Ethneezy raps about social issues – conscious hip-hop

Ethneezy – Hands of Time (2012)

Published on Dec 4, 2012 by orchardmusic
Music video by Ethneezy performing Hands of Time. (C) 2012 FOTO

Published on Aug 14, 2012 by KevinNgongo
Directed by Kevin Ngongo
Produced by Morfius

Robots: The Next Generation

Published on Nov 19, 2012 by linktv
They can dance, check your heart rate, vacuum your room, make dinner, or wash the dishes — all without complaining, or asking for a raise. A new generation of robots not only looks human, but is taking on human tasks. Constantino De Miguel reports from Europe’s largest robotics expedition in Lyon, France, where it’s clear that it’s only a matter of time before robots populate our homes, schools, hospitals, and cities. Earth Focus reports.

Euro-Crisis: Separatist Movements Mount

Published on Nov 11, 2012 by deutschewelleenglish
It’s tough times in the EU. In the face of stunning austerity, separatist movements are blossoming all across the Union. They believe, they would do better on their own. Is this the end of unity? It’s tough times in the EU. In the face of stunning austerity, separatist movements are blossoming all across the Union. They believe, they would do better on their own. Is this the end of unity?

Rise in number of US Coptic Christians

Published on Oct 13, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish
After the fall of Hosni Mubarak’s government last year the number of Egyptians granted asylum in the US doubled.

Many of them are minority Coptic Christians facing insecurity in their home country.

Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler reports from New York.

Jay-Z and Kanye West ft. Frank Ocean – No Church in the Wild (2012)

Director Romain Gavras, who also directed M.I.A.’s “Born Free” and “Bad Girls”

Jay-Z, Kanye West’s ‘No Church’ Video Sparks Revolution

Moments before the beat builds, we see a young masked revolutionary ignite a Molotov cocktail and walk in slow motion toward a wall of police officers who stand unified, draped in riot gear. The clash begins with a fiery explosion in the middle of a Prague street. Gavras depicts a power struggle familiar to people all across the globe, whether in Los Angeles in 1992 or London in 2011.

Thievery Corporation – Unified Tribes (2011)

MEGAPOST: Time Magazine names “the protester” as person of the year

Al Jazeera

From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement, “The Protester” has been named Time magazine’s 2011 “Person of the Year”.

The annual distinction is given to the person or thing that Time believes has most influenced culture and the news during the past year, for good or for ill.

Time says the outcry for democratic politics became globalised this year and protesters made history.

Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports from Washington DC.

Associated Press

‘The Protester’ has been named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2011. The magazine cited dissent across the Middle East that has spread to Europe and the United States. (Dec. 14)

1OneMinuteNews

Time Magazine has announced who they’ve picked for Person of the Year. It is the protester. The protester, in context of this year, is one who is angered by corruption, westernized in thought, either longing for democracy and personal freedom, or a graduate with no job… rising against the elite. The protesters also comprised women, crying out against oppression, wanting to enjoy basic rights like the right to drive. All these people had one thing in common… access to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. 1989 was once known as a year of global protests. The Berlin Wall fell and China had the Tiananmen Revolts. But never has the world seen unrest spread the way it did in 2011. That is why 2011 is being called the “Year of Global Indignation,” and none of this would have been possible without the protester.

Today Show

From: msnbc.com
Time magazine reveals its Person of the Year 2011
Magazine’s editors choose ‘The Protester’ as figure having the greatest impact
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Time magazine revealed the 2011 choice for its iconic Person of the Year cover live on TODAY Wednesday. The Protester is this year’s choice, managing editor Rick Stengel told Matt Lauer and Ann Curry.

“There was a lot of consensus among our people,” Stengel told the TODAY anchors as he revealed the magazine’s cover. “It felt right.”

As it has for the past 84 years, the weekly newsmagazine selected the person (or sometimes group, or thing) that its editors deemed had the single greatest impact during the past year, for better or for worse.

Time’s Person of the Year has been a perennial topic of year-end debate ever since aviator Charles Lindbergh was chosen the first Man of the Year back in 1927 (the title was amended to Person of the Year in 1999). But the title is not necessarily an accolade; while many presidents, political leaders, innovators and captains of industry have been cited, some of the more notorious Persons of the Year include Adolf Hitler in 1938, Joseph Stalin in 1943 and Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979. There have also been more conceptual choices, such as “the American Fighting-Man” (1950), “Middle Americans” (1969), and this year’s choice, The Protester.

Why TIME Chose “The Protester” as Person of the Year 2011

Managing editor Richard Stengel talks with Kurt Andersen, author of our cover story, about the decision to recognize the global protest movements of 2011 in TIME’s Person of the Year issue.

Arab Spring Brings Successes and Setbacks for Media Freedom

The Arab Spring uprisings successfully uprooted several long-standing authoritarian governments in the Middle East and North Africa, and led to elections in Tunisia, and next month in Egypt. But the shift from decades of authoritarian rule to a more open and free society has been bumpy in some cases. And challenges to press freedom persist across the region. VOA’s William Ide has more from Washington

Writer exposes horror of Syrian prisons

Syrian writer Samar Yazbek has been arrested and interrogated five times since protest began in Syria on March 15th.

Enough was enough she said, and has lived in France since early July, but she is determined to return.

Now she has gone public in the French press with what she heard and saw when her captors gave her a tour of the regime’s jails.

Egyptian Women Seek Rights after Revolution

Many activists in Egypt hope the revolution earlier this year will lead to more rights for women. Experts say that will likely happen, but like nearly everything in any new democracy, it will not be a smooth process. VOA’s Al Pessin reports from Cairo.

Mahalla, Egypt at forefront of workers’ struggle

May the first is International Labour Day, a day that traditionally sees workers protest for more rights. In Egypt, a rally is planned for Tahrir Square, where the revolution took root.

But long before Mubarak was deposed in February, many people were fighting against deep-rooted injustices, poor working conditions and low wages. Some say that the revolution started in the industrial town of Malhalla.

Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall went to visit.

Scars of Lari – 1953 massacre in Kenya

On march 26th every year, one community in Kiambu County’s Lari constituency commemorates a little known massacre that played a huge role in the country independence struggle.

The Lari massacre of 1953 is the single largest massacre of the Mau Mau uprising in which hundreds of Mau Mau loyalists and colonial collaborators lost their lives. 58 years later, experiences from the massacre still divide some people in Lari.

Philippine Revolution Offers Lessons to Middle East Protesters

As the Philippines celebrates the 25th anniversary of its 1986 people power revolt, it offers both a hopeful and a cautionary example for democratic movements spreading in the Middle East. However, analysts say the revolutoin is by no means complete.

This week marks the Philippines’ 25th anniversary of the people power revolt that toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos. It ushered in democratic changes that many say have not been fully realized.