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by Linh Nguyen Positive Feedback ever wonder why we destroy something so beautiful? that river where our blood runs beating in measured harmonies to life surrounding, singing in glory that forest of trails where we once walked joy escaping through quaking leaves, each footstep lighting stories, inspiring movies, music, and poetry that ocean of our origin, waters of wisdom of foam-swept jewels and deep blue treasures, adorn with coral reefs and ancestral anemones, ...

by Angela Nolan What will they tell the children? In the generations to come. Amerika is festering And the world festers with her. The wound is old but the boils and pus are worsening. Blood is pooling just below the surface – a dark purple snake. The orange one will quicken the fall But it was coming anyway. We eat too much, we consume too much, we waste too much. ...

by Christopher L. Calkins The Seed of Greed Greed! Where does it come from? It comes from a seed. Could it really be a dirty little seed? The seed of greed! How can this be in the heart of humanity? I look out on the horizon, it seems so far to me, surrounded by a society infested with the seed! The seed of greed. Who? What? No, not me! It is that dirty little seed. ...

Michelle Jones / Deep Green Resistance We are not this culture. We are not this society. The culture has hijacked us. This society has imprisoned what we really are. We are water, and land. We are the space between the trees. We are the wind and the leaves. We are sound. We are the energy between glances of animals, running, chasing, hiding, playing. We are animals, laying on soil, sitting in soil, walking on soil. The soil informing us of what ground is. What our bodies are. ...

Jennifer Murnan / Deep Green Resistance Colorado Thin Blue Line Flagged two times Curious? “The Line is what police officers protect, the barrier between anarchy and a civilized society, between order and chaos, between respect for decency and lawlessness.” Blue line Slap down Smack down Dogs dripping blood Mace Tear gas Pepper spray Pushing Violating your way Breaking past Red and Black and Brown and Even White Protectors Faces Bodies ...

Our friend Stephanie McMillan has printed calendars of her inspiring cartoons for revolutionaries, reusable year after year. These perpetual calendar are spiral bound with a stand for display on your desk (or wherever). They feature 365 full-color drawings with inspirational messages for those who define success as overthrowing the capitalist system. Each day you can flip to a new page for guidance and encouragement on the revolutionary path. Order one for $27 or two for $49 at Stephanie McMillan’s store. ...

Sudan’s ongoing civil war is not mentioned often in US or other Western corporate media outlets but has been going on for years, and currently the country is split in two. Government/military missions utilizing Russian made Antonov aircraft are carrying out bombing runs on the small villages along the borders of the divide. The inhabitants of the Blue Nile/Nuba Mountains don’t care about government solutions or war. Since they cannot respond to the ongoing assaults with firepower, they fight back with music, dancing and singing. ...

Review by Parag Dalal / Deep Green Resistance Spoiler alert: important pieces of the movie plot revealed below. Rang De Basanti opens with a British officer in pre-independence India walking along prison cells and finally entering one. The man inside, reading a book, instructs “Wait a moment, Mr. McKinley, one revolutionary is meeting another.” Thus are we introduced to the legendary Bhagat Singh, engrossed in a book by Lenin. Singh rises calmly, ready to be escorted to the gallows. Mr McKinley, with sadness on his face, says “Sorry it has to end like this.” Bhagat Singh replies unwaveringly with a smile on his face “But this is not the end, Mr McKinley. There will be many more who will follow.” He starts walking and we see tears in the eyes of Mr McKinley. ...

We recently posted a review of Bullets Over Babylon, the latest album by Soom T. Here we highlight some of our favorite videos. Soom T singing “ Ganja Ganja” live Soom T and Naaman “freestylin” on live radio in Toulouse, France - spectacular jazz, dubstep and reggaeton ...

HouseofReggae.de Dubstep, Reggaeton and Electronique Gives Voice to Culture Soom T (Sumati Bhardwaj) is an Indo-Scot from Glasgow who is known for her musical melange of DubStep, Hip Hop, Electronique, Reggae and Reggaeton. She’s created her own distinctive style and genre to accompany her eclectic, poetic, socio-political lyrics and versatile vocals. She also adds in other modern and world influences with her music. The genre is called several different names and hard to reduce to one label, but one that fits accurately is “ Digital Laptop Reggae.” ...