{"id":13447,"date":"2022-05-05T17:24:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=13447"},"modified":"2022-05-05T17:24:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:24:22","slug":"new-music-out-of-lesbos-erantzun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2022\/05\/05\/new-music-out-of-lesbos-erantzun\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Out of Lesbos: Erantzun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Basque rapper\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zekan_askalari\/\">Zekan Askalari<\/a><\/span>\u2019s latest track \u2018Erantzun\u2019 is directed by Yaser Akbari, an Afghan asylum-seeker from Iran. It was produced by Leah Rustomjee while volunteering for\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/refocusmedialabs\/\">ReFocus Media Labs<\/a><\/span>\u00a0an NGO on the Greek island of Lesvos that trains asylum seekers in filmmaking, photography and journalism skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ZEKAN ASKALARI - ERANTZUN (VANDALISMO)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YaAy3S2_6-w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Erantzun\u2019, is a rap song in the ancient European language of Basque\u00a0calling on ordinary people to wake up to the injustices and corruption happening around the world.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Yaser represents a state of being controlled by a dominant neoliberalism through warehouse and product imagery. As the song progresses, we witness the &#8216;products&#8217; unboxing themselves to reveal individual identities. This is clearly a metaphor for the masks we assume in order to operate in today&#8217;s social structures.<\/p>\n<p>Askalari has been Rapping since aged seventeen, in both Spanish and Basque. He has been involved in squat culture and anti-authoritarian movements in Barcelona, having moved there over ten years ago,<\/p>\n<p>That was until he moved to the Greek island of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Lesvos<\/span> as a volunteer with<u>\u00a0<\/u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noborderkitchen\">No Borders Kitchen<\/a><\/span> a non-hierarchical, anti-capitalist and self-organized group of &#8216;cooking activists&#8217; comprising locals, asylum-seekers and international volunteers. He now organises rap shows on Lesvos, &#8216;Rap Against Borders&#8217; featuring a mix of rappers from Afghan, Greek and European backgrounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;At one point a guy passed five metres away from me with a machete, a massive knife, and I heard the noise of stabbing.&quot;<br \/>Report from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FellipeLopes7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fellipelopes7<\/a> inside Camp <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/moria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#moria<\/a>, Lesbos<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SG7JB7k4Gq\">https:\/\/t.co\/SG7JB7k4Gq<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaoimheButterly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CaoimheButterly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrishRefugeeCo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IrishRefugeeCo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/openarms_found?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@openarms_found<\/a> @RefugeeRescueUK <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seawatch_intl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@seawatch_intl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CassandraVoices (@VoicesCassandra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoicesCassandra\/status\/1221482265722703872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Video director Yaser Akbari is a twenty-year old asylum seeker from Afghanistan, who has been living on Lesvos for the past two years, waiting for the Greek authorities to approve his status, which thankfully has just occurred.<\/p>\n<p>He joined\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/refocusmedialabs.org\/about-us\">ReFocus<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in 2019 as a student\u00a0and has since gone on to produce work for BBC, Al Jazeera and National Geographic. He now works for the organisation as a teacher. This video was his first opportunity to produce work apart from the refugee crisis \u2013 which he was finding exhausting and boxed in by.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the number of refugees on the Lesvos has decreased significantly from 18,000 to 2,000 over the past year, with many having been moved inland or are now on their way to Germany, the inhumane conditions inside the camps persist.<\/p>\n<p>Greece has employed Frontex officers, detention sites and undercover police officers to strengthen its pushback regime since the Taliban\u2019s takeover of Afghanistan in order to create a hostile environment.<\/p>\n<p>Organisations like No Borders Kitchen and ReFocus exist in Lesvos to allow rare moments like this to happen, which bring together people from different backgrounds to build connections and create together despite the challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Making the video was a community effort; locations were provided by an NGO warehouse; the cast and crew that feature in &#8216;Erantzun&#8217; were a mix of volunteers, asylum-seekers and local Greeks; and transport and tech support were provided by local NGO&#8217;s\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/makerspace_lesvos\/\">Maker Space<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnob.net\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">#LeaveNoONeBehind<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13649 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/12-03-07-at-5.27.52-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>English translation<span id=\"page1R_mcid2\" class=\"markedContent\"><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid3\" class=\"markedContent\"><\/span><\/strong><\/em><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span id=\"page1R_mcid3\" class=\"markedContent\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"page1R_mcid3\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Sick of the daily lives<br \/>\nthe voice: broken, the strength: renewed,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid4\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">we only have one chance le<\/span>ft,<\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid5\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">you have generated our response.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid6\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">A<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ft<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">er so many scams, so many tricks,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid7\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">so much corrup<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">D<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">on, now it&#8217;s our turn,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid8\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">so many scoundrels, so many fascists,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid9\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">I<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">fi<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">nally took the pencil in disgust.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid10\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Innova<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">tiv<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">e poems against the system,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid11\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">because the losers are always the same.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid12\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">it is clear who shu<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ffl<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">es the cards here,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid13\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">But stop that, things are going to change.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid14\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">It&#8217;s enough,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid15\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the years go by and the di<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ff<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">erence is greater,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid16\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the rich man laughing and we in chains,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid17\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">While the fucking rich go up the poor go down!<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid18\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Time to change your a<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">t<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">titude<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid19\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">it is a clear reality, not an opinion.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid20\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">A<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ft<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">er re<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">fl<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ec<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">tio<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">n, yes, ac<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ti<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">on comes,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid21\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">That is why we are clear about it, the answer has begun.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid22\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ANSWER to their lies,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid23\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ANSWER to blows and insults<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid24\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ANSWER to the leaders<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid25\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ANSWER how? ANSWER like this!<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid26\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">This is going forward; it cannot be stopped.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid27\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Each of our ac<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ti<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ons has a purpose.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid28\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">We have a<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">fi<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">rm inten<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ti<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">on, listen:<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid29\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">bring down your system, crush it, destroy it.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"page10R_mcid30\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Ready for con<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">fl<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ict, rest assured.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid31\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">We are not afraid, we are anxious.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid32\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">We learned from past struggles<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid33\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">that we have to give our lives for our dreams, eh!<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid34\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">It&#8217;s<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ti<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">me to hit hard,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid35\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">let them taste the anger of the people.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid36\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Your comfortable life is<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">fi<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ne<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid37\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">but a<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ft<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">er ea<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ti<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ng the full menu, it&#8217;s<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ti<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">me to pay.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid38\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Straight from the streets,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid39\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">di<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ff<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">erent ini<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ti<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ti<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ves from each area,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid40\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">we have organized, there will be no cease<\/span><span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">fi<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">re,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid41\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">win or die, there is no more.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid42\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ANSWER their lies,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid43\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">RESPOND to blows and insults<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid44\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">RESPOND to the leaders<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page10R_mcid45\" class=\"markedContent\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ANSWER how? RESPOND like this!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basque rapper\u00a0Zekan Askalari\u2019s latest track \u2018Erantzun\u2019 is directed by Yaser Akbari, an Afghan asylum-seeker from Iran. It was produced by Leah Rustomjee while volunteering for\u00a0ReFocus Media Labs\u00a0an NGO on the Greek island of Lesvos that trains asylum seekers in filmmaking, photography and journalism skills. \u2018Erantzun\u2019, is a rap song in the ancient European language of &#8230; <a title=\"New Music Out of Lesbos: Erantzun\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2022\/05\/05\/new-music-out-of-lesbos-erantzun\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New Music Out of Lesbos: Erantzun\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":13648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[136,3003,5469,5476,5791,6310,6513,6638,6927,7697,7709,7710,10246,10282],"class_list":["post-13447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-leavenoonebehind","tag-erantzun","tag-lesbos","tag-lesvos","tag-maker-space","tag-music","tag-new","tag-no-borders-kitchen","tag-out","tag-refocus-media-labs","tag-refugees-lesvos","tag-refugees-on-lesbos","tag-yaser-akbari","tag-zekan-askalari"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}