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The music scene in Libya under Quaddafi has been characterized by state regulation and repression that mirrors the anti-democratic nature of the regime.
Khaled Mattawa (quals: Poet and translator Khaled Mattawa teaches at the University of Michigan.), June 20th, 2011. “Libya’s Revolution Sparks a New Age of Music.” http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1812/libyas-revolution-sparks-a-new-age-of-music Accessed July 25, 2011
The mid-1960s… not come any sooner.
Creative expression has been a driving force and inspiration for the Libyan democratic movement – musical diversity challenges Quaddafi’s ideological rule
Khaled Mattawa (quals: Poet and translator Khaled Mattawa teaches at the University of Michigan.), June 20th, 2011. “Libya’s Revolution Sparks a New Age of Music.” http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1812/libyas-revolution-sparks-a-new-age-of-music Accessed July 25, 2011
At a recent Libyan … music of the Qaddafi era.
Even as youth movements have been instrumental in igniting the Arab Spring, they have largely been ignored by the prioritization of traditional political avenues
Loubna Hanna-Skalli, June 27th, 2011 (currently teaching at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC.) “Youth, Media, and the Art of Protest in North Africa.” http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1976/youth-media-and-the-art-of-protest-in-north-africa Accessed July 25, 2011
Yet, the politics of youth … with absence of dignity.
Alternative forms of political engagement such as music are necessary to maintain youth participation
Loubna Hanna-Skalli, June 27th, 2011 (currently teaching at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC.) “Youth, Media, and the Art of Protest in North Africa.” http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1976/youth-media-and-the-art-of-protest-in-north-africa Accessed July 25, 2011
“Everyone has his own way … ideological current could.
Toppling the Quaddafi regime is impossible without youth involvement
Tarek Osman, May 9th 2011. (quals: Egyptian writer.educated at the American University in Cairo and Bocconi University in Italy. author of Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak (Yale University Press, 2010)) “The Arab Prospect Forces and Dynamics.” http://www.opendemocracy.net/tarek-osman/arab-prospect-forces-and-dynamics Accessed July 31st, 2011.
The wave of revolts … revolution are still unfolding.
Our advocacy is to use this debate round as a space to support music as a form of democracy assistance by showing solidarity with the young artists of the Arab Spring.
Creative politics are a necessary part of negotiating repression
Loubna Hanna-Skalli, June 27th, 2011 (currently teaching at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC.) “Youth, Media, and the Art of Protest in North Africa.” http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1976/youth-media-and-the-art-of-protest-in-north-africa Accessed July 25, 2011
In 2000, a group of associations … ideals of democracy.
By offering our support, we join the conversation of Arab and North African youth as well as supporting the Arab Diaspora – this global discussion sheds light on social injustice across the world and creates the conditions for change
Lara Dotson-Renta, Summer 2011. (quals: pHd from University of Pennsylvania) “Hip Hop & Diaspora: Connecting the Arab Spring.” http://arabmediasociety.org/index.php?article=777&p=0 Accessed July 25, 2011
The diasporic connections … regime change.
This solidarity and global perspective is necessary to create a global movement from below that stands against the neoliberal death drive
Santos, Director of the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, 2k3 [Boaventura. “Collective Suicide?” Bad Subjects. #63 April. http://eserver.org/bs/63/santos.html]
According to Franz … neoliberalism plus war.
Failure to understand the connection between oppression taking place in another country and the oppression occurring locally is rooted in white privilege and reinforces the hierarchies of domination.
Wise, anti-racist activist, 08 (Tim J, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, p. 145-146, OG)
It's the same lesson still not learned by … white antiracism.
Resisting white supremacy is apriori – it is the highest ethical duty. Any concessions or legitimization of exclusion corrupts and bankrupts ethics, entrenching systems of violence.
Memmi 2000 (Albert, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at University of Paris, Racism, p. 163-5)
The struggle against racism … are irresistible.
Our diasporic approach enables imaginations and art that reveals structural violence
Roy, Arundhati. 2004. (Writer and activist) “An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire” p 15-18
Coming back to the tyranny … for ordinary people.
And, structural violence is the worst impact – it outweighs nuclear war
Gilligan 2000 [James, Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Violence: Reflections on Our Deadliest Epidemic, p. 195-196]
The 14 to 18 million … throughout the world.
