Added: Feb 23, 2012
Author: DopePoetsDotCom
Time: 2:33
Rap News USA #2 "Khader Adnan Ends 66 Day Hunger Strike"Credits:Written, arranged and performed by Professor D Sajnani aka ProfessorD.us of The Dope Poet Society for JustusLeague.usVideo produced by Jason Page for MultikultiAudio recorded and mixed by Piotr MichalakBacking Track: Hunger Strike by Temple of the Dog. Shout outs to Wiktor, Dreadson, Anna, Mike and Steve and special thanks to youtube friend Kanál Uživatele Ugraugra. For More on Khader Adnan and Palestinian solidarity check out:US Palestinian Community Network, www.uspcn.orgIsraeli Apartheid Week, www.apartheidweek.orgJews Against Zionism, www.jewsagainstzionism.orgKhader Adnan's Struggle Continues:http://www.opednews.com/articles/Khader-Adnan-s-Struggle-Co-by-Stephen-Lendman-120224-22.html?show=votesLyrics:I don't mind stealing bread from the mouths of decadenceBut I can't feed off the powerless... Remember this?Okay check it out, Hunger strike 2012Eddie Vedder what's up?Professor D here, Peace, but not without Justice just asBefore a breaking news broadcast with moreOn the one sided war of a terrorist stateAgainst Palestine's perilous fate And Khader Adnan's courageous fightEnding his 66 day hunger strikeAbducted in December, a community member wasused as a human shield by troops to enterhis home in a violent raid, terrorizing his mother and daughters afraidthat they might not see him again, it's the eighth timein 6 years he's been arrested for no crimeinterrogated, tortured but no word or syllablerefused all food on a civil disobedienceprinciple, he joined the ranksof those who fight tanks and colonial strengthwith satyagraha: the force of truth and use that to combat the force of troopsheld in so called administrative detention, a necessary trait of a fascist state'smechanism of imprisonment for months at a time, renewable at the drop of a dime withoutreleasing any evidence or plots of a crimeno charge or trial, just the dislikeof people occupying and trying to silence thecrying of those vying for just human rightsMissile strikes are what the enemy launchesHunger strikes are a weapon of conscienceby western media he was ignoredbut major human rights orgs were on board In the middle of this international Action weekThey were forced to concede a date of early releaseSo this strike is done but the fight's not wonThere's hundreds held in indefinite detentionSo he's still not free and really will not be'Till Palestine's human rights are guaranteedOne of the great ironies of the last centuryIs the dialectic of the colonial legacyEurope's most terrorized racialized kind Made a state that embodies that very same crimeAnd represents to the world that blatant paradigmOf the racial state: Israeli apartheidSo all those amongst us who hunger for justiceWill stay hungry until love is triumphantSo all those amongst us who hunger for justiceWill stay hungry until love is triumphantYeah, YeahI don't mind stealing bread from the mouths of decadenceBut I can't feed off the powerless... YoSo all those amongst us who hunger for justiceWill stay hungry until love is triumphantYeah, stay hungry, the struggle continueswww.ProfessorD.usUSA Rap News, stay tunedKhader Adnan, Peace.
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sierrareddog says:
Feb 23, 2012 - this is a real citizen of are world thank stand strong
wymo415 says:
Feb 23, 2012 - Congrats! My man Prof D. Share this video.
seanmoonwalker says:
Feb 28, 2012 - Very American, great message but seems a little too gangsta
DopePoetsDotCom says:
Feb 23, 2012 - This was a rush job, hope you like it. Please subscribe and let us know what you'd like to see covered in future episodes.ProfessorD.us