Terror Charts - Boycott Metallica!

Music is probably the most powerful weapon in the world: To enforce human rights but also to exercise torture. As the campaign "zero decibel" reports, a wide branch of music is used in the so called "war on terror." Prisoners are exposed to constantly repeated music - 24 h a day at high volume. Though this treatment doesn't cause visible marks, it has a devastating effect on the psyche. Some of the victims are traumatised until the end of their life.On the website of "zero decibel" a list of artist abused for torture is displayed. An article in the German newspaper taz summarised this "chart" like this:

AC/DC, "Hells Bells"

­ AC/DC, "Shoot to Thrill"

­ Bee Gees, "Stayin Alive"

­ Springsteen, "Born in the USA"

­ Christina Aguilera, "Dirrty"

­ David Gray, "Babylon"

­ Deicide, "Fuck Your God"

­ Don McLean, "American Pie"

­ Dope, "Take Your Best Shot"

­ Eminem, "Kim"

­ Eminem, "Slim Shady"

­ Eminem, "White America"

­ Matchbox Twenty, "Gold"

­ Metallica, "Enter Sandman"

­ Neil Diamond, "America"

­ NIN, "March of the Pigs"

­ NIN, "Mr. Self-Destruct"

­ Prince, "Raspberry Beret"

­ Sesamstraße, "Titelmelodie"

­ Queen, "We are the Champions"

Zero decibel is a attempt of artist to object against the abuse of their music. Though I don't think that "Hazelnut Tree" or "Dear Moonshine" was used in any interrogation, I joined the campaign, as I think, using music to torture people is the most pervers abuse of music ever and it reveals the double standards of the US in the "war on terror." In the case of a questioning using torture, you can ask, who terrorises who? So Who's the terrorist? The torturer or the tortured one?As the article discovers, Metallica didn't joined the campaign, though their song "Enter Sandman" stands on the list. They are proud to contribute to the "war on terror." So they are proud that their song is used to torture people. Boycott this fucking band.

European values end at its external borders

After the United States of America lost their integrity as an advocate for Human and Civil Rights due to gross scandals such as Abu Ghraib or Guantánamo, Europe claims to be the ideal for these values. Unfortunately, these role is nothing but a dream, only existing in speeches of ruling politicians. Apart from the discrimination against homosexuals in Eastern Europe, pogroms against Romani people in Italy among others, the EU border policy is the most embarrassing and horrible violation of Human Rights in Europe.According to official figures, 1861 refugees died during their attempt, to reach Europe. The real figure might be much higher. Frontex, the EU agency for external border security, has rightly the reputation of a brutal and inhuman authority. But not only Frontex exercise the violation of the Geneva Conventions. The national police authorities are in charge to carry out the deportation of "illegal" immigrants and failed asylum applicants. As a recent incidence in France shows, also the people who show moral courage and try to stop the deportation are in danger to be treated by the police in a violent way.A young man from Senegal should be deported to Senegal. After he was beaten into a plane, the other passengers stood up to object against the police and to force the pilot not to start. Some minutes, a unit of menacingly equipped policemen stormed into the plane, beating the passengers and arresting one of the critics. One of the passengers documented the situation with a camera.Deportation.Abschiebung eines jungen Senegalesen from opendoor on Vimeo.Europe, shame on you