Doc Jazz: ‘The heart of our cause is the Right to Return’ – interview with Oh My Gaza

Doc Jazz: ‘The heart of our cause is the Right to Return’ – interview with Oh My Gaza

The wonderfully active and comprehensive blog ‘Oh My Gaza‘ has done an interview with Doc Jazz about the Musical Intifada. Also discussed are Zionism in the Netherlands, and thoughts about global activism for Palestinian rights. It is republished here, but the original can be read at Oh My Gaza here. — I am honored to introduce you to Doc Jazz,...

What they told the Palestinian

Do you want to know what they told the Palestinian? First, they told him he did not exist. Then they told him he wasn’t Palestinian, just Arab. In the mean time they were spending a lot of effort on brainwashing the remaining Arabs that they weren’t Arabs, but Jordanians, Iraqis, Saudis, Egyptians, Libyans and Yemenis. Then they told the Palestinian...

Normalization extravaganza: Palestinian artists at the ‘Israeli’ Oud festival

Normalization extravaganza: Palestinian artists at the ‘Israeli’ Oud festival

There are various degrees of what we call ‘normalization’. As indicated in a recent article at the Musical Intifada, in some exceptional cases it can even be described as ‘understandable’, or to a certain degree ‘acceptable’ if not entirely ‘inevitable’. However, at the opposite end of that spectrum there are displays of normalization that are completely uncalled for, and nauseatingly...

Music will say it: Running Out of Time

Music will say it: Running Out of Time

Song: Running Out of Time by Doc Jazz Album: Front Door Key   Style: a bluesy brand of smooth jazz with a groovy beat and a killer saxophone solo (Susanne Alt) Message: as the clock ticks on, more and more injustice is perpetrated on the Palestinians. Unity and action are of the utmost importance. We’re running out of time!  ...