Gilad Azmon–Jazz Jihad, Ethical Jihad
Magid Shihade June 18th, 2009
Gilad Azmon, an Israeli born, liberated from his Zion-centric, Jewish-centric, upbringing as he writes, has used his music talent to help those, who in his name, have been for decades under the onslaught of Zionist, Jewish, Israeli and American power hub of racism and supremacy (Gilad Azmon, Israel shahak, Uri davis, Ilan Pappe, Avi Shlaim, Nur Masalha, James Patreas, Norman Finkelstein, Ward Churchill, just to name few sources) .
He argues that he is not political, but ethical, and in his view to be ethical is not stay silent about crimes you are aware of.
More on his work can be read/watched at: www.gilad.co.uk
One approach he takes in his work is that of Jazz Jihad; that is an ethical struggle to use Jazz for justice and resistance.
I find the idea of the ethical versus the political is profound and powerful. Ethical resistance is something one should think of when trying to engage in resisting hegemony and injustice.
It is just an idea, something to think about….
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Cool guy and a rare humane Israeli man, unlike his compatriots who do nothing for humanity, well, they will only do something for their own selfish jewish ends, Gilan is a mensch