Without a Big Commotion

So what you know ’bout the pirates terrorize the ocean,
To never know a simple day without a big commotion,
It can’t be healthy just to live with a such steep emotion,
And when I try and sleep, I see coffins closing.

This is the chorus of the song I’m listening to as I read the news from around the world. The lyrics of the great Somali hip-hop artist who immigrated to Canada and is dedicated to performing songs about his hometown, Mogadishu, and the reality he grew up in and the experience of immigrating with his mother, to Canada, leaving behind a country falling into an ever more violent abyss.? I’m listening to K’Naan sing these lines:Continue reading “Without a Big Commotion”

bm127 Pfizer experiments on Nigerian Children *Fixed*

Anyone who watched the film The Constant Gardener is familiar with the theme of a pharmaceutical company pretending to give free vaccines in Africa while secretly testing drugs on the public. Well the real thing happened, almost 10 years ago, and only now is the truth coming out. *fixed for annoyingly mysterious reasons that keep me up half the night*

AudioCommunique #127 (mp3)

Useful Links:

Washington Post recent article exposing pfizer
Worldpress.org article
2003 article about the case in the US
Declaration of Helsinki

Music:

Fela Kuti – African Message
Fela Kuti – Yellow Fever
Fela Kuti – Army Arangement
Final Fantasy – He Poos Clouds

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