New song: Jolly good tyrants

Guest contribution by Brian Mayer

To the tune of “He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”:

(Instructions: Open this YouTube instrumental in another internet tab and sing along using these more appropriate lyrics.)

For Ben-Ali is deposed now,
Gaddafi is totally hosed now,
Mubarak has got orange clothes now,
That nobody can deny!

Assad is on his way out now,
Bahrainis can protest and shout now,
Saleh has lost all his clout now,
That nobody can deny!

The Middle East has arisen,
From torture and malice and prison,
The people are free of derision,
Which nobody can deny!

Brian Mayer

SJP at the University of Chicago puts on a powerful show, features Remi Kanazi

For the second year in a row, the University of Chicago’s SJP put on its annual Justice Cafe featuring a host of local and national poets, music artists, and spoken word talents. Remi Kanazi, a well-known poet and writer from New York, headlined what turned out to be a very inspiring show this year. Here’s one of his pieces, in which he discusses the occupation, hypocrisy in American policy, and the struggle for the liberation of Palestine.

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