All star ensemble– ‘We are the people, this is the time– Stand up, sing out for Palestine’

UPDATE: 6/1 12:07 PST, we are up to 8,657 hits and going viral. PUSH IT PEOPLE if you twitter, if your mother belongs to a knitting bee.. SHARE IT. ;)

I love this! My heart is pounding the chorus is so beautiful. OneWorld has produced a fantastic hit, all proceeds supporting projects in Palestine. The song features an all star ensemble of musicians from around the world including Randall, Jamie Catto (1 Giant Leap), Maxi Jazz (Faithless), LSK, Harry Collier (Kubb), Andrea Britton, Sudha (Faithless), Andy Treacy (Faithless/Moby/Groove Armada), Attab Haddad and Joelle Barker plus over the top  Durban Gospel Choir and members of the London Community Gospel Choir and comedian Mark Thomas, rapper Lowkey and poet Michael Rosen.

Check out Disco Nutter mix by Yasen Velchev and the Drum&Bass mix by Dan Birch WILD!

The songs will be released July 3rd but are available for pre-order now from iTunes and HMVdigital. Let's celebrate this kick off, it's history in the making!

Supported by War on Want, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Jews for Justice for Palestinians, A Just Peace for Palestine, Friends of Al Aqsa, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions UK, Stop the War Coalition, Trust Greenbelt and the A.M.Qattan Foundation. Proceeds from the single will go to UK Charity War on Want for projects in Palestine.

About Annie Robbins

Annie Robbins is Writer at Large for Mondoweiss, a mother, a human rights activist and a ceramic artist. She lives in the SF bay area.
Posted in Israel/Palestine

{ 21 comments... read them below or add one }

  1. Duscany says:

    The Zionist apologists are going to hate this. To attack this song they are going to have to attack a bunch of young black singers. (But, I predict, they will take a deep breath, hitch up their pants and go ahead and do it anyway).

  2. MRW says:

    Great song and production. Wonder what Ms Black + Pearls from Aipac will think of this.

  3. Taxi says:

    Oh my fucking brillinat god!!!!!

    It’s just getting warmed up for an effing GLOBAL push up for a Palestinian State in Sept! We need ALL THE GOOD AND CREATIVE PRO PALESTINE ACTIVITIES PLANNED NOW FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS! Party party partaaaay cuz Palestine is about to be (re)born into the 21st century!!!!!

    Woooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

    Throw a shrimp on the barbie for Palestine will ya!

  4. Les says:

    Great listening and watching. Thanks.

    And, in its own way, a back handed reprimand to those musical artists who dishonor the boycott by giving concerts in Israel.

  5. Taxi says:

    Buzzword for the summer: Palestine.

    Buzznumber for the summer: 1967.

    Feel free to bring up the above in random or planned conversations and often. This could be a great I/P summer-camp learning opportunity for uninformed Americans. Folks just keep talking about Palestine and 1967 (Aipac’s two most hated words this season). Throw a party or a barbeque with a Palestine theme, invite your (boring) neighbors for a glass of wine and a discussion about America’s future in the middle east. Keep it lite though.

    And mind yer manners eh!

  6. Kris says:

    Thank you, this is terrific!

  7. patm says:

    yep, I’m still tapping my heels! Go Palestine!

  8. sky7i says:

    This is utterly fantastic! I hope everyone here shares this far and wide; it’ll reach people in ways little else can.

  9. Morgan says:

    Gospel+Palestine= unstoppable

  10. kalithea says:

    Wow! Wow! and Wow! This is going viral.

  11. Tal says:

    Good music, Good lyrics, Good cause

  12. Shingo says:

    Very inspiring and uplifting.

  13. annie says:

    46,000!!!!!!!!

    that’s almost 38,000 more since i posted last night.

    ;)

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