Tagged: palestinian

NEWS: Doc Jazz receives a music blog award!

NEWS: Doc Jazz receives a music blog award!

Doc Jazz has some great news to share this time: a music blog award from Clickitticket.com ! Clickitticket is an independent sports, ticket and concert agency.   The Musical Intifada received an email from Clickitticket’s Sandra Conte, saying: “A couple of years back we ran a little feature on our favorite music artists. Our visitors loved it – we included...

Anti-normalization: a necessary part of BDS-campaigning

by Doc Jazz – Some people have been wondering why the word ‘normalization’ is being used by pro-Palestine movements more and more frequently. Many seem to be puzzled by this word, not knowing exactly what is meant by it. What probably strikes them the most is that this expression, based on the word ‘normal’ which ordinarily has a positive connotation,...

Song Spotlight: If We Pretend – Doc Jazz

New at the Musical Intifada: Song Spotlight! Periodically, one of my songs will be highlighted in this category, providing a little more background information about lyrics, style or the ideas that gave rise to recording the song. I welcome your suggestions for which songs you would like to see featured in ‘Song Spotlight’; just send me a message through the...

Did words ever end an occupation? Still, Unity First

Did words ever end an occupation? Still, Unity First

by Tariq Shadid – September 23, 2011 was a memorable day. On that day, we watched the President of the Palestinian Authority unleash a barrage of strong words against the Zionist colonialist state of Israel, using language and meanings that we had rarely heard him use before on the international diplomatic stage.   He mentioned the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing, the racist annexation wall,...