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People
frequently ask at Antibalas shows how they can manifest
different messages in Fela's tunes and Antibalas songs.
It is an ongoing struggle to be able to maintain one's
dignity and ideals in a time where commodification undermines
everything that was once sacred, and where "selling
out" becomes a rite of passage. There are a variety
of opinions within Antibalas, so it's not like we agree
on everything, but here are a few good websites to check
out and follow...
FELA
ANIKULAPO KUTI EL PAPI CHULO DEL AFROBEAT www.felakuti.net
Dulce Pinzón
our friend and very talented fotografa has her own website now. Go check it out
AFROFUTURISM.NET
NEW Check out Grupo
Fantasma, cumbiancheros from Austin,
TX
AUTO=FREE
NEW YORK
Auto-Free New York has a workable four-year plan to
making the city a more
livable, efficient, and environmentally-friendly place
to live using
sensible alternatives to cars, establishing more pedestrian
and bike-friendly
arteries, and restructuring transportation taxes and
subisidies.
"Food for people, not for profit" is the motivation
behind food cooperatives
that rely on the volunteer labor and member dues to
provide shoppers with
nutritious food at or slightly above cost. Despite the
size of the city,
there are few coops. Become a member and see what you're
missing!
Flatbush Food Coop - 1318 Cortelyou Rd., Brooklyn, NY
11226. 718-284-9717.
Park Slope Food Co-op - 782 Union St., Brooklyn, NY
11215-1307.
718-622-0560.
Members only.
4th Street Food Co-op - 58 E 4 St. (betw. Bowery and
2nd Ave.) , New York NY 10003 . 212-674-3623. Not
for profit, totally members
run (no paid staff)
food coop, open to the public--anyone can shop, members
earn a discount. Our store features a huge number of
bulk items (mostly organic), environmentally friendly
products, and all our produce is organic. We support
local farmers in season, sell their produce, and do
community outreach as much as we can. Open Mon.-Fri.
1-9 pm, Sat. & Sun. 3-9pm.
www.indymedia.org
This is the People's media!
Real-time reporting for real people, everyone's a reporter.
It has its flaws but it allows for submissions from
everyone, discussions, comments, etc.
www.adbusters.org
A fresh website (and magazine)
at the heart of the anti-corporate culture movement.
New campaigns launched every month...a combination of
activism, satire, and talented graphic design.
www.nonviolence.org
A great site for connecting
with people involved in promoting peace and dismantling
the military-industrial complex. Information about war
tax resistance as well.
As
the prisons (aka slave ships that don't move) grow in
size and number, we must become the abolitionists of
our time. Here are a few sites that can serve as starting
points.
www.prisonsucks.com
UP-To-DATE facts on the prison
industry, useful for all concerned people and activists.
www.criticalresistance.org
From their mission statement:
"...Where once the U.S. looked to the welfare state
to alleviate social problems, today the U.S. looks to
prisons, prisons and more prisons. Critical Resistance
(CR) uses the term Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) to
encompass both this phenomenon and the corresponding
reality that capitalism flourishes from locking people
in cages...." For more information on Critical
Resistance, call the New York City office at (917) 493-9795.
AWOL!
Magazine
Showcasing political hip hop, spoken word, graphic
art and poetry addressing militarism in America.
Other
highly recommended Sites:
www.360degrees.org
This is an online documentary
on the American criminal justice system, beautifully
designed, full of very useful facts and information-
but the best part are the stories: the site creators
interviewed prisoners, guards, lawyers, and judges who
tell about their lives and their perspectives on the
system. while listening to the stories, you are shown
a room- the office of the judge, the cell of the prisoner,
and you can move throughout the room '360 degrees' with
a special technology by moving your mouse.
Tao.ca
the source for many progressive
and radical groups in the world. Spend a lot of time
here!
Anarchy.org
You've been told all
your life that anarchy=chaos. Learn the truth about
the most humanistic, beautiful way of thinking. Ar e
you ready?
ocotesoulsounds
jumpnfunk
airesolrecords
Www.afrocubaweb.com
Free
Radio Links
Radio is a natural resource,
now hoarded by greedy communications companies. Find
out more about the low-power radio movement.
Soul
Generation NEW
A wonderful new
site about Funk 45's and everything that goes
on in Funk and Soul. Very informative and entertaining.
Daptone
Records
Our Brethren, The Dap-Kings,
Sharon Jones and many more deep funk stars welcome you
to pure Soul Excitement... ay ay ay!!! Look out for
Antibalas members when you see them live, 4 and sometimes
more Antibalas heads are in that band too...
Soulfire
Records
From some of the cats
that brought you Desco Records... The home of rough
funk 45's and other gems. Longtime Antibalas friends
and co-conspirators of The Daktaris Album
Magic
Propaganda Mill
Psychodelyc art and unique
textures abound in this magic website.
Afro
Kings Label
From the Big Daddy crew comes
the first Afrobeat Label...
Acid
Jazz Hispano
From Sevilla, España,
a site dedicated to Acid Jazz all over the world
Green
Tortoise Bus Company
Our official bus when traveling
on the west coast
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