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• Dry & Heavy - Less is More (Version)

  October 11, 2008, 4:56 am

  Dry & Heavy - Less is More (Version) From the album Full Contact

• DJ MK VIDEO DIARY DAY 4 -ROOTS MANUVA - SLIME AND REASON TOUR 2008

  October 11, 2008, 4:48 am

  DAY FOUR OF THE SLIME AND REASON TOUR...MK AND ROOTS MANUVA....TODAY WE ARE IN SUNNY EDINBURGH...

• DUBWISE SHOWTIME pt9 \ dub fi youth \ at the controltower \ 4-10-08

  October 11, 2008, 3:28 am

  from kortrijk \\ rollegem dub fi youth \\ at the controltower ft mc & all dub warriors for the irie vibes

• Respect To Ken Boothe

  October 11, 2008, 2:35 am

  Ken Boothe discusses his start in the business, provides a brief tour of his home in Kingston and sings an exclusive for Green Lion

• FATMAN INTERNATIONAL SOUND LONDON

  October 11, 2008, 2:04 am

  FATMAN SOUND WID DJ FLIP GENERAL FATHER FATMAN ANTHONY JOHNSON JA SOUND FESTIVAL FRANCE 2004

• MAKE PEACE ..SPREAD LOVE..

  October 11, 2008, 1:26 am

  Peace is the United Nations' highest calling The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations as an annual observance of global non-violence and ceasefire. Every year, people in all parts of the world honour peace in various ways on 21 September. This year, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will ring the Peace Bell at United Nations Headquarters in New York in the company of the UN Messengers of Peace. He has called for a 24-hour cessation of hostilities on 21 September, and for a minute of silence to be observed around the world at noon local time. In his statement issued to commemorate this year's Day of Peace, Secretary-General Ban said that "Peace is the United Nations' highest calling." "It defines our mission. It drives our discourse. And it draws together all of our world wide work, from peacekeeping and preventive diplomacy to promoting human rights and development." The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolutions in 1981 and 2001 establishing the International Day of Peace and urging "all nations and people" to commemorate the Day as an opportunity to promote peaceful resolutions of conflicts and to honour a cessation of hostilities during the day. Over the past year, the United Nations has been involved in seeking resolution to the world's most intractable conflicts and in supporting peace once it has been achieved, through peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding. It's probably the most commonly used symbol of protest in the world, instantly recognised as everywhere as the universal sign for Peace - and in 2008 it is 50 years old. The symbol was first drawn on on home-made banners and badges in 1958, when CND was launched at a public meeting in London, but has since been apropriated by scores of different protest movements, from hippies in 1960s America - the first to use it to represent 'peace' - to feminists and anarchist punks. In 2008 just as it was 50 years earlier, the CND logo is re-created at anti-nuclear demonstrations the world over. The disarmament symbol The history of the disarmament symbol has been subject to much speculation over the years. It was actually designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a professional artist and graduate of the Royal College of Arts. He presented his early designs to the Peace News office in North London and, significantly, to the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War, one of the groups that helped to set up CND. The symbol was first seen in public during the 1958 Aldermaston march and from that moment onwards became identified with CND and its objective of nuclear disarmament. Ironically the symbol itself is a mix of the military semaphore signals N — representing nuclear — and D — representing disarmament (semaphore alphabet). However, Holtom, a conscientious objector during the Second World War, subverted this use of semaphores by placing the D over the N, the "upside down logo" signifying his anti-military principles. In a more personal account of his design, Holtom later wrote to Hugh Brock, editor of Peace News, saying, 'I was in despair. Deep despair. I drew myself: the representative of an individual in despair, with hands palm outstretched outwards and downwards in the manner of Goya's peasant before the firing squad. I formalised the drawing into a line and put a circle round it.' Although there remain alternative stories explaining the logo, the letters and interviews of Gerald Holtom clearly demonstrate the roots of his idea. The Disarmament Symbol goes global This "CND logo" was not however confined to these shores. The "peace symbol", as it is usually dubbed outside Britain, was first brought over to the United States by Bayard Rustin, a key figure in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and a protestor at the 1958 Aldermaston march. Consequently, the symbol was used in civil rights marches and later spread to anti-Vietnam War demonstrations. Since then it has appeared around the world not only as a sign for nuclear disarmament but also as the international hallmark of peace. The real power of this symbol is clear in the reaction it provokes from both its supporters and enemies. During the Apartheid regime in South Africa, the Government attempted to ban the logo, while various far right and fundamentalist groups have tried to undermine it, suggesting hidden links with Communism and even Satanism. The Freedom of the Peace Symbol Although specifically designed for the anti-nuclear movement it has quite deliberately never been copyrighted. No one has to pay or to seek permission before they use it. A symbol of freedom, it is free for all. this video is made with the support of http:// www.happybirthdaypeace.com/

• DUBWISE SHOWTIME pt5 \ coptic sound \ dc riddim \4-10-08

  October 10, 2008, 11:48 pm

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• RUB A DUB REBELS......GUIDING SHIELD..JAH SHAKA

  October 10, 2008, 8:51 pm

  KILLER TUNE BY THE RUB A DUB REBELS...GUIDING SHIELD...

• John Holt - The Burning Sun

  October 10, 2008, 8:29 pm

  John Holt - The Burning Sun