> ***CALL TO HIP-HOP ARTISTS AGAINST INFINITE WAR***

[Charles Brown]

> ***CALL TO HIP-HOP ARTISTS AGAINST INFINITE WAR***
>
> *IN THE NAME OF THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM, the Bush administration
> continues to expand its own campaigns of terror around the world; from Iraq,
> where sanctions have killed over half a million children, to Colombia, where
> US arms are deployed in genocidal massacres of civilians by right-wing
> militia and government forces.
>
> *IN THE NAME OF THE WAR ON DRUGS, the Bush administration continues to
> expand its own war against the poor within the borders of the USA; from
> welfare 'reforms' that are pushing thousands more families onto the street,
> to a privatized prison system that grows fatter and fatter by feeding on
> young black and latin@ men and women.
>
> *IN THE NAME OF US OIL INTERESTS, the Bush administration continues to
> support oppressive fundamentalist states in the Middle East; from Israel,
> where an apartheid system of oppression against Palestinians is propped up
> by millions of dollars of US military aid, to Saudi Arabia, where US
> 'allies' brutally suppress free speech and where women are not even allowed
> to drive.
>
> LATELY, IT'S BEEN LOOKING LIKE HIP-HOP IS DOWN WITH ALL THAT.
>
> If you are Hip-Hop and you don't think so, it's time to represent.
>
> Big Noise Tactical Media Collective (NYC), Critical Breakdown (Boston),
> Nuevo Tumbao (San Juan PR), AWOL (Philly) and Bush Radio (South Africa) are
> calling on all conscious artists to help bring the noise and DROWN OUT THE
> CLAMOR FOR INFINITE WAR.
>
> The first project of this TRANSNATIONAL CONSCIOUS HIP-HOP NETWORK will be a
> collaboration with Big Noise Films, producers of "Zapatista," "Black and
> Gold," "This Is What Democracy Looks Like," "Storm From the Mountain," and
> coproducers of "9.11" (www.bignoisefilms.com). Big Noise is working with
> footage shot by video activists and independent media from all over Planet
> Earth to create a documentary on the growing global movement for social
> justice.
>
> Hip Hop Against Infinite War will create the soundtrack: an album
> by artist/activists from around the globe, breaking down track by track what
> INFINITE WAR really means to all those who stand on ground that is
> infinitely under fire - and demanding that we move together towards another
> world that we know is possible. Graf artists against Infinite War will also
> be
> lacing the film with photos and video clips of relevant pieces in their
> neighborhoods,
> barrios, favelas and townships.
>
> IF YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE lyrics, beats, completed tracks, cuts, graphics,
> or want to help with the project in any way,
>
> CONTACT US BY MARCH 29, 2002:
>
>      email trabalengua at hotmail.com 
>      call 215.243.0815
>
> THE STRUGGLE FOR INFINITE PEACE CONTINUES . . .
>
> Big Noise
> AWOL
> Bush Radio
> Critical Breakdown
> Nuevo Tumbao
>