Saturday, June 21, 2008

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?


This is a very powerful rap piece based on an folk song written in 1931 by Florence Reese during a bloody coal miners strike.
The original song pretty much lays it on the line honestly and directly. Which Side Are You On? Repression or Freedom? There's no in between.
This is an updated version by the Bronx Hispanic Group REBEL DIAZ. They take the same message and illustrate it forcefully in todays terms. They show how all struggles for human rights are part of the same struggle.
These guys live their ideas. The entire group was beat up by the NYC Police last week for interfering with a questionable arrest in the South Bronx.
If you like this, check out their very political selection of videos on YouTube!
Thanks to my friend, Suze for the link.

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