Archive for April, 2008
Preserve the control of the state’s resources. Don’t sell out for neo-liberal private takeover! UPSET THE SETUP
MEXICO CITY, April 20 (Xinhua) — Mexican leftist legislators Sunday vowed to reinforce their protests against President Felipe Calderon’s energy reform bill.
In a statement issued by the Coordinating Commission to Defend Mexico’s Oil, Andres Manuel Lopez [...]
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Tags: Cynthia McKinney, Energy Reform, Lopez Obrador, Mexico, Pemex, Prensa Latina
Weezy
the equivalent of 100 US dollars on a scale in Harare on Wednesday, March, 5, 2008. (AP photo)
Mugabe needs to step down!
400 opposition supporters detained in Zimbabwe
South African dock workers refuse to unload 77 tons of Chinese weapons headed to Zimbabwe. Workers unite!
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Tags: China, MDC, Mugabe, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Heavy Rain dampens region
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(Photo Courtesy Patricia Guadalupe/WTOP Radio).
April showers…I called it:
If the weather cooperates
WTOP reports misreports…
American Idol singer Jordin Sparks, and the hip-hop group The Roots, and jazz/hip-hop singer Chrisette Michele performed despite the heavy downpour.
I spent the day helping a friend, I still got wet and I didn’t even have to skip work
UPDATE:
The New York post [...]
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Tags: DC, Earth Day 2008, show, The Roots
Arab Summit - “We Need Order”
The Arab Summit is doing big things for hip hop. Heady played me this track the other day and I was blown away. The cats from the group are such down to earth guys and have always shown me mad love on the West Coast or when we link on this side. I think they [...]
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Tags: Arab Summit
Friday Graf: Stop The War
DC We need more graf like this.
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Also, and quite fitting that this is post #501 - today is the 7th birthday of djeurok.com
At least this year, i remembered to renew the domain. Still don’t have cash to get the 5 year registration…
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Upset The Setup - 500
I would like to note that this is the 500th post at Upset The Setup. I want to thank you for taking the time to read my various posts and things. To everybody who has an Upset The Setup shirt, thanks for the support. Rock yours today in celebration - you get mad props for [...]
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Best Band That Should Return to Town
In the early ’90s, the members of Midnite left their native St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for D.C., and soon enough the group was rocking the city’s reggae venues with marathon sets. But after six years at the top of the scene, Midnite returned to St. Croix, leaving a [...]
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Tags: Washington City Paper, Pedro J. Urquilla, Best of DC edition, Midnite Band
And I’m the tin-foiler wacko
ABC/DISNEY NEWS hosts ‘debate’, uses former CLINTON ADVISOR/”JOURNALIST” to set up Obama (who, for the record, is neither revolutionary nor radical and invested as much in this system as the rest of them) gotcha questions planted by FOX NEWS and CLINTON CAMPAIGN.
WAKE UP!
BONUS: IllDoctrine has the hip hop response…
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Pick the White Doll
I am over America, racism, imperialism, white supremacy, corporate media, bourgeoisie non-negative hip hop artists, corporate sell-outs, hip hop writ large, the pope in DC, this motherfucking war, capitalism, the global hegemony of the imperial elite and 500 years of picking the white doll.
To quote my man Head-Roc “when they ask why you act [...]
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Just in time
This summer! Engage your anarchist fantasies in PROTEST-VISION
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Tags: battle in seattle, stuart townsend
Emancipation Day
April 16th is Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia. Learn your history
A *real* FREE DC would have congressional representation. I wrote a song about it, like to hear it? Here it goes:
For some reason, that player might not link in Firefox on XP - try this: Download MP3
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Tags: Emancipation Day, Free DC
Dear Ky-Mani Marley
We don’t need no more trouble!
Where does your need to be the thugged-out Marley come from? Whats up with that?
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Tags: Ky-Mani Marley
Via The New York Times, by Catrin Einhorn
CHICAGO — The packed rush-hour subway train had been stopped for about an hour Tuesday morning, held up by a malfunctioning train ahead. In air hot and stuffy, the passengers had turned nervous and impatient. Ignoring pleas of transit workers, they decided to leave the train and walk [...]
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Tags: Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, Subway Revolt
Attention DJ HUT customers,
As some of you might already know, Saturday April 19th is the first Annual Record Store Day. It’s going to be an unprecedented event where hundreds of independent stores across the country join forces to celebrate the essential cultural and economic roles they play, both in their local communities and nationally. We [...]
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Tags: DC Hut, National Record Store Day
Nice Shirt
I was on U street today, rhyming to myself like a madman rapping on a bluetooth mic. Storm saw me downtown doing that a few months ago. Kat caught me on U Street. If you see me, don’t worry, I’m finishing the album. Sharpening my sword.
Anyway, I peeped this brother with this on a shirt:
I [...]
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Bad news for DC graffiti
DPW recently awarded a $301,400 contract to Atlanta-based Connect With Kids Inc. to develop and produce a graffiti prevention campaign
Duos Receives Award to Expand Washington DC Rail Corridor Security Project
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Busta Rhymes is mad!
Eskay at Nah Right put me on to the situation brewing between Busta and Vibe magazine over their recent article on his troubles with the law. It is an interesting read and definately a story worth peeping.
There was definately a shift in Busta’s personality over the last few years - I think it might be [...]
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Tags: Busta Rhymes, Eric Berman, Eskay, Nah Right, Vibe Magazine
VoxUnion Media
FreeMix Radio: The Steve Biko Frank Talk Mixtape Vol.1
Dr. Jared Ball is back with a new edition of Free Mix Radio - The Frank Talk Mixtape. Don’t sleep, this is that real underground hip hop revolutionary mixtape steelo…
This mix is a tribute to Dr. King in the 40th anniversary of his assasination. Hear Angela [...]
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Tags: VoxUnion Media, FreeMix Radio, Dr. Jared Ball, Angela Davis, Cynthia McKinney, Dhoruba bin-Wahad, KRS-One, Pharoahe Monch, Blitz, DJ Food, DJ Rob Swift, De La Soul, Wu Tang Clan, Bet Rhat, NY OIL, Hi-Coup
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