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Just received a photo from Palestine

Daniel Daboczy - Editor in chief — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:30:29 +0000

On both sides of that wall, regular people like me and you are stuck.

I am so proud to tell you about this photo that I received from Palestine. This is what you can see there right now.

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“HOPE – the Obama Musical Story” World Premiere

HOPE-Musical — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:43:27 +0000

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“HOPE - the Obama musical story” celebrates its world premiere on 17 January 2010!The venue Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt will experience a sound it has never heard before: formed to a huge percussion ensemble, the audience accompanies US president Barack Obama on his successful way into the White House. The event organizer MOVE GmbH promises a double world premiere: at the premiere of “HOPE – the Obama Musical Story” on Sunday, 17 January at 8:00 pm, the audience will rhythmically participate on specially developed percussion chairs – for the first time ever worldwide. “Hope is the first interactive musical of a new generation”, says musical producer Roberto Emmanuele, CEO and creative director of Move GmbH based in Bad Soden. “This is an enormous sound and a great musical experience for the audience.”

The musical stages two moving and exciting stories in parallel plots. The audience looks behind the scenes of the presidential election in 2008 and follows the career of the present US president Barack Obama. The main character is presented less on a political level, but rather as an emotional person who fights for a new, more forgiving and peaceful world and a better future. At the same time, the viewer experiences the societal events from the point of view of a multi-cultural apartment-sharing community in Chicago. Caused by the prevailing tight political and economic situation, societal and social frictions and emotions arise. The people are given new hope by the new spirit of the age.

Author and composer Randall Hutchins works with the best Afro-American singers and actors of the German musical scene. He produces inter alia for “The very Best of Black Gospel”, “Musical the Gift” and he participated in “Starlight Express” as a musician. In “HOPE”, he combines an affectionately arranged mix regarding taste and aesthetics of different music styles in the field of Pop, Soul, Gospel, HipHop and Rock. The diversified mixture of catchy melodies electrifies the audience right from the beginning. Undoubtedly, the songs have what it takes to become hits.

For “HOPE”, 30 world-class artists, singers, dancers and actors perform on stage. They participate in the production with great enthusiasm and dedication. “The spirit of the show is carried by the spirit of the entire team”, praises the producer Roberto Emmanuele. Della Miles and Jimmie Wilson, known as the dream duo of the Michael Jackson musical “Sisterella”, as well as Dynelle Rhodes, the original lead singer of the Weather Girls, join the cast as soloists. They are supported by well-known performers who are leads in “Cats”, “The Lion King” and “We will rock you”. The rehearsals took place inter alia at mediaArt FORUM in Bad Soden.

The production is realized in German and English, so that the story line can be followed by everyone.

On percussion: the audience sitting on specially developed musical chairsIn the course of the musical, the audience develops to co-musicians. For they sit on a musical instrument with an astoundingly high sound quality. Approximately 1200 of the 2000 available seats in the domed hall of the venue Jahrhunderthalle will be equipped with design chairs which house the smallest set of drums worldwide. The special construction of this musical furniture allows for a distinctive bass and snare sound. The people play while sitting, drumming with their hands on the percussion surface. Inspired by this characteristic sound, Roberto Emmanuele and his partner Patrick Strese call the innovation “BAFF musical furniture”. The other musical spectators do not sit quietly on their chairs either. They are handed out rattles, so that the sound of “HOPE” will fill the entire hall. The producers want all people to have access to music as a strong medium.

As early as in September, the musical company enthused about 45,000 viewers with a first musical foretaste during a successful performance at Commerzbank Arena next to stars like Bob Geldorf and Samy Deluxe. After only a short period of time, the entire stadium swung and clapped along to songs never heard before like “Rock the Vote”. Experts of the German music scene praised the high level of the American Pop music and certified the sound to have “Earth Wind and Fire quality”. The most important concert organizer worldwide, Fritz Rau, says: “Respect and two thumbs up for this musical”. According to the slogan “Yes we can”, the musical is to tour in Germany after having premiered in Frankfurt.

Tickets for the premiere can be purchased via the ticket seller EVENTIM within the price scope of 40 to 149 Euros in several seat categories. Following the premiere, a VIP premiere party will take place, at which special culinary refreshments will be served to the guests and the musical performers can be experienced up close in an “unplugged performance”. The VIP tickets can be bought for 99 Euros directly from the HOPE production.

Important note from the HOPE production team:
The “HOPE musical production” does not pursue any political interests with their production. Being artists, we merely stage a piece of attitude to life of the “historic year 2008″ with topics still prevailing today as well as good entertainment and music!

Nine Uighur executed in China

Daniel Daboczy - Editor in chief — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:27:17 +0000

Nine people have been executed for participating in violent ethnic riots in China’s mainly Muslim north west that left nearly 200 people dead.

Dilxat Raxit, speaker for the exile movement Uighur minority condemned that USA and Europe didn’t react in a harder way.

If we don’t put pressure on China in this issues we most likely will see more executions of Uighur.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6909773.ece

The real facts of life behind the wall of communism

zsolt.daboczy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:13:05 +0000

One of my good friends received his logn awaited travlers permit to go abroad. the one year long wait was over. This was only as a tourist.

On his last nite before the trip at he had a party with some close few friends. They drank and cheered and he said kidddning” Let´s drink up, we never know when we meet again”

At 4 am he heard a knock on the door and Securitate (the Romanian Stassi) cuffed him and charged him för atempt to leave the country in unlawfull ways and treason.

Childrens Rights are threatened by Climate Change

Invited Contributor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:30:53 +0000

2009 we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This legally binding document is the most universally ratified human rights treaty. It has changed how the international community, governments and many other actors view children and their rights.

However, we cannot claim that the Convention has achieved what needs to be achieved. For wxample, we don´t live in a world where children’s best interests are the primary consideration in all decisions affecting them – as demanded by Article 3 of the Convention.

Climate change is maybe the biggest challenge for humanity, ever. Lack of water, floods and other disasters already have an immense effect on peoples lifes, especially in developing countries. In fact, climate issues affects childrens health more than anything else.

It´s definitely a step forward to see that MR-dagarna will focus on climate issues. I look forward to the seminars.

HUMANITY ON TRIAL. Regi Stina Oscarsson

caroline.mattson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:20:09 +0000

Stor klimathearing

HUMANITY ON TRIAL

Fiktion blandas med verklighet i en Tribunal från framtiden.

Regi Stina Oscarsson

Föreställ dig år 2020. För elva år sedan samlades världen vid FN:s klimatkonferens i Köpenhamn 2009. Då hade mänskligheten en chans att göra något åt klimatförändringarna. Nästa generation håller en stor hearing på MR-dagarna om konsekvenserna av klimatförändringarna för mänskliga rättigheter och riktar frågan till vår generation: vad gjorde ni med allt ni visste 2009 om effekterna av klimatförändringarna? Vad kunde ni ha gjort? Varför gjorde ni inte mer? Vilka visste redan då hur allvarligt läget var? Och kan någon egentligen ställas till svars för det inträffade? Klimathearingen HUMANITY ON TRIAL kallar ögonvittnen från inuiterna i norra Kanada, från samer i Skandinavien, från översvämningarnas Bangladesh, från de smältande glaciärerna i Bolivia och aktivistvittnen om klyftan mellan det allmänna medvetandet och vad som ansågs politiskt möjligt 2009.

När rättvisan och rättsväsendet inte fungerar har det i historien hänt att det civila samhället tar på sig uppgiften att lyfta fram förtrycket och rättvisan. Det har hänt förr och det händer idag. Jordens resurser har exploaterats och förbrukats med katastrofala följder för miljontals människor idag – och för kommande generationer.

Ögonvittnen:

Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Nunavut, Kanada

Har tillsammans med 62 andra inuiter rest skadeståndskrav mot USA

för utsläppen av växthusgaser.

Ellen Inga Turi, Sápmi, Norge

Har växt upp med renskötsel i Kautokeino, forskar om

klimatförändringarnas konsekvenser för rendriften.

Sultana Begum, Bangladesh

Erfarenhet av hur kvinnors villkor påverkas av klimatförändringarna och av kvinnors arbete

med förebyggande arbete i samband med översvämningar.

Tushar Daring, Bangladesh

Arbetat med återuppbyggnad efter översvämningar och anpassning till klimatförändringarna.

Alivio Aruquipa Lazo, Bolivia

Han har utsetts av ett stormöte i byn Khapy i Anderna för att berätta om hur Mururata-glaciären inte längre ger byn tillräckligt med vatten och om konsekvenserna för byn.

Juan Carlos Alurralde Tejada, Bolivia

Arbetar med byn Khapy för att kunna inleda en process mot dem som orsakat klimatförändringarna.

Shankar Gopalakrishnan, Indien

Har framgångsrikt arbetat med att driva igenom lagen om Forest Rights Act som gör att de indiska skogsfolken inte får drivas bort utan garanteras sin uråldriga rätt att leva i skogarna.

Peuvchenda Bun, Kambojda

Arbetar i fattiga områden och engagerar barn i arbetet med att förebygga klimatförändringar.

m.fl.

Jury: Carl Söderbergh, Elisabeth Abiri, Stephen Humphreys, Sven Heijbel, m fl.

MR-dagarna 16-17 nov 2009 på Stockholmsmässan

www.mrdagarna.se

Arrangörer: Anna Lindhs Minnesfond, MR-dagarna, Stockholm Environment Institute

Thanks for the support

Daniel Daboczy - Editor in chief — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:29:05 +0000

The massive global launch is still roling on. We have received alot of e-mails, alot of films and texts. Thanks for the support! It will take some time to go through since the staff is small. Please e-mail me at daniel@ideasforchange.tv if you need a login name to start blogging. We knew that if we we built it they would come! We know that this takes long time but we are heading towards soemthing great. Now we build forces, build some more economies and the active tool will se daylight.