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The concept of remixing involves copying, transforming, and combining existing materials to produce something new. Remixing is present everywhere, from music to memes to computer programming. What about creativity?

Roger Waters addressed the UN Security Council via video link. He spoke for the “voiceless” masses around the world who wanted peace and a secure life, and blasted arms manufacturers for profiting from war.

The world is adrift in the tides of hunger and desolation. It isn't easy to think about education, or anything else when your children cannot eat. And yet, the sharp attack on education during this past decade forces us to consider the future that young people will inherit.

UbuntuFM World Radio Music from all over the world. Music from the 60's up to this decade. Musician's music. Follow us, share our Spotify playlist.

Julian Assange is finally free. The WikiLeaks publisher left Belmarsh Prison on Monday morning - June 24 2024 - and departed the U.K. headed to Australia, WikiLeaks said.

Julian Assange: exiled, imprisoned, convicted? After many years they came for him. What makes you think they won't be coming for you. If not for your personal freedom, then at least for your civil liberties. There is historical precedent.

Amy’s music is personal to the extreme. She lived the life she expressed in her songs. Her inner eye recorded all her feelings and emotions which she put into poetry, and the lyrics of her songs. Jazz was the vehicle, the means, the meme, to carry and translate the subtleties of her thoughts and feelings into music. It could only have been Jazz. No other genre could have encompassed her talent and creativity.

 Who Are We?

It might come as a surprise but the answer to this question derives from influences many of which are beyond our control.

For instance, most of us experience attitudinal changes along a spectrum from day to day or maybe even hour to hour. This has to do with our individualized reaction to all manner of hormonal and other secretions in your body. These, in turn, are influenced by epigenetic factors triggered by both internal and external environmental conditions.

Pretoria is challenging the Israeli government’s claim to innocence, which for far too long has allowed it to act with impunity against the long-suffering Palestinians. South Africa’s quite stunning intervention is bringing legal proceedings against the state of Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, under the auspice of The Genocide Convention.

'The draft’ is a term that is associated with military service, which became poignant more than 40 years ago during the Vietnam War era. The author reflects on reinstating a draft of sorts against the backdrop of events in the 1960's and 70's.

On this episode of The Lovecast, we devote our global-sonic Schizophonic selections toward the goal of calling back Sister Sun. It's a Lovecast Solstice Celebration to help you push through the darkness and conjure up the beautiful radiance of our solar savior. It is also the 150th broadcast of the show on UbuntuFM World Radio!

A short film about Indigenous sovereignty in Louisiana. On the banks of Louisiana, fierce Indigenous women are ready to fight—to stop the corporate blacksnake and preserve their way of life. They are risking everything to protect Mother Earth from the predatory fossil fuel companies that seek to poison it.

'One Song' is a lyric video presented on on January 1, 2000. It features a lengthy speech by Prince followed by "One Song." The song has never appeared on any other release besides Love 4 One Another. Lyric video by Sam Jennings.

This rendition features a mix of the classic 'Bongo Man' track (Jimmy Cliff, Give Thankx, LP, 1978) with another Reggae classic, 'Rivers of Babylon', originating from The Melodians in 1970 and made popular by Boney M in a Disco cover.

"Small Club, 2nd Show That Night" is probably the most famous Prince bootleg as it captures one of the many after-shows Prince performed throughout the years. Many of these gigs have been recorded but none in such pristine sound quality. The listener gets to experience the performance as much as the audience did at that moment in time. It's a piece of music history...

Failed politics, failed politicians, failed people, failed states.. There seems to be no way out. Or is there? Let's see what Dave Chapelle has to say for it.

The race to the bottom in terms of economics is one for attaining the lowest cost, whilst retaining or increasing the highest margin of profit. Who is profiting from this race and at whose expense? Is it sustainable? What forces drive the race?

On the origins of humanity, ancient cultures and technology, modern-day implications, and possible future application. If what Mr. Tellinger is presenting holds truth, the ramifications of his statements are huge.

Please take the time to watch the presentation in full, and make up your own mind.

Nelson Mandela is portrayed in the mainstream media as a peace-loving anti-apartheid revolutionary and philanthropist. But what is the truth about Nelson Mandela? The viewer is presented with a lot of facts, but do the facts lead up to the right conclusions?

Our world is replete with proofs of our progressive journey as a collective; traces of the places where we have been and how we have arrived at where we currently are. We all have been here before.

SRV's famous track 'Life Without You' as recorded on the live album "Live Alive", released on Epic Records in 1986. The track is only available on the vinyl double LP release, and omitted from later CD releases. Why? Maybe because of the rather political statement SRV makes in this particular version. 

There are many ways for a state to project power and weaken adversaries, but proxy wars are one of the most cynical. Proxy wars devour the countries they purport to defend. They entice nations or insurgents to fight for geopolitical goals that are ultimately not in their interest. Chris Hedges on the war in Ukraine.

The global warming debate keeps on popping in and out of our news headlines. It involves us all, yet not all of us are involved. Why? Watch this UK Channel 4 documentary from 2007 for an alternate take on global warming.

Star Trek: Discovery is an American television series created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman for the streaming service CBS All Access (later rebranded as Paramount+). Launched in 2017, it is the seventh Star Trek series and was the first since Star Trek: Enterprise concluded in 2005. It begins a decade before Star Trek: The Original Series and follows the crew of the USS Discovery.

Max Blumenthal (GrayZone) exposes Secret UK funded program aimed at undermining Russia. In this video, acTVism Munich speaks with investigative journalist and founder of The Grayzone Max Blumenthal about his latest investigative article which exposes an elaborate scheme involving the British media, government, and intelligence community to undermine Russia.

Deportation of African nationals from Europe and America has come to be accepted as a norm; just as normal as you would hear folks discuss corruption in Nigeria, piracy in Somalia and fighting in the Congo.

Those who support a system are unable to encompass the Truth.

One night you may go to sleep, thinking that all is lost...

In her 2015 TED x Berlin Talk, Mallence Bart-Williams shared a truth that not only deeply resonated with people across the globe, but many felt compelled to share. So do we. Today Mallence's TED Talk has become an integral part of academic curricula of universities and high schools in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas as a timeless piece of essential truth.

From vases to faces, from people, to the world. The brain can switch from seeing the world from one way to a completely different way. It may not be recognisable at first but when the brain does connect the dots, it can never go back from seeing the world in just one way. We then have renewed our mind.

Our Lives are like Rivers, they All end up in the Sea.
- Ariel Dorfman

Jimi Hendrix, the musical firestorm that raged thru the land of Sound and Soul, changing it forever.

An animated data-driven documentary about war and peace, The Fallen of World War II looks at the human cost of the second World War and sizes up the numbers to other wars in history, including trends in recent conflicts.

I think I must have been 15,16 years of age when Prince’s music entered my life. His music came on a cassette tape a friend gave to me. “Hey man, listen to this!!” So I did. And so did the music enter my mind and opened up doors that would never close again.

Don't sleep 'til the sunrise, listen 2 the falling rain Don't worry 'bout tomorrow, don't worry 'bout your pain Don't cry unless you're happy, don't smile unless you're blue Never let that lonely monster take control of U

Give and Take, that's the regular expression. But if you dig a little bit deeper, it should say...

(Guus, 2005)

From the newborn baby, reaching out to you, as soon as it is able to, holding tight, with a surprisingly strong grip, your finger. To the elderly man or woman, reaching out to you, one more time, holding tight, their strength fading away, when the last breath of air is exhaled, your hand.

Elvis was the king of Rock 'n Roll,  Bob was the king of Reggae, Michael was the king of Pop, B.B. was the king of Blues, Prince was the king of Music.... All praises to the King of kings

Does it mean what the dictionary tells us: bright, rich, brilliant, intense, vivid, vibrant, psychedelic, motley, multi-coloured? What does it mean to you?

Special video edit of Stevie Ray Vaughan's hit track 'Life Without You' who sadly passed on August 27, 1990, East Troy, Wisconsin, United States in a helicopter crash.

To know wisdom and instruction. to understand words of insight. to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity. To give prudence to; the simple knowledge and discretion to the youth.

Tales from the depths of our personal lives emerge as metaphorical tales that for other than the purpose of sharing, may serve to provide insight to others.

If You gave it all in the first place, You would have no problem...  because You already had It.

THE RAIN that is soothing and cleansing. THE RAIN that you will have to seek. THE RAIN that you will have to cross unto. THE RAIN that you will have to walk thru... To reach FREEDOM...

We whites are warriors… We whites are conquerors… We whites are murderers...  We whites are killers…

Have you ever been so lonely, that you felt like you were the only one in this world? Have you ever wanted to play with someone so much, you'd take anyone boy or girl?

If you are yet sprightly, But with fear saddled upon your heart; Bearing weightily on your self-will And encumbering your every step, Then stand before a mirror and look closely You will find that thou art no youth.

Today it is confusion Threesomes,3-packs,  God, Humanity, Dog What was Trinity?

When I met Suthu, Ubuntu to Me was no more than a software release, version 5.04, with a vague notion of the deeper meaning...

Sometimes, I wish... I was someplace else, but this is my home... Sometimes, I wish... I was someone else, but this is me... Sometimes, I wish... I could do something else, but this is what I do...

DNA studies suggest that all humans today descend from a group of African ancestors who about 60,000 years ago began a remarkable journey.

This story recounts the attempts of one mortal man and humanity at large to establish everlasting peace instead of waging perpetual war. A struggle of good over evil.

A house with four people in it, one of them is a Christian, one of them is a Jew, one of them is a Muslim, one of them is a Buddhist. Imagine, one of them is a Black man, one of them is a White man, one of them is an Asian man, one of them is an Indian man. Imagine...

The COVID drama that has been unfolding across the globe since early 2020, marks the start of a new era: the global war on humanity. Here’s why.

#Ubuntu [ùɓúntʼù]) is a Nguni Bantu term spoken by the people of South Africa, meaning #humanity. It is often translated as "I am because we are," and also "humanity towards others". But how to properly pronounce it?

Former lead singer of the rock group "Yes" shares the stage with the 112-member Cleveland Contemporary Youth Orchestra and 60-member student chorus in a mesmerizing performance that exudes joy and energy. In this once-in-a-lifetime and inspiring performance, Jon Anderson and the youth orchestra play songs by "Yes" and "Jon & Vangelis". Shot Live in Cleveland at the famed Severance Hall Auditorium.

Formed back in the heady days of 1987 at the start of the ‘acieed’ explosion, by Eddie Piller and Gilles Peterson, Acid Jazz was the first of the groundbreaking new indie labels and paved the way for the likes of Mo Wax, Wall Of Sound and Talkin’ Loud

People say that babies, young kids, are like uncut diamonds, they just need polish. But that is not true.

It is exactly the opposite. We are born near perfect, most of us. It is because of the scratches, the trauma, that is inflicted upon our soul, because of the bad things, bad people, we experience in our lives, the diamond that is our soul becomes blurred, out of focus. 

If we are under the perception that Africa’s problems are so huge, complex, and diverse. Where to start? How to establish real change? How to improve people's lives and futures? Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987, continues to live on in the memory of his people.

As with most larger-than-life figures Pres. Nelson Mandela was controversial. We know of his achievements and follies. But what is his legacy? What will he be best remembered for?

A report by CTGN Africa news channel on protests in South Africa concerning tensions between citizens and foreign residents.

The Cable Gate archive has been spread, along with significant material from the US and other countries to over 100,000 people in encrypted form.

Isn't that what We All want? Truthfully? Isn't that what God wants Us to do, acknowledge Him? Isn't that a True Reflection? Isn't that what Love is All about?

Dutch students have gathered more than 300,000 signatures needed for a referendum on the new privacy laws that will go into effect on Jan 1, 2018. The new Information Act - signed into law earlier this year - is now meeting opposition from students.

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

God's greatest gift to mankind,
apart from the Gift of Life,
is the Freedom of Choice.

History has a funny way of repeating itself.

Over and over again,

But never in exactly the same way...

Many of us live life as if looking thru the lens of a pocket camera.
What? No flash? Again? (Annie Christian)

Thoughts on Winnie Mandela by Suthukazi Arosi. Through the window, we all looked and have decided without knowing the exact truth. 

In all of the universes
And in Time’s lengthy verses
It’s told in more times than once
That help waits upon those ones,
Whose hearts are set upon noble causes;

Through such does Light direct its courses:
To cast life-giving rays to every end,
That hearts and minds may not fail to no end.
But as for those spirits lifted unto vanity,
Who have so lost the essence of their humanity,
To this lot is Salvation’s way lost

You, who support a certain system, are unable to encompass the Truth,  You who don't, are able to encounter Truth. JHWH 

The Fourth Estate mostly referred to as ‘the press’, is the guardian of veritas and has a special obligation as such when compared to ‘bloggers’. Let’s discuss why it matters and why it has this in fact an extremely important role to fulfill.

Steven Donziger took on Chevron Oil in Ecuador and won the largest human rights and environmental court judgment in history. Then he lost his freedom. Watch this Jimmy Dore report on a human rights lawyer who fights the corporate control of our society on behalf of the vulnerable, only to find the institutions of power unite to crucify him.

Faith is your Spirit's talking.
Faith is your Heart's singing.

So why don't you let your Spirit talk?
So why don't you sing your Heart's song?

So why don't you Listen?

To set aside irreconcilable differences, in order to maintain civil dialogue?

To agree that we all are different, whereas we all are one?

If we can understand each other, respect and loveoneanother.

Then it really doesn't matter who coined the phrase, or does it?

Night-club comedian and Youtube show host Jimmy Dore reports on recent developments in the case against Julian Assange. This case is underreported in the mainstream media. Jimmy Dore is one of the few in alt media that keeps us informed.

Unless you truly, truly believe that you had no choice.

Don't victimize others, unless you truly, truly believe that they had no choice.

Beautiful Butterfly, 
singing towards the Light, 
Guided Muse inbetween Two Worlds,
say Hello, say Goodbye

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. - UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, 1948).

It has taken a tiny organism, SARS-CoV-2, to get even the most conservative traditionalists to accept that state institutions are essential to mobilizing national resources to protect and promote the common good. The fragilities of neoliberal economics have been laid bare.

Damian Marley is the most versatile and prolific of the Marley family. He bridged the gap between conscious Reggae and Hip-Hop/R&B. At a time that both genres were veering off to commercialism, Junior Gong released music that upheld the root of these genres in terms of lyrical content and musical authenticity. 

People are capable of love many times over during their lifetime. We are capable of (re-)connecting to a fellow human being in a variety of ways, all of which are good if we are also allowed to disconnect.

'Stimela' (Coal Train) is the track that Hugh Masekela will probably be best remembered for as it encompasses all of his work both lyrically and musically. Such is the significance of 'Stimela' as it addresses the theme of hope against a backdrop of social injustice, central to South African modern history, a history still marked by decades of 'apartheid'.

When I'm quiet, millions of things run through my mind. When I stare at you, I wonder why I love you so much, in spite of being taken for granted. I am like salt. My presence is never remembered, but my absence makes all things tasteless.

We, the people born between 1950-1980, we are the blessed ones. We are the awesome people. Our life is a living encyclopedia. We are also the last of a kind...

Between 1966 and 1970, Biafra was all over the news media for those old enough to remember. What was called a war, was in fact a genocide comparable to the Rwandan genocide of the ’90s or worse. Let's fast forward from 1966 to Sept 12, 2017.

When the facts are too hard for us to bear, fiction may provide us with a comfortable alternative reality. And yet there are circumstances where both fact nor fiction matter. Because they are both beside the point.

Teachers, like doctors, public workers, policemen and clergymen have an important role to fulfil in society. Some take an oath, others swear allegiance to underline the significance of their task. But what about teachers?

Net Neutrality safeguards diversity and equal opportunity. It is a matter of personal freedom. It cannot be traded against profit. It matters.

Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has downgraded South Africa's rating to 'junk' status, as the country's currency continued to slide following a major cabinet reshuffle. Let's discuss the value and merits of being labeled 'junk'.

The story of the Biafra genocide is one of the culturally incompatible and ideologically far-flung nations enclosed in a post-colonial contraption that started in the late ’60s and continues up to this day. One of the key underlying factors in the conflict may be attributed to the presence of oil. Biafra has one of the biggest if not the biggest oil reserves in Africa.

When we think about or talk about ‘freedom of speech', people’s opinions are mostly pretty clear-cut. Yes, we should be able to speak freely about what is on our mind, regardless of the topic, as long as we don’t infringe upon another human being to that same basic human right. With regard to ‘religious freedom’ or the right to exercise religious beliefs, our conversations spark heated debate.

The added complexity of markets requires not only specialized skills but also fine-tuned morals from the people involved. When the profits are privatized and the losses are socialized, you should know something is wrong.

Everyone likes videos - nearly everyone. Heightened anticipation often greets the hint that the much-awaited video of some hip-hop single has dropped. This is the case with me. It has been this way from all the way back when P-Square, D'banj, Olu Maintain, Tuface Idibia, VIP and Faze held sway on the African hip-hop scene.

Each day walls collapse somewhere on the planet when a tornado or earthquake strikes. Each day computer firewalls are breached and information is leaked to the outside.

Building a wall is a stopgap measure to keep that was is being feared outside, at the expense of huge building costs, maintenance, and surveillance, at the expense of a false sense of safety and security, at the expense of personal freedom and liberty to all…

What is the color of your skin? Do you know what is the color of your skin??