Naturally Unnatural Issue #7 6th June 2017 | Page 2

Issue #7, 6th June 2017
-left and ISIL. They are despots from
Of course, this would not have helped but around the world who include Trump,
failure to address the heart of the issue is Putin and Kim-Jong Un. They are those
who believe in segregation of people and
evident. Groups like ISIL can thrive be-
a society of 'pure breeds'.
cause of anti-west sentiment fuelled by
our foreign policy, which has largely re-
Cultural destruction and genocide in the
mained the same for decades, if not cen-
name of an ideology has no preference as
turies. Our governments have failed to
to where they are from, they are all the
address disillusionment which has led to same. We are fighting fascism once again
the rise of the far-right and ISIL, both have and it's gaining ground in our own back-
the same ideology but only differ in their yard.
faith.
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Hope and unity during
This is not a ‘war on terror’, we are
fighting against those who want our very difficult periods
freedoms to be taken away because of
During periods of difficulty we must look
fear. Those people have no religion, no
to hope in times such as these, hope is
state or identity. They are the far-right, far displayed by those who helped when us
as a society needed them. Our NHS staff
including doctors, nurses and paramed-
ics. Our security services and police
force, who have tracked whom carried out
such an appalling attack. Lest not forget
those people who were passing by that
stopped to help in any way they could.
Everyone who has helped in anyway big
or small are the headliners.
These attacks are merely attention seek-
ing acts, the violence is a petulant attempt
for us to take notice of them. But we must-
n't allow them to air time, we mustn't allow
them to dominate our thoughts. We must
be united in our endeavour for a better
world than the one we live in. We must
unite against these kinds of attacks,
whomever we face. We have more that
unites us than that which divides us.
Protest music’s im-
portance in British
democracy
After media outlets have
refused to play Captain
Ska’s ‘liar liar GE2017’ de-
spite significant populari-
ty, this has raised question
marks over censorship
within the media.
By Matthew Clifton
Music plays an important role in con-
veying a message and it is a wonderful
way to express an individual’s emo-
tion, with high profile UK hip-hop star,
poet, writer and political activist Akala
admitting he would be voting for the
first time because of Jeremy Corbyn.
Throughout history music has played
an important role in political activism
and it will long continue in that man-
ner, however, have the media cen-
sored the latest protest song that has
hit the charts.
‘‘liar liar GE2017’’ by Captain Ska was
released on the 26 th May and has subse-
quently hit #1 on the Apple iTunes UK
songs download chart and #10 on Capital
FM’s Top 10 singles chart. However, ma-
jor stations are refusing to play the song
with the BBC stating, “we do not ban
songs or artists, however out editorial
guidelines require us to remain impar-
tial”.
Media and BBC impar-
tiality questioned
The song itself is a protest song against
the austerity measures placed on the
country since 2010. It is protesting There-
sa May and highlights the lies she