Why Read About it, Feel About it, Engage with it.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948. UDHR was created in response to violations witnessed during World War II. Its primary objectives were to:
Establish a universal set of principles to safeguard the inherent dignity, equal rights of all individuals, regardless of nationality and ethnicity.
Provide a common moral foundation for the international community to prevent the reoccurrence of atrocities as well as promote peace.
Throughout the years it has served as the basis for the development of modern human rights law, a foundation for subsequent international human rights.
Modern rights encompass a broad range of categories that reflect the evolving understanding of individual and collective entitlements. Some of the key types of modern rights are:
Civil and Political Rights: Right to life, liberty and security. Freedom of speech assembly and association. Right to a fair trial. Right to privacy.
Social and Economic Rights: Right to work, right to education, right to health, right to social security, right to an adequate standard of living.
Cultural Rights: Right to participate in cultural, artistic and scientific activities, right to access and enjoy one’s cultural heritage.
Environmental Rights: Right to a healthy environment, right to information participation.
Women’s Rights: Right to gender equality, right to be free from discrimination based on gender, reproductive rights.
Children’s Rights: Right to protection from exploitation and abuse, right to education, right to a standard of living for physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development.
Indigenous Rights: Right to self-determination, right to maintain, control, protect and develop cultural heritage, right to land and resources.
Refugee and Migrant Rights: Right to seek asylum, right for freedom of movement, right to be free from arbitrary detention.
Digital Rights: Right to privacy online, freedom of expression on the internet, protection from digital surveillance.
Labour Rights: Right to work, right to fair wages and working conditions, right to form and join trade unions.
Political and Participation Rights: Right to participate in government and public affairs, right to vote and stand for election.
Most of these rights are interconnected, while the recognition and protection of rights varies across countries and legal systems. UDHR acted as the international convention contributing to the global framework for safeguarding these rights.
When we look into history of Palestine-Israel conflict dated back to the Nakba of 1948, we find an endless siege of occupation, assassination of teachers, lawyers, fathers and mothers of poets and journalists. Their universities bombed, famished from food supplies, with their right to movement taken away from them. Hamas, a Sunni Islamic political and military organisation – born from this oppression, defended their right to live on October the 7th.
From this day on forth, the world continues to watch the occupants mass massacre children and women, their futures erased, their dreams shattered under the rubbles of hospitals. The hues of red, from white prosperous tainted their soils as a cruel testament for human capacity for destruction.
The occupation, resorting to DARVO (Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender) portraying themselves as the victim, continues to erase the ethnicity of the Palestinians from the river to sea.
Counting day nighty one into the Genocide, with no interference from UDHR, or any international institution, in spite of the citizens of the world roaring for a permanent ceasefire. We have woken up to the reality in which it is evident that humanity has failed.
The seeds planted in Palestine, causing the world to look into the ongoing Genocides across the globe, with its citizens calling out for freedom for Congo and Sudan.
Our digital rights violated with Meta, controlling the freedom of expression on its platform. Adding to the violation, denying the plea of voices calling out for an immediate ceasefire. Giving us every reason to engage with the media continuously working on liberation of the soul of our souls.
Evidently the governing bodies has failed to uphold the universally recognised principles outlined in human rights agreements, crippling the fundamental pillars of justice, equality and dignity that are meant to support societies equally.
We allow ourselves to feel about it because the grave violence activates our sense of moral justice. It makes us take a rigid stance for morality, reflecting an uncompromising commitment to uphold ethical principles in every interaction, for every individual.
To learn about the ongoing Genocides in the world, we begin to question their source of armoury. Bringing awareness on the consequences of our consumption. Fostering a sense of responsibility to understand the kind of world we are contributing to, when we choose to spend our money in franchises across the world.
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Bromsen's "Read About It": A Synth-Driven Elegy to the Artistic Spirit
Bursting onto the music scene amidst Berlin's vibrant electronic panorama, Bromsen, an Indietronic pair brewed from the synergistic kinship of Richard and Karlo Bromsen, has, with unrelenting drive, fostered a unique brand of synth pop. Their recently released fourth single, "Read About It", offers listeners an emotionally-laden plunge into the complexities of an artist's life and the personal hardships often faced behind the curtains of creative triumphs.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3sEzpNrKNJevnGZwu2lLE1?si=lN7pShhTRrW8XVJ94hXroA
"Read About It" pays a solemn tribute to those artists who, with their hearts on their canvases, birthed spectacular and transcendental creations, often at the expense of personal happiness. The sombre realities obscure to the layman are brought to the forefront by Bromsen, as they navigate the hardships the artists endured with their eloquently drafted lyrics and emotive melodies.
The duo's sound is an immersive concoction of retro-inspired synth arrangements and contemporary production quality, creating a time-bending musical experience. As listeners, we find ourselves comfortably embraced by the synth-pop ethos reflected in decades' legacy, brought forth by the likes of Kraftwerk and The Pet Shop Boys, yet refreshed by a distinctly modern electronic intensity that is akin to the atmospheric styles of artists like Tame Impala or MGMT.
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This masterpiece launches with an earnest synth motif, immediately transporting us into a sonic universe that is intensely moody and brooding. Just as we acclimate to this haunting introduction, Bromsen shakes up the soundscape with a rhythmic cannonade of beats and lilting synths, commanding our undivided attention throughout the track.
The haunting narrative weaves a rich tapestry of euphoria, pain, and artistic struggle that resonates in the Bromsen brothers' eager vocal performances. The lyricism serves as a poignant reminiscence of artists whose existence was a sacrifice for their creative endeavours, marrying melancholy and veneration in its lines. The vocals, oscillating between the realms of sullen acceptance and vigorous determination, resonate beautifully with the nuanced synthesizers and atmospheric beats, creating a backdrop of conflicting emotions.
https://youtu.be/v-ghI5iGnvY
As a meticulously organised excursion into the realm of indietronic music, "Read About It" leaves listeners entranced long after the song concludes. The precision production, favoring clarity over density, ensures the depth and range of the duo’s extensive auditory palette receive an undiluted showcase.
With the upcoming release of Bromsen's debut album "Brothers in Mind" on Epictronic's roster, the anticipation treads an ascendant path. If “Read About It” is any harbinger of what's to come, the duo promises immersive landscapes of sonic beauty intertwined with thoughtful lyricism and innovative synth sequencing. Bromsen's distinctive flair in exploring the edges of electronic music, paired with their profound storytelling, injects them as a promising new force in the music realm that we eagerly await to experience more from.
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Rethink Mental Health
We can either deal with mental health or choose to ignore it. We can allow others to take control of our mental health, or we can take control for ourselves, get to know ‘us’ and change the way we live and think about our lives.
In the early years of my blog, I saw the world take control, and dealing with mental health was on the rise, but through my blog, I have also seen mental health decline in the latter years. It is not difficult to see, or understand why.
The UK got Brexit done and now the world is in free fall in Covid-19, and the spotlight once again is on each of us, on our mental health. But not everyone is talking about, or dealing with their mental health.
I am open about my own mental health issues. Living with autism, I was born unlucky that way, but I still continue to champion it, because it is a part of me and I’m not prepared to get ill through it. But none of us are free of mental health issues.
If you carry a concern, it is a mental health issue. If you overthink and continue to overthink a concern, a worry or an issue, which many of us do, that is a mental health issue, so you see, no one is free of mental health issues.
In the UK media, it is not a talking point, but on social media, through the many issues that individually we’re having to deal with, away from the decisions that have been made for us in the pandemic, mental health has become a talking point. It is something that should continue on this platform.
I am not sure whether it’s all very stupid or very sad, but there is no getting away from the fact that with lifting restrictions, there is an element of struggle for each of us, even if we’re in denial. Although those like me with a disability are a minority, none of us are free from mental health issues.
Yes, your mental health may not be pandemic related, but there will be something with mental health. It would be remiss of us to think the material things matter and mental health doesn’t. Of course, for those of us who continue to deal with a disability in the pandemic, mental health is even more important.
It is only when you struggle with mental health, that you may choose to deal with mental health, but we should all presently be dealing with mental health and not unconsciously think it’s not for me, it’s for someone else to deal with.
Mental health isn't popular. It's the one thing we continue to ignore, but you have to remember, we are affected by it. It escapes no one, instead we should take control and deal with it.
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Did you know:
In September 1946, Albert Einstein called racism America’s “worst disease.” Earlier that year, he told students and faculty at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, the oldest Black college in the Western world, that racial segregation was “not a disease of colored people, but a disease of white people, adding, “I willl not remain silent about it.”
When Albert Einstein moved to America, he was disappointed to see how black people were being treated. Even in his new hometown of Princeton, he observed separation of the white and black societies. Einstein thought of segregation as “unacceptable.”
Albert Einstein rarely accepted honorary doctorates but he did so for Lincoln University, a small historically black college in Pennsylvania in 1946. He also gave a lecture before a small group of students who are seen with him in the photo. Also taught black university students but the press didn't like to publicise it as the idea of educated equal black people scared the establishment.
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