Category Archives: Rock on-Peace Out

Ana Tijoux – Antipatriarca – YouTube

Yo puedo ser tu hermana tu hija

Tamara pamela o valentina

Yo puedo ser tu gran amiga

Incluso tu compañera de vida

Yo puedo ser tu gran aliada

La que aconseja y la que apaña

Yo puedo ser cualquiera de todos

Depende de cómo tú me apodes

Yo no voy a ser la que obedece

Porque mi cuerpo me pertenece

Yo decido de mi tiempo

Como quiero y conde quiero

Independiente yo nací

Independiente decidí

Yo no camino detrás de ti

Yo camino de la par de ti

Tú no me vas a humillas

Tú no me vas a gritar

Tú no me vas a someter

Tú no me vas a golpear

Tú no me vas a denigrar

Tú no me vas a obligar

Tú no me vas a silenciar

Tú no me vas a callar

No sumisa ni obediente

Mujer fuerte insurgente

Independiente y valiente

Romper la cadena de lo indiferente

No pasiva ni oprimida

Mujer linda creativa

Emancipada en autonomía

Anti patriarca y alegría

A liberar, a liberar, a liberar

Liberar, liberar, liberar

Yo puedo ser jefa de hogar

Empleada o intelectual

Yo puedo ser protagonista

De nuestra historia y la que agita

La gente la comunidad

La que despierta la vecindad

La que organiza la economía

De su casa de su familia

Mujer libre se pone de pie

Y a romper las cadenas

De la piel

Tú no me vas a humillas

Tú no me vas a gritar

Tú no me vas a someter

Tú no me vas a golpear

Tú no me vas a denigrar

Tú no me vas a obligar

Tú no me vas a silenciar

Tú no me vas a callar

No sumisa ni obediente

Mujer fuerte insurgente

Independiente y valiente

Romper la cadena de lo indiferente

No pasiva ni oprimida

Mujer linda creativa

Emancipada en autonomía

Anti patriarca y alegría

A liberar, a liberar, a liberar

Liberar, liberar, liberar

via Ana Tijoux – Antipatriarca – YouTube.

MELANIE SAFKA Dust in the Wind – YouTube

Live peace, love and understanding – no time to put it off for later!

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment’s gone

All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity

Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea

All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind,

All we are is dust in the wind

Don’t hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky

It slips away, and all your money won’t another minute buy

Dust in the wind,

All we are is dust in the wind

Dust in the wind,

Everything is dust in the wind

via MELANIE SAFKA Dust in the Wind – YouTube.

Afghan Women’s Writing Project | Heart of a Warrior

We Afghans, we are a zealous people,

stronger than a stone but delicate,

the most self-contained, but hot blooded,

the most kind, but vengeful,

the most peace loving, but warriors.

Here, this Afghan girl, she is a grown girl,

she burns to learn, to lead.

She dreams of being president

as she works each day to feed her brothers

and pay their school fees.

She looks out at you, abroad, in your newspapers,

from your websites, and she knows you are looking

and she wants to say to you

You see my face framed with my rough blue scarf,

streaked with mud from the fields,

but you can’t see my zealous, warrior’s heart,

How much it is hurt!

You see my glancing eyes,

but you can’t see my tears

How much they rain!

You see my laugh,

but you can’t see my pains

How much I have suffered!

You see my words,

but you cannot read my thoughts

How much power they have!

You see my steps,

but you cannot feel my intention

How it is solid and strong like our mountains.

You see my poverty,

but you cannot imagine my zeal

How it gives me strength!

You see my hard life,

but you cannot feel my confidence,

you do not know how deeply

it dwells and feeds me.

By Rabia A.

via Afghan Women’s Writing Project | Heart of a Warrior.

VDU’s blog: Bats in a tree…

Of course this will raise the usual question of whether we cull all bats to prevent this from ever happening again. Don’t be ignorant! Bats have very important roles in pollinating and thus in keeping our ecosystem going. Should we kill all bees because they sting us? I’m pretty sure I’ve been stung by a bee more times than I’ve had Ebola/Hendra/SARS/Nipah/MERS/Lyssavirus or any other bat-hosted virus infection. Killing off everything to prevent a very rare zoonotic event when better knowledge can resolve the problem is just a typically short-sighted and knee-jerk human reaction (not a fan-can you guess?).

One question that does still remain, and one that is of extreme interest to me, is how often mild disease results from an Ebola virus infection? Good, robust serology methods to the rescue.

via VDU’s blog: Bats in a tree….