Tuesday September 22, 2009, 1:22 pm


I want to say thnx to Nick for sending me this!!!!

Tuesday September 22, 2009, 4:25 pm
Loved it hun!

Tuesday September 22, 2009, 4:42 pm


Please watch this video for peace.

Wednesday September 23, 2009, 8:33 am
I AM ALL FOR PEACE - PEACE ALL AROUND THE WORLD - HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL

Wednesday September 23, 2009, 8:34 am


Thnx Elaine!!!

Wednesday September 23, 2009, 12:30 pm
Beautiful! I HOPE THE POLITONS WILL LISTEN!

Wednesday September 23, 2009, 12:45 pm
My sister in name only sends me video in sign language & dancing as it is also w/wording underneath of the wonderful video as my parents were deaf &nd if they were still alive they would be thrilled to it. I speak sign language & always told my Dad the stories on TV when he was alive.

Wednesday September 23, 2009, 12:50 pm
Beautiful. Thank you!

Wednesday September 23, 2009, 4:16 pm



EVERY CITIZEN OF EVERY NATION WORKING FOR, INVESTED IN HUMAN RIGHTS
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL:
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and to draw attention to violations of human rights around the world, Link TV partnered with a number of musicians, cameramen, and producers to create the song and music video.

The net revenue made from sales of the song are designated to go to fund Amnesty International. The music of "The Price of Silence" is based on Aterciopelados' song "Cancion Protesta" from their album Oye.


Artists who worked on the song came from all over the world
and included the following.

Artist Country
Stephen Marley Jamaica
Natalie Merchant United States
Julieta Venegas Mexico
Aterciopelados Colombia
Yungchen Lhamo Tibet
Angelique Kidjo Benin
Yerba Buena Cuba/United States
Chiwoniso Maraire Zimbabwe
Rachid Taha France/Algeria
Kiran Ahluwalia India
Emmanuel Jal Sudan
Hugh Masekela South Africa
Chali 2na United States
Natacha Atlas United Kingdom/Egypt

In addition to the above musicians, there were a number of other musicians who wanted to be involved but ultimately could not, because of the risk associated with a human rights message. Steven Lawrence, Link TV's vice president for music and cultural programming, said, “We contacted artists who had the will, but ultimately couldn’t get involved because they or their families would have been in danger. In one case, we couldn’t even directly mention the project in our emails to a certain Central Asian musician because of government surveillance.


THIS IS A GOOD CELEBRATION:
LET us SECURE THE FRUITFUL SUCCESS OF WORLD WIDE HUMAN RIGHTS, YES,
ENTIRITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR EVERY PERSON...
LET THERE BE VERY SOON OUR NEW ERA WITH NO MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE TOLERATED

Wednesday September 23, 2009, 7:32 pm

AFTER STUDYING THE GREAT WORK OF THIS VIDEO...
HAVING RESEARCHED HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES EXTENSIVELY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS FOR I INTEND TO WORK IN THIS AREA INTERNATIONALLY...

I HAVE FORMED A THREAD WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 60th ANNIVERSARY
OF HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
BEGET WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
SPOKEN GOAL
FOR INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS...
http://www.care2.com/news/member/582509077/1257279






THANK YOU CHER FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR EFFORTS IN HUMAN RIGHTS!

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Thursday September 24, 2009, 3:20 am
Thank you, Cher, so much for posting this.

It is simply great -- Laurence Fishburne, whom I don't know (yet) is very impressive at the start; and I just love seeing these truly international artists and HEARING them in their languages, OTHER than English !

I had a particular jolt of pleasure & surprise seeing the wonderful, powerful Franco-Algerian Rachid Taha who was a star here in France 25-or-so years ago when he was lead man/composer for the groundbreaking group 'Carte de Sejour' (name of the French equivalent of the Green Card).

It was the first time that young people of North African immigration, the 2nd generation who grew up in the ghettoes of low-income housing projects built on the outskirts of French towns, came to the fore. They gave them a voice and created truly original songs that were a fantastic musical mix of Arabic & punk rock influences, from Oum Kalsoum to The Clash & Gnawi rhythms, with lyrics- in Arabic & French- that truly had something to say. I saw them in concert and they had the whole concert hall dancing to their driving beat. Taha is a fantastic singer & performer. I'll never forget ! Their first record, a maxi 45, is a prized possession and I listened to it endlessly!

They had a big & controversial hit later, though, with their cover of the old-time-but-timeless 'Douce France,' by 1930s/1940s composer/singer Charles Trenet, a gentle, sentimetal ode to growing up in 'sweet' France, given a new twist with rough edges, 'dirty' & dissonant sounds & a driving beat that gave a voice to teens & young adults for whom growing up as France's immigrants' children was more bitter than 'sweet,' with intolerance, discrimination, racism, exclusion, poverty all being the rule.

The group disbanded in 1991 & Taha tried a solo career in France which didn't take off that well, but in the UK he has been very successful.

I was surprised to see him on a popular late-night talk show here a few years ago, when the violence of the ethnic ghetto housing-project suburbs was flaring, as were antisemitic feeling & attacks on synagogues, Jewish schools & teens.

I was moved and inspired to hear him remind everyone on a highly popular show that two of France's greatest legislators of recent times are Jewish: Simone Weil was responsible for advancing women's rights with her controversial law that legalized abortion; and Robert Badinter was the Justice Minister of the early 80s who abolished the death penalty, which had been the cause of his life. It was courageous of him to come out with these facts and showed what a thinking & concerned person he was, truly trying to use his fame to influence ghetto youth to move beyond racism and antisemitism.

Please excuse me for this long comment, if anyone feels it is off the subject.
I wonder if googling some of the other artists who appear in this video would reveal that they, too, have contributed to moving human rights ahead in their lives and art.

Friday September 25, 2009, 11:21 am
human rights includes health care rights.

Friday September 25, 2009, 5:42 pm
aweaome! And of course, human rights includes health care!

Friday September 25, 2009, 6:50 pm


I am so happy that everyone enjoyed this as much as I did!!!


:)