Rap and Syria Protests

 March 2012 World  The Rising Death Toll in Syria compare to the Events in India in 1916. What side are we on - consider the words of Archbishop - Desmond Tutu of South Africa

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

What can we do in times of injustice? what is the role of an individual, community? How do people decide when to not be neutral? 

Published: March 21, 2012

A calendar of the estimated number of deaths in the country each day since the beginning of the uprising - currently since protest began - March 15 2011 - estimates are up to 10,000 have died. . see Chart 

Many Artists including poets in Syria have spoken out - but have lost their life doing. Click here to read about what happened to one such brave poet.

Below is a protest song.

Syria - Rap Video - Protest Song



What can people do to assist people who are being oppressed? 

Read this story from CNN - Slavery Still Exists.

1 Year Ago - Japan's Natural Disaster

Japan 1 Year Ago - an Earthquake then a Tidal Wave


There have been many videos, pictures posted, but this Artistic collaboration captures the story.

In comes via NPR  
"On "In The Water Where The City Ends," from her latest record,Silver Silver, White's voice is at its most haunting as she recalls, in disjointed poetry, the tsunami that devastated Japan's Tohoku region last year"  Read or Listen to NPR story

Smuggling refugees

WORLD

Refugees Flee Syrian Violence in Turkey

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Published: March 6, 2012

Thousands of Syrians have crossed the border to escape the growing conflict in their country. see photos

World Events Week of Feb 27

From NBC News

Iran warns unmotivated voters of Western plots as election looms

Friday's contest is first since bloody crackdown on opposition protesters in 2009

Syria Smuggling People in and out, in face of the deadly Crackdown. go to story

and a story about a man who chose to stay despite a crisis.

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