NORWICH SHOWS SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Norwich Radical in Community, Inter|national, Student and tagged Adat Yeshua Synagogue, Angela Davis, antisemitism, AOC, Apartheid, BDS, colonialism, Cromer, decolonisation, ethnic cleansing, featured, Gaza, genocide, Great Yarmouth, IHRA, imperialism, islamophobia, Jacob Ecclestone, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Declaration, justice, Kill the Bill, liberation, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, norwich, palestine, Palestine solidarity, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, peace, ramallah, Rashida Tlaib, settler colonialism, Sheikh jarrah, solidarity, tiktok, UEA, UEA Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, UEA SU, Welsh language, West Bank, zionism.

By Sean Meleady and Callum James

CN: death, violence, antisemitism, Islamophobia, colonialism, racism, ethnic cleansing

Norwich, like many cities and towns across Britain, has seen a number of Palestinian solidarity protests in recent weeks. These protests came in the wake of the latest series of aerial bombardments between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of 256 Palestinians and 12 Israelis, according to UN figures. The spark for this recent escalation of violence occurred when an Israeli court greenlit eviction proceedings of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, and subsequent peaceful protests were brutally repressed, culminating in attacks by Israeli police on the holy site of Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan, which elicited international condemnation.

SOUNDTRACK OF THE REVOLUTION – AN INTERVIEW WITH SPUD OF LOBSTER

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Music That Matters and tagged anarchist, band, DIY, dub, Gil Scott Heron, hip hop, homeless, interview, left wing, libertarian, Lobster, Midlands, MTM, music, music that matters, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, politics, punk, QELD, reggae, Ska, Spud, The Selecter, The Specials, UB40, uk.

by Chris Jarvis

The Midlands have been for many years a breeding ground for the very best talents on the UK ska scene. In the 1980s, it was the pioneering sounds of Coventry’s two-tone bands – The Specials and The Selecter that led the way. Nowadays, Birmingham has a lively and burgeoning scene of acts that are fusing traditional reggae and dub music with the energy and raw anger of punk and hip-hop. Building on the reggae vibes of Brummie legends such as Steel Pulse and UB40, Lobster and their peers have built a sound and a scene that brings together the many traditions of these musical legacies. Throughout this, they have maintained a focus on politics and conscious lyricism. Because of this, we decided to talk with Lobster’s frontman Spud about his and the band’s outlook and the implications this has for their music as part of our series Music That Matters.
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NORWICH SHOWS SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE

By Sean Meleady and Callum James

SOUNDTRACK OF THE REVOLUTION – AN INTERVIEW WITH SPUD OF LOBSTER

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