Bobby Whittenberg plays his song "We Choose Anarchy" from his "No Gods! No Master Sergeants!" album released in 2010. Music and lyrics written by Bobby Whittenberg. ; Visit Bobby's myspace to hear more of his music! http://www.myspace.com/bobbywhittenberg & Visit Bobby's blog to learn more! http://veteranarchy.blogspot.com
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
ZGraphix DVDs Now on Sale! - Lectures, Music, Activism & Entertainment
At ZGraphix we are a community of artists, concerned citizens, activists, and media makers who endeavor to create change through meaningful media. We work on a shoestring budget and depend on donations from the community to continue our important work. ZGraphix brings you the information that will help move the struggle for justice forward. Available to order are more than 375 videos in our archive for sale on DVD. $10 DVD copies of any episode can be purchased & donations sent by PayPal to support our efforts, via the ZGraphix email: zgraphix789@gmail.com ZGraphix is a Channel Dedicated to Broadcasting, Citizen Journalism, Direct Action, Civil Disobedience, Social Activism, Community Organizing, Lectures and Music in and Around Austin, New Orleans, Houston, Olympia, Washington, Washington D.C. and Others Places. ; Produced by Jeff Zavala. This is a ZGraphix production.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Jump and Rejoice - Ivvy Da Don Ft. Ice
Ivvy and Ice will make you "Jump and Rejoice" in this new hit song from Nigeria! Nigerian Hip Hop at its finest, Ivvy Da Don moved to Austin, Texas from Nigeria in late 2010 and is now getting ready to release his new album "Message" in Nigeria. Song by Ivvy Da Don. Video Production by Jeffry Zavala. Produced by ZGraphix. http://zgraphix.org
Transmutational Whiplash! An Art Project
Manor Middle School & Theatre Action Project present "transmutational whiplash". A class art project to paint an evolving mural on the side of a school building, "transmutational whiplash" explores the ever changing nature of collaborative endeavors. This video includes 15 hours of painting time-lapsed down to 3 minutes. Enjoy! Produced by Jeff Zavala. This is a ZGraphix production.http://zgraphix.org
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Robert Jensen on What Does It Mean to Be a Human Being? The Mistaken Identities of Nation/Race/Gender
University of Texas Professor Robert Jensen will be the speaker in the First Unitarian Universalist Church Public Affairs Forum. In his talk, Jensen will examine how nation, race, and gender affect our understanding of ourselves, with a focus on the unjust systems of power and privilege in which they are embedded. In each case he argues against the dominant culture's ideology and for a radical politics that takes seriously not only political but ecological realities. Time: Sunday, May 15, 2011. Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church, Austin, TX 78756
A ZGraphix production. Video produced by Jeff Zavala http://zgraphix.org
A ZGraphix production. Video produced by Jeff Zavala http://zgraphix.org
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
A Letter by Palestinian Poet Remi Kanazi
Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi performs his poem "A Letter" at Monkeywrench Books in Austin, Texas on 4/4/11.
Remi Kanazi - a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. Poetic Injustice is the long-awaited release by this Palestinian-American poet and it is a diverse mix of unabashed resistance poems. Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi tackles some of the most important issues facing the world today.
Remi is also the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008). His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop.
Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine available today at -
http://www.PoeticInjustice.net
Produced by Jeff Zavala.
A ZGraphix Production.
http://zgraphix.org
Remi Kanazi - a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. Poetic Injustice is the long-awaited release by this Palestinian-American poet and it is a diverse mix of unabashed resistance poems. Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi tackles some of the most important issues facing the world today.
Remi is also the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008). His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop.
Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine available today at -
http://www.PoeticInjustice.net
Produced by Jeff Zavala.
A ZGraphix Production.
http://zgraphix.org
Friday, May 6, 2011
Only as Equals by Palestinian Poet Remi Kanazi
Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi performs his poem "Only as Equals" at Monkeywrench Books in Austin, Texas on 4/4/11.
Remi Kanazi - a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. Poetic Injustice is the long-awaited release by this Palestinian-American poet and it is a diverse mix of unabashed resistance poems. Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi tackles some of the most important issues facing the world today.
Remi is also the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008). His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop.
Only as Equals:
Every time I think of 9/11?I see burning flesh dripping off the bones of Iraqi children in Fallujah Now Gaza I tend to memorialize the forgotten The collateral damage eclipsing our unpunished crimes
Maybe its because Im a numbers guy Because if I had a dollar for every time an Iraqi died since 2003 ?Id be a millionaire
And dont get me wrong Sometimes I dont know who I hate more The governments in the West Or the politicians in the East Who sell their souls quicker than the oil they export Straw men who use Palestine as a tool to line their pockets And dont give a nickel to their people Quisling governments Who stitch mouths shut for a check from Washington and AIPAC How can you be their prototypical anti-Semite If you are signing peace accords to oppress your own people?
And then Orientalists and idiots talk about how We cant have democracy in the Middle East Because of what happened in Gaza A Hamas boogyman wrapped in democratic elections Rahm Emanuel wants to educate me and my people about democracy gone wrong Why doesnt he try implementing one Israel first? Instead of bowing down to terrorists like his father and the IDF Lauding a third rate, racist, European society thats imploding quicker Than its moral standing in the world Enlightened like 1950s Afrikaners and slave traders Just because the house is beautiful Doesnt mean the bones you built it on have fully decomposed
The Israeli left is about as alive as Ariel Sharon Im sick and tired of asking for permission to resist From antiquated leftists and progressives Who care more about keeping it Kosher than moving things forward I put down my pen and waving fist to resist with college kids and Palestinians Boycott and divest! Because who cares about preserving a living when governments are killing civilians Complicity by silence and reserve units bombing Gaza Your academics and scholars, theater groups and practitioners, are part of the problem
And if logic doesnt fit into your long term plan of rejecting My right to return, Im sorry Maybe one day youll return to reality Where my people have babies quicker Than Zionists can concoct Jordanian options
I dont want your sympathy or introspective confessions Wont sit on my hands till they loose oxygen Like the people of Balata and Rafah?Vote for Barack Obama And pretend that his 22 day silence was golden While emaciated children starved to death Surrounded by their parents corpses
This cant be America the Beautiful A criminal with a few positive attributes Doesnt alleviate genocide Bombing Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq Into oblivion doesnt make you historic It makes you as blind and bloodthirsty As the white men that came before you Apathetic hipsters now excited about a presidentWho broke history, but not poverty, occupation, or corporate interests
Id rather proudly walk through the graveyard of peace accords And failed dialogue sessions Than see my people just as occupied or third class citizens We are the gavel that will slam down like a verdict We are not waiting for Israel or America or the Supreme Court to approve it Well boycott Lev Leviev, Caterpillar and your apartheid companies Were taking back the right of return and the keys to a country Because we never asked you to go back to Europe or sit in open air prisons Im not asking for your advice, Im explaining the decision You can stay here, with us, but only as equals?Its not that youre Israeli, its that youre wrong Thats why I fight for my people!
Produced by Jeff Zavala.
A ZGraphix Production.
http://zgraphix.org
Remi Kanazi - a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. Poetic Injustice is the long-awaited release by this Palestinian-American poet and it is a diverse mix of unabashed resistance poems. Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi tackles some of the most important issues facing the world today.
Remi is also the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008). His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop.
Only as Equals:
Every time I think of 9/11?I see burning flesh dripping off the bones of Iraqi children in Fallujah Now Gaza I tend to memorialize the forgotten The collateral damage eclipsing our unpunished crimes
Maybe its because Im a numbers guy Because if I had a dollar for every time an Iraqi died since 2003 ?Id be a millionaire
And dont get me wrong Sometimes I dont know who I hate more The governments in the West Or the politicians in the East Who sell their souls quicker than the oil they export Straw men who use Palestine as a tool to line their pockets And dont give a nickel to their people Quisling governments Who stitch mouths shut for a check from Washington and AIPAC How can you be their prototypical anti-Semite If you are signing peace accords to oppress your own people?
And then Orientalists and idiots talk about how We cant have democracy in the Middle East Because of what happened in Gaza A Hamas boogyman wrapped in democratic elections Rahm Emanuel wants to educate me and my people about democracy gone wrong Why doesnt he try implementing one Israel first? Instead of bowing down to terrorists like his father and the IDF Lauding a third rate, racist, European society thats imploding quicker Than its moral standing in the world Enlightened like 1950s Afrikaners and slave traders Just because the house is beautiful Doesnt mean the bones you built it on have fully decomposed
The Israeli left is about as alive as Ariel Sharon Im sick and tired of asking for permission to resist From antiquated leftists and progressives Who care more about keeping it Kosher than moving things forward I put down my pen and waving fist to resist with college kids and Palestinians Boycott and divest! Because who cares about preserving a living when governments are killing civilians Complicity by silence and reserve units bombing Gaza Your academics and scholars, theater groups and practitioners, are part of the problem
And if logic doesnt fit into your long term plan of rejecting My right to return, Im sorry Maybe one day youll return to reality Where my people have babies quicker Than Zionists can concoct Jordanian options
I dont want your sympathy or introspective confessions Wont sit on my hands till they loose oxygen Like the people of Balata and Rafah?Vote for Barack Obama And pretend that his 22 day silence was golden While emaciated children starved to death Surrounded by their parents corpses
This cant be America the Beautiful A criminal with a few positive attributes Doesnt alleviate genocide Bombing Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq Into oblivion doesnt make you historic It makes you as blind and bloodthirsty As the white men that came before you Apathetic hipsters now excited about a presidentWho broke history, but not poverty, occupation, or corporate interests
Id rather proudly walk through the graveyard of peace accords And failed dialogue sessions Than see my people just as occupied or third class citizens We are the gavel that will slam down like a verdict We are not waiting for Israel or America or the Supreme Court to approve it Well boycott Lev Leviev, Caterpillar and your apartheid companies Were taking back the right of return and the keys to a country Because we never asked you to go back to Europe or sit in open air prisons Im not asking for your advice, Im explaining the decision You can stay here, with us, but only as equals?Its not that youre Israeli, its that youre wrong Thats why I fight for my people!
Produced by Jeff Zavala.
A ZGraphix Production.
http://zgraphix.org
Monday, May 2, 2011
Mariachis on the Beach at Moon Palace Resort in Cancun, Mexico
Mexican mariachis play beautiful live music on the beach at the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun, Mexico.
Songs include:
Malaguena Salerosa
El Mariachi
Contigo Aprendi
Somos Novios (It's Impossible)
Alma Corazon y Vida
Bamboleo
Filmed in Cancun, Mexico.
Produced by Jeff Zavala.
This is a ZGraphix production.
http://zgraphix.org
Songs include:
Malaguena Salerosa
El Mariachi
Contigo Aprendi
Somos Novios (It's Impossible)
Alma Corazon y Vida
Bamboleo
Filmed in Cancun, Mexico.
Produced by Jeff Zavala.
This is a ZGraphix production.
http://zgraphix.org
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Poem for Gaza by Palestinian Poet Remi Kanazi
Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi performs his short piece "Poem for Gaza" at Monkeywrench Books in Austin, Texas on 4/4/11.
Remi Kanazi - a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. Poetic Injustice is the long-awaited release by this Palestinian-American poet and it is a diverse mix of unabashed resistance poems. Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi tackles some of the most important issues facing the world today.
Remi is also the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008). His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the
world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC
Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop.
Produced by Jeff Zavala.
A ZGraphix Production.
http://zgraphix.org
Remi Kanazi - a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. Poetic Injustice is the long-awaited release by this Palestinian-American poet and it is a diverse mix of unabashed resistance poems. Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi tackles some of the most important issues facing the world today.
Remi is also the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008). His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the
world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC
Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop.
Produced by Jeff Zavala.
A ZGraphix Production.
http://zgraphix.org
Palestinian Poet Remi Kanazi - Iraq
Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi performs his poem "Iraq" at Monkeywrench Books in Austin, Texas on 4/4/11.
Remi Kanazi - a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. Poetic Injustice is the long-awaited release by this Palestinian-American poet and it is a diverse mix of unabashed resistance poems. Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi tackles some of the most important issues facing the world today.
Remi is also the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008).
His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the
world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC
Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the
Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of
Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in
residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop.
Produced by Jeff Zavala.
A ZGraphix Production.
http://zgraphix.org
Remi Kanazi - a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. Poetic Injustice is the long-awaited release by this Palestinian-American poet and it is a diverse mix of unabashed resistance poems. Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi tackles some of the most important issues facing the world today.
Remi is also the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008).
His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the
world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC
Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the
Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of
Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in
residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop.
Produced by Jeff Zavala.
A ZGraphix Production.
http://zgraphix.org
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