Jan 25th – Thierno Camara live at Get Down Friday
January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Free Zimbabwe Radio Special Part 1 – plus Facebook Group and Website
January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Free Zimbabwe Radio Special Part 1 – plus Facebook Group and Website
In an effort to learn more about the ongoing crisis unfolding in Zimbabwe – Nomadic Wax launched 3 new initiatives
1. The latest Nomadic Wax Radio show was dedicated to Zimbabwean situation and was aired July 3rd on WNYE/KEXP. The streaming version is online and available to listen to 24/7.
Listen to the online version of the Nomadic Wax Radio – Zimbabwean Special here!
There will be a second issue of this show with even more interviews – so stay tuned and let us know if you have ideas, thoughts, suggestions for new interviews.
2. Join the Free Zimbabwe Facebook Group for updates!
3. Visit the website freezimbabwe.org – for article, in depth interviews and more!
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Hip Hop Heroes Rodstarz and G1 of Rebel Diaz Attacked and Arrested by NYPD
January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Hip Hop Heroes Rodstarz and G1 of Rebel Diaz Attacked and Arrested by NYPD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Teresita Ayala
June 19, 2008 312-489-0505
Hip Hop Heroes Rodstarz and G1 of Rebel Diaz Attacked and Arrested by NYPD
Yesterday, June 18, 2008, Rodstarz and G1 were walking peacefully down the street with their friend visiting from Chicago when they came upon police officers from the 41st Precinct in the Bronx in the middle of a sting against street vendors, aggressively confiscating the fruit and vegetables of street vendor. When they approached the officers to ask why the vendor was being treated in that manner and asked for their badge numbers, the officers turned their aggressions on the duo. After beating them and arresting them in front of over a dozen witnesses, they were taken to the 41st Precinct.
Within hours, over 75 friends, community members and activists gathered outside the precinct (1035 Longwood Avenue at Southern Blvd.) to sing, chant, drum and march for over 4 hours, demanding that all charges be dropped and that Rodstarz and G1 be immediately released. After withstanding a rainstorm, a rainbow offered hope that community resistance will overcome police brutality.
The following morning more than 25 people gathered at the Bronx County Criminal Court for their arraignment. The men are charged with two misdemeanors: obstruction of justice and resisting arrest, and are scheduled for court on September 3rd, 2008.
A cell phone video of the arrest was released to news circuits, and friends have already compiled video montage of the arrest, protest and the duo’s music, available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ-_1b6AO6w&feature=email.
Brothers Rodstarz and G1 are no strangers to repression and resistance. Sons of Chilean political exiles, they grew up on Chicago’s north side, where police brutality was a daily reality. Upon their move to the South Bronx in early 2006 they were invited to perform their revolutionary music at the historic immigrant rights march in New York City, in front of 500,000 people. Today, Rebel Diaz travels throughout the world performing and organizing, using Hip Hop as a tool for education and social change around immigration, education and housing issues.
More information on the group can be found at http://www.rebeldiaz.com/ or www.myspace.com/rebeldiaz
Press are invited to hear directly from the duo and supporters at a press conference today at 4pm at Mothers on the Move, 928 Intervale Ave, Bronx, NY 10459.
