Monday, 11 June 2012
The Black Spades
The notorious Black Spades was once the largest and most feared gang in New York City. Hailing from the Bronx, the Spades had as their warlord, Hip Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa. They were the precursors to Hip Hop.. We caught up with many of the members including original leader Bam Bam who gave Bambaataa his name. We spoke with Hip Hop legend Popmaster Fabel who is finishing up a documentary on early gang culture called 'The Apache line'.
We also hear from Karate Charlie who was the President of the Ghetto Brothers which was another large Street Orginazation highlighted in Jeff Chang's book 'Can't Stop Won't Stop'.
The Black Spades
"...The best solution, in my opinion, is to regulate it. Then you can
control it. The only ID a dealer needs to see now is a £20 note. If you
had to go to a shop [to buy it], you would no doubt need to prove how
old you were. If you had difficulties, you could get advice about it.
Prohibition is not control at all. It's just shoving it under the carpet
and trying to ignore it; a foolhardy idea."
The Julian Assange Show: Cypherpunks
Cyber threats, hacker attacks and laws officially aiming to tackle internet piracy, but in fact infringing people's rights to online privacy. It's an increasingly topical subject - and the world's most famous whistleblower is aiming to get to the heart of it. In the latest edition of his interview program here on RT, Julian Assange gets together with activists from the Cypherpunk movement - Andy Müller-Maguhn, Jeremie Zimmermann, and Jacob Appelbaum.
Now you know it anyway (Nu ken je het toch al)
At a sunny flea market, Robin tries to sell her own
made-up stories. As she tells one of her stories with increasing
confidence to a potential customer, all the main characters come alive
and anxiously listen in.
This short children's animation has lead in the movie 'The Smurfs' in
all Pathe Cinemas in the Netherlands as part of the Ultrakort 2
initiative by The Netherlands Film Fund and Pathe.Visit us at polderanimation.com or follow us on facebook.com/polderanimation
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