has bowed full. the president, jacob zoom from running for parliament. the constitutional cause made the announcement till monday, with the 2 year old z my left office in 2018, facing corruption allegations, and was briefly jailed for contempt of court for me to mila is india on his back and sent us this report. its constitutional quote is full that the former president jacobs luma consent for a seat in holland a meant in the upcoming general elections because of these conviction and sentencing of 18 months, a full contempt of court. and that goes back to a corruption inquiry where he refused to appear before that commission. now, many members of these parts usually support to save. it doesn't mean very much

because he will remain on the ballot paper. he still represents the part to use anita and his political thinking. he's our id ology remains part of the party and that's who they are. voting for. many have said that he is a victim of a political agenda, and many continued to believe that, especially with this latest ruling, but then many south africans who would welcome this ruling because for them to mount represents corruption. it's during his time in office, that's a, it's described as 9 ways to view as people blame him for the rams rams and corruption that he's present in south africa and within a government's departments. now the m k party, despite remaining intact, is facing an element of trouble in that there is some level of infighting. it's founding member at one point has a now a split resume on precautionary suspension that's off to zoo. my kicked that lead

to out of the m k. so it is a battle for leadership, but many do views. do my as the lead to all the parties and it will contest elections for me. the ultra 0. johannes. well, let's try there in new zealand of sending plains to evacuate. the citizens from new caledonia and 1000 police offices in philly. forces have been deployed to restore order in the french pacific territory the streets. so it's relatively calm that robots still remain in the photo shop. at protests began a week ago in response to propose changes to the elect, torrell law. the critics i will dilute the voice of the intention is to conduct items or that's it for minute classes. the news continues hit on outs, are quite often. we go to the street, the read. so one of the worlds where it was creatures, numbers are plummeting due to the deforestation. culture and climate change. indian

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by cape town, outages and sights and struggle all over the wild music is into words and with never ration struggles. today's reason against the genocide in gaza is no different . so one is the sound track to the kind of find movements. i'm what parent tell us about the time use and i deals guiding it. i'm mary and software i'm. this is the stream, the if i was in palace by right now. if i was in gaza right now, if i was in the bathroom right now, what, what i want the rest of the world to be doing. so i went to the dentist, send freight pallet store. 2 the, the, i got the, the

st, yvonne muhammad on south michael moore. these are just some of the names of the office to of use them use it to raise awareness of the palestinian struggle. so what is the role of music innovation movement and what kind of achieve that was a loan candidates to introduce us to this topic? let's listen to it. a half from sol band, a palestinian group from gaza of the year. and

then a whole to both of us to me in a minute on the scene most the time, the reopening else unfortunately, the working, the platinum political squeaks are literally the the is the scene was an interest to my dreams. and actually everything was destroyed. and i didn't know if i can dream again um, but all i know that i, i will try not to lose my out the, the situation. we need to do this in our museum and then spinning and sounds like

the other thing is do other denies. there's really, really lucas, which will give us an energy and whole and support over the children's side literally. so i think new z. oh, the who goes to the house was the most beautiful, the thing. so i have the importance of music as a source of hope in the times to discuss this with us today. we have poet, rafa, musician and activists. so williams are of american senior. they that he does the 11 eas, palestinian sing, a rafa musician. nice. nice. you recently finished touring in the us. let's

take a listen. and while my people suffer under one of the most and humane, one of the most fun ethical, one of the most house and gross human rights violations of monitored history. as a palestinian, it's a very weird feeling to be singing and having salts of joy and happiness. but as i said earlier in the show, music is a tool of liberation. and my to my music will always be used as a tool to liberate my people. and to liberate all people into liberate us here and to liberate myself from inside. so i just want you to know as i play the show tonight, i'm with the people of gods. i'm with the people of palestine are nice, what it'd be like for you as a promise to any musician performing in the us right now. when can you tell us about this idea of music also freeing you? yeah, absolutely. um. touring right now is uh very sorrowful

at the same time, purposeful. i think people collectively, uh joined together and been together through music. it's like a spiritual connection that we shared. so it'd be in the same room with people in the time like this and to be able to speak on the things that are touching all of our hearts has a deep purpose. but, but it doesn't come without sorrow because we know that all the while there is this just a position of the, the intense suffering happening and gaza. and so i'm trying my best to use the purpose of music and it's life for him to keep the eyes on our people and also to lift our people spirits. so in 2003, you made a pledge which was had the. 8 out of titled, not in our name, the ability to be done by our government

the we do. how does it feel, watching that back now in 202420 years on with all that is happening now? well, i would definitely say that that is certainly the kind of contention that was put into constructing that that pledge of resistance, you know, we are americans, for example, or for us to, to recite the pledge of allegiance every day before school and, and up. and i remember refusing to do it as a kid and then giving my kids permission to refuse it. and when writing the touch of resistance, sitting with the writers star hawk i, i really felt as if we had to place the type of intention for something that would inspire and, and last and so it's sad to see uh its relevance, you know, still still there on but at the same time that was exactly the energy that was put

into it, you know, and, and, and so it, it, it's, it's, i'm glad that it's useful. ready that's the main thing i think as an artist is you want your work to be useful and ad for people and movements to find it. useful up to this day is, is excellent. yeah. yeah. and they are you going viral for turning pop trucks into stones resistance? the the why did you open for this particular means of getting your message out that why pop trucks? so i think this really trying to connect with people who might not normally be connected to this issue. and i think when you sing songs,

they know and you change the words around, you know, maybe at 1st they don't necessarily realize that they're hearing a remixed version of it. but it kind of makes people listen and maybe connect with the message a little bit more. so that was why i started doing that really just to bring attention to the issue through a different method that is usually used well on the ground in palestine. music organizations have been focused on preserving and continuing a rich musical legacy, which includes sounds. many of us will now be familiar with a song. is it turn the a to is? it turns it's an act of generosity, and it is a statement that i do exist as it is a space for dreams, for hopes. and it is

a tool for expression and also documentation. we know music has play the major role in revolutions all around the world. including in palestine, we know songs that dates back not even 21948 only, but before that to the british mandate, that of the grandmother's and great grand mothers have sunk and we still know them until today. it is a statement that by this time has existed, ever since, for the long time contradictory to the is really negative, that tries constantly to it is the culture of the history of this by a to move, speak. but it's an act of empowerment. it's an act of motivation. it's an act of activism. that's why we believe in the power of music as a strong, empowering,

and universal language for change. nice as a policy and office, do you feel this responsibility to carry forward this musical tradition especially with so much a racial around? yes, absolutely. i think um the inevitably palestinian spirit and culture sort of permits everything we do. so for me, whether it's in the kindness or in the love i'm trying to write about with the grief or the sorrow i'm trying to write about inexplicably these things are just extensions of my past in spirit pass down from my mother and her mother. and those who came before me, so i've come to really embrace the role that our ancestors play and everything we create and bypass the new culture and spirit is hand down to me and threw me by my ancestors. so it's an honor and it's also it, it carries a heavy weight, but a beautiful and so i want to ask you about what some might consider culture was silence in the music industry right now. there are some notable figures including

palestinian ones, not to mention teach. i counted, of course, um, what is the role of the musician the office right now at this comment juncture as you see it as well as i see it, i see music as a form of well art itself as a form of resistance. but i also see the art at heart is used as, as tools of propaganda. and, and you know what that does is often times a missile lines of value, so that we become complicit with the system that we could be using our art to, to fight against. you know, um, and that's the problem. you have a lot of art is who, who yearn to be successful rather than yearning to be revolutionary to their art. and so there's, there's a confusion of values in terms of what really make something less. and you know, you know, you see people in, in t shirts with, with bob marley with nina simone, the spirit cookie with kirk co bane. you know,

the list goes on and on. an artist web stood at the intersection of politics and, and, and creation. and a lot of those artists even stood at the interface of almost inventing john rose by speaking, you know, their mind and, and, and, and, and speaking truth to power with music. and i don't know why artist would choose to go the route. i mean, i do know why it's capitalism, right? we know that artist measure some artist, measure of success in terms of money in term instead of measuring it in terms of the way that they can touch hearts, how many hearts they reach and, and, and how they can transform and help transform society. and so i think that we have to realize this art is often times that were being used by system and fight against that. we have our art that is the highest purpose of art, is to serve as resistance. an artist, an art has always served on the front lines of resistance. you don't have social

change with out, you know, music helping the people marching and all of these things. but the way that our kids, the heart, the way that it, that it resonates and the self conscious so that we have matches up with the p to ourselves. these things should be sending us not distracting us. and um, so yeah, well not like the american, rafa. macklemore has blown up with this traction the whole that's taken. listen. the people they will leaks what is threatening and about the best thing i want to increase. the problem is that the protest is what the protest page that goes against. what i've touched for you is finding the barricade until palestine is free . lock the barricade entail palestine is free. layla macklemore recently said a rally all its in its purest form is resistance. is that something that you relate

to and can you break that down for us? absolutely. i feel that art has been a part of every freedom movement that has ever existed throughout history. and this one is really no different. i mean, what we're seeing is truly hard to process as human beings with empathy. and if people aren't being empathetic, it's because they're really just disconnected from you know, the truth of our connectedness is that makes sense. so yeah. when we think of art is resistance, we think of sharing truths, truths that are often difficult for people to hear and truths that are often taboo . and maybe often times shut down, which is what a lot of what we're seeing in pro palestine spaces in the arms that our voices are being banned. so art is a really, really powerful tool because you know, you can try to silence to people, but there will always be art that speaks to the movement and that has happened

throughout history forever. so when you mentioned, but molly, when he signed, get up, stand up the, the message was to provoke consciousness for action. do we have any equivalent attempts to provoke consciousness today? and is it working? i think we have several, several attempts. i mean we, we can't make the mistake of ignoring all of the underground orders that are using their voices. all of the poets that are speaking up. um, you know, um i feel as if i'm a member of an army of poets actually i've been sold so proud to be a part of that community of, of people that are speaking up and using their voice to connect to what's going on . but yes, it would be useful if part is contributed to song i thought, you know, to the movement in, in the wrong way. but the wrong signature we need that for about 20 said music is the weapon of the future. and, and we've been celebrating cowardice often times in music. we've been celebrating

complicity. we've been celebrating nonsense and, and that's a reflection of ourselves and the propaganda. that's spect, what sort of culture, it's our responsibility to transform that and, and does transform society and to celebrate artist that are helping us transform that. and uh, and so, yeah, it's happening. but more can happen. well, those who know cause that will be aware that there is a full of sound will fact always on the way the web. i drones consistently blight the sound scape, they call it the 9 the he is be found to explain. i'm an example of how music is used to resist it. the uh the the

nice as someone who understands the impacts of sound vibrations, can you tell us about the psychological and physical effects and facts of this some constant background found on the lives of palestinians in gaza. i couldn't tell you, i couldn't imagine living through that us in america, in the west. we live with such privilege that music is only for us. sound is only for us, you know, uh, pleasure, leisure or, you know, if we have the discipline likes, always talking about to use it as revolution. but those in palestine,

those and guys who have to sort of navigate through these a sinister efforts to hack their minds with threatening sounds. they lived through something that i can't imagine. so i really couldn't speak to it. um, i just, uh, i'm always inspired by the way that palestinians find a way to resist and everything that they do, especially those in palestine who understand that at a way, deeper level. well, so you, you want to come back that i'm, i wanted to ask you is, what about, you know, hip hop provided many listeners access to what something called the sort of black cnn. what have you personally, not listening to palestinians and what do you think we are all learning by listening to them as well? yeah, you know, this certainly a connection. the 1st i wanted to loop into your previous question. netflix black, cnn quote, has to do with the description that was given in the early ninety's, late eighty's of public enemy. and, and it's true that public enemy incorporated the sounds of sirens,

and that's the sounds of, of police violence. the sounds of the fluid into the music and we recognize it as part of the music in the same way that in that recording that be here. you know, we palestinians have to create but the constant sounds of the drones there and, and surveillance, you know, fundable surveillance and what has, has been inspiring, you know, and, and, and of course there's a lot of correlation that has been made for the ages between you know the struggles of all colonized people and, and particularly, you know, when i think of myself as, as a black american and, and the role that, that, that palestinians have played in both contemporary times. you know, i think that the further movement with, with, you know, them saying this is how you, you know, can, can help yourself with turn gas, what have you. but all the way back, you know, um to, to people that keep you new being and, and, and all the people who found inspiration. so you know,

through and correlation between these troubles. we continually learn life from each other as the palestinians are prone to say, we teach life, right? and, and, and that is what we see more than the depth. you know, that, that, you know, obviously you fall into our timelines. we, we, we honor their resistance and, and, and, and, and so, and that's the connection to be made, right? is that resistance is, is resistance in many forms, right? and all of it is valid and all of it is necessary, especially when the powers that be, are, are, are there applauding the, the, the actual like terrors that speaking, inflicted by the aisle less, that seemed inserted by the us establishment that's being inflicted by, by all the forces against it that want to keep things as is um, this is why, oh, to hear those voices coming out to hear those poems coming out to see to see people

continuing to dance. um to, to, to realize that back, govern, possible to kill, that we are impossible to destroy and to hear music. and art that reflects that is, is painful. it's, it's, it's a part of, it's a necessary part of the air. we believe it's a necessary part of the water we drink and i think i say that thinking of the people who are having difficulty finding water even right so. so music sometimes serves as sustenance and the same way that prayer and scripture can um, and a lot of these things often are imbedded in music and imbedded in poetry imbedded in art. um for that, for that actual purpose to sustain us. right? and so i'm sustained by what i see and i hope to, to give some sustenance to do what we share. i'm well layla, you've just written liberation album. i'd love to hear about the message that you are sending out in the liberation album. and if i may ask you also about this book

policy that we're seeing online, do we think blocking the celebrities who want speaking off is, is a good strategy, is that the way forwards? i want to start with that. yes. i think if you have a platform and you're not using it, then you're complicit. and i think that's really important to recognize is that these people, how huge amounts of money, and they have a community around them who's willing to listen to what they say because of who they are. and if you're not using that for good, then society really doesn't have to put you on a pedestal anymore. and i think it's really time that we start to kind of tackle this celebrity culture. and, you know, the album is, it's a lot about capitalism and how it sort of feeds this whole entire thing. um, you know, the album is about palestine of course and the pro palestine movement. and you know, those of us who are the resistance, there's a song on it as an original song called we are the resistance and i think people

hear the word resistance and they get a little like what does that mean, right? because we've been sort of told that it's this negative like violent, scary thing, but know every single person posting on social media, every single person who is taking to the streets relentlessly. because i think, you know, especially i'm in new york city and i think the n y p d is really getting tired of our protests and we're seeing them really cracked down and get violent. and because you know what we're seeing, it's so frankly absurd. and it's, it's truly hard for us to process the survey of what we're seeing and also the propaganda around it. which is, you know, it's, sometimes we have a community of people basically who are looking at best and they're saying, and like, are you seeing the same thing? is me right and, and we need an outlet for all of this race that we see all seeing these bloody bodies every single day and wondering how people could be tearing this on. so anyone with a heart, with human empathy is a part of the resistance. we just have to keep going. i mean that's what this whole

movement is for. yeah. well i'd like to end today's program by handing the mike back. so a half for some final thoughts on the support she has seen for palestine across the globe. it gives me in energy and hold and, and the feeling that my voice is here and i'm left alone. never, never, never noticed the talking shedding about by this time and about what's happening and goes and pray for all the police to me and all. and all the guys and thank you to august. so nice and layla. i'm thank you for watching. do you have a conversation or a topic that you'd like to see is take on this is also your show. so let us are using the hash tag or the handle a stream and we'll look into it, stay away panel. so you see the

one of the biggest selections of 2024. india is general election. will administer now render moody's be taking increase its route across the country. how will economic uncertainty and you've some employment sway voters in key states and will the media be able to cover the vote? sweetie and fairly ongoing coverage. but in the as election on tuesday era ellis teams in the gaza strip as is the last continues. there's a deliberate mission of posting and humanity in western media. and it needs to be questioned, sustains coverage that actively humanize as is readings and actively humanizes palestinians. this is not the time for doing this kind of weight. tracking those stories examining the journalism and the effect that news coverage can have on democracies everywhere. here at the listing past,

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