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"Samedi soir, au moment de la rupture du jeûne (vers 18h30), les 400 CRS et gendarmes, dont une partie vient de Chalon s/saone, sont sortis un peu partout dans la cité du Chêne pointu. Comme à l’accoutumée, il s’agissait d’encercler - "de boucler" - le quartier. Don quichottisme policier : en cohorte, à la façon des légions romaines, au pas de course, visière baissée, bouclier au bras, et flashball à la main, ils parcourent les rues une à une contre des ennemis invisibles....Pourquoi cette démonstration de force alors même que les rues étaient particulièrement calmes ?" -- Antoine Germa -- "Clichy-sous-Bois : zone de non-droits ou zone d’injustices ?"
On 27th October 2005, teenagers Zyed Benna and Bouna Traore climbed into an electrical sub-station in the Parisian banlieue of Clichy-sous-Bois, and were electrocuted.
Their deaths sparked three weeks of riots that tore across France, and ignited a debate that could have serious repercussions for freedom of speech and for French rap music.
Weeks after the riots politician François Grosdidier filed a petition signed by 200 French MPs to bring legal action against seven French rap acts, for inflammatory lyrics and 'hatred of France'.
Annie Mac investigates the story of how rap took the blame for the French riots…
Related links:
Radio1: Westwood
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/westwood/
1Xtra: Hip hop shows
http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/hiphop/
BBC News: French riots timeline
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4413964.stm
Disiz La Peste official site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/radio1/onemusic/documentaries/060130_clichy.sht…
Fonky Family official site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/radio1/onemusic/documentaries/060130_clichy.sht…
La Rumeur Records official site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/radio1/onemusic/documentaries/060130_clichy.sht…
Supreme NTM official site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/radio1/onemusic/documentaries/060130_clichy.sht…
Dernier Pro official site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/radio1/onemusic/documentaries/060130_clichy.sht…
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1: en fins (clichy-sous bois)bmixdistortion dub
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/en_fins__clichy-sous_bois_.mp3
see also:
"Yes. I believe there's a high potential for the spread of this type of rebellion and rioting in other parts of Europe. ....There's a large number of Muslims and Africans living clandestinely in Italy going from one place to another looking for jobs. But they're being treated very viciously by the police, very suspiciously by the public, and they're not able to sustain themselves. That also is a prime population ready to revolt at any moment."--Behzad Yaghmaian
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45749.php
or
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/1538216
and
... Well, I had a very eerie feeling of déjà vu. And you'll forgive me, Amy, for being haunted by the first page of Black Boy, my father wrote, when at four years old he felt left out, and they were poor, and he was hungry, and nobody was paying attention to his brother and him. And he wandered listlessly about the room. And he stood before the shimmering embers, fascinated by the quivering coals. And a new idea of a game grew and took root in his mind. Why not throw something into the fire and watch it burn? ... julia wright
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45747.php
or
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/1538211
and
"The victims should be the subject of the story if we have any kind of compassion at all as human beings. When we reach this stage, I think, you know, journalism ceases to perform its function. What we should be doing is challenging authority, ...You know, Amira Hass, the very fine Israeli journalist, a friend of mine, we were discussing the purpose of being a foreign correspondent about two years or so ago, and I was going on about, you know, “We write the first pages of history,” in my Brit way. And she said, “No, Robert, our job is to monitor the centers of power.” And we don't do that." -- robert frisk
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45774.php
and
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/1538226
and
"Samedi soir, au moment de la rupture du jeûne (vers 18h30), les 400 CRS et gendarmes, dont une partie vient de Chalon s/saone, sont sortis un peu partout dans la cité du Chêne pointu. Comme à l’accoutumée, il s’agissait d’encercler - "de boucler" - le quartier. Don quichottisme policier : en cohorte, à la façon des légions romaines, au pas de course, visière baissée, bouclier au bras, et flashball à la main, ils parcourent les rues une à une contre des ennemis invisibles....Pourquoi cette démonstration de force alors même que les rues étaient particulièrement calmes ?" -- Antoine Germa -- "Clichy-sous-Bois : zone de non-droits ou zone d’injustices ?"
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45602.php
or
http://lmsi.net/article.php3?id_article=477
and
Clichy-sous-Bois, the impoverished and segregated north-eastern suburb of Paris where the two men lived and where the violent reaction to their deaths began, was a ticking bomb for the kind of dramatic social upheaval we are currently witnessing. ...A simple gesture of regret could go a long way towards defusing the tensions for now. The morning after the gassing of the mosque, a young Muslim woman summed up a widespread feeling: "We just want them to stop lying, to admit they've done it and to apologise." -- NAIMA BOUTELDJA -- "The Explosion in the Suburbs: Paris is Burning"
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45648.php
or
http://www.counterpunch.org/naima11072005.html
hit it:
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2005/11/249797.shtml
http://radio.indymedia.org/node/7632
"Yes. I believe there's a high potential for the spread of this type of rebellion and rioting in other parts of Europe. ....There's a large number of Muslims and Africans living clandestinely in Italy going from one place to another looking for jobs. But they're being treated very viciously by the police, very suspiciously by the public, and they're not able to sustain themselves. That also is a prime population ready to revolt at any moment."--Behzad Yaghmaian
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45749.php
or
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/1538216
and
... Well, I had a very eerie feeling of déjà vu. And you'll forgive me, Amy, for being haunted by the first page of Black Boy, my father wrote, when at four years old he felt left out, and they were poor, and he was hungry, and nobody was paying attention to his brother and him. And he wandered listlessly about the room. And he stood before the shimmering embers, fascinated by the quivering coals. And a new idea of a game grew and took root in his mind. Why not throw something into the fire and watch it burn? ... julia wright
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45747.php
or
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/1538211
and
"The victims should be the subject of the story if we have any kind of compassion at all as human beings. When we reach this stage, I think, you know, journalism ceases to perform its function. What we should be doing is challenging authority, ...You know, Amira Hass, the very fine Israeli journalist, a friend of mine, we were discussing the purpose of being a foreign correspondent about two years or so ago, and I was going on about, you know, “We write the first pages of history,” in my Brit way. And she said, “No, Robert, our job is to monitor the centers of power.” And we don't do that." -- robert frisk
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45774.php
and
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/1538226
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45749.php
... Well, I had a very eerie feeling of déjà vu. And you'll forgive me, Amy, for being haunted by the first page of Black Boy, my father wrote, when at four years old he felt left out, and they were poor, and he was hungry, and nobody was paying attention to his brother and him. And he wandered listlessly about the room. And he stood before the shimmering embers, fascinated by the quivering coals. And a new idea of a game grew and took root in his mind. Why not throw something into the fire and watch it burn? ... julia wright
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45747.php
or
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/1538211
http://radio.indymedia.org/node/7632
2: en fins (clichy-sous bois): dub stereophonical
http://images.indymedia.org/imc/seattle/media/2005/11/249798.mp3
3: en fins (clichy sous bois): zone d’injustices ?" dbl the giver dub
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/en_fins__clichy-sous_bois_dbl_da_giv…
and
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45602.php
or
http://lmsi.net/article.php3?id_article=477
and
Clichy-sous-Bois, the impoverished and segregated north-eastern suburb of Paris where the two men lived and where the violent reaction to their deaths began, was a ticking bomb for the kind of dramatic social upheaval we are currently witnessing. ...A simple gesture of regret could go a long way towards defusing the tensions for now. The morning after the gassing of the mosque, a young Muslim woman summed up a widespread feeling: "We just want them to stop lying, to admit they've done it and to apologise." -- NAIMA BOUTELDJA -- "The Explosion in the Suburbs: Paris is Burning"
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/45648.php
or
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