THE WORLD COUP! All eyes are on Brazil as it endures... errr.... *hosts* the 2014 soccer World Coup - the most watched sporting event on the planet. Join Robert Foster as he investigates why many Brazilians are protesting against THIEFA, the shady organisation that runs the World Cup, and the rather fascist policies it has introduced to their country "for the good of the game". But Brazil is not the only country to get shafted in this epic episode, which features exclusive interviews with captains of the strongest teams in the running for the notorious WORLD COUP. So, click play and find out why they really call it "The World Game." Written & created by Giordano Nanni & Hugo Farrant in a suburban backyard home studio in Melbourne, Australia, on Wurundjeri Land. ☛ Join our new MAILING LIST to stay up to date with new videos, and to receive news about our LIVE show in 2015: http://eepurl.com/XlKrf ☛ CREDITS: World Cup theme composed by Adrian Sergovich http://www.songzu.com/ "Thiefa" Beat by Profetesa Beats https://soundcloud.com/profetesa Instrumental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eshsdDlnLC8 Thanks to Ming The Merciless for awesome singing vocals on "We Have Won" parody song Thanks to Zoe Umlaut for playing the role of our hardcore Brazilian activist. Thanks to Lucy Cahil for Brazilian voiceover. All other acting by Hugo & Giordano. All other vox by Hugo. Video effects & animations by Jonas Schweizer (aka Kookybone) Image assistance by Zoe Tame and Reuben Braithwaite Thanks to Thiago Mundano for creating the awesome mural that we have used in the background to the Rio protest scene! Muito legal! Thanks to Damian Tapley for assisting with filming and video-editing Thanks to Dave Rawlinson for research assistance and valuable conversations about austerity and genwars! Rad props provided by Gilles Gunderman & Ming Production assistance by Lucy Cahill and Damian Tapley. Captions syncing by Koolfy from http://nurpa.be Wigs styled by Rose Chong http://www.rosechong.com Video and music editing by Giordano. ☛ SUPPORT the creation of new episodes: Donate: http://thejuicemedia.com/donate BitCoin: 1HMPK1zFCLopAvNEvR3aehFU1tSvHeWkTS ☛ CONNECT with us on: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/juicerapnews Farcebook: https://www.facebook.com/juicerapnews Website: http://www.thejuicemedia.com Join our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/XlKrf ☛ DOWNLOAD: FREE hi-quality MP3: https://soundcloud.com/juice-rap-news/rap-news-26-the-thiefa-world-coup LYRICS: http://www.thejuicemedia.com/lyrics ☛ TRANSLATIONS: Hebrew translation by Jonathan Barner Dutch translation by Jonas Maebe Serbian translation by Tamara L. Portuguese translation by Euclides Filho Finnish translation by Lia D. French translation by Julien (with original submission from Quentin Rosfelder) German translation by Benjamin Bruhn Russian translation by Victor Irzak Spanish translation by B.ARTFILMS

"On July 14 2009 we, Elders from the Ampilatwatja community, walked out of our houses and set up camp in the bush. We are fed up with the federal government's Northern Territory Intervention, controls and measures, visions and goals forced onto us from outside. We felt we were outcasts and isolated from all decision making -there has been no meaningful consultation... We therefore have no intention of going back there. We intend to stay here until our demands are met. I would like to send a personal invitation to all our brothers and sisters, who are leaders and workers in their Aboriginal organisations to come together as one people. I would like to share with you the visions of our leaders and Elders and the path we have chosen to honour the lines of our country, mother Earth, our dreaming and spirituality. Brothers and sisters, we are one and we are part of you. We are all connected through mother Earth. This is the true line we must follow to unite and to bring all our white brothers and sisters on this journey with us. We have many struggles and journeys ahead. The time is now. It is vital that we come together to listen to each other and share our thoughts and ideas on the way forward. What will be the future for our aboriginal people across this country? I look forward to meeting many of you on the tour and hope to create lasting friendships and connections so that we can work towards creating a better future for our younger generations." Richard Downs, Alyawarra People, Ampilatwatja Community Central Australia During October '09, Ampilatwatja's spokesperson, Richard Downs, conducted a speaking-tour along the east coast of Australia, talking at Universities, Workers' Unions, Indigenous communities and at public rallies in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, raising awareness of the walk-off and appealing for funds to help the walkoff camp to remain self-sufficient. Accompanying Richard, Warlpiri Elder, Harry Nelson, of the Yuendemu community talked about his own struggle to fight the Government's attempt to force communities in the Northern Territory to sign 40 year leases, thus handing over their lands to Government. This video covers footage of Richard and Harry's speaking tour in Melbourne: 14-16 October. Video of Richard and Harry talking at Melbourne University: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVQKgtfk8tU Intervention Walkoff's Blog (keep up to date on latest events regarding the walkoff): http://interventionwalkoff.wordpress.com/

Since Australia's Commonwealth Government refuses to fulfil its international obligations, members of Australia's (Ab)Original government - with the endorsement of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy - have decided to issue their own passports for a group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were refused entry into Australia This story relates to the recent debacle surrounding the Sri Lankan, 'Merak refugees' who claimed asylum status in Australia (as is their right under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention to which Australia is signatory) but - due to the government's personal intervention - were detained at Merak, Indonesia and never reached Australia. On 1st May 2010, Labour Day in Australia, a special Original passport signing ceremony was held in Melbourne. These passports will be delivered to the Merak refugees in a few weeks. Original Passports are recognised in many countries around the world, they have been stamped in Europe, Asia and South America. Obviously it's a symbolic gesture since Australia is one of the countries that does not recognise the government which issued these passports. However, the impact of this gesture will increase with the number of people who learn about it. "Everyone has the right to seek and enjoy in other countries freedom from persecution" -- Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The year we've all been waiting for - 2012AD (or 13.0.0.0.0, if you ask a Mayan) - is finally here. What will happen? Will we see the poles shift or a paradigm shift? Will a rogue Sumerian planet smash into our solar system, plunging us into serfdom under the iron fist of a race of gold-hungry aliens? Or are the aliens already here? Or are all these merely humanity's collective projections of itself as it careens towards an ever-accelerating super-connected cyber-reality - whatever that means... One thing's sure, if 2011 was a prelude of things to come, 2012 is going to be one hell of a year. Now that it has arrived, are we ready? Join your host Robert Foster and his guests, Terrence Moonseed and General Baxter, as they conduct an in-depth rap analysis into the future, and humanity's place in it. Happy New YERA! Juice Rap News: written by Giordano Nanni; lyrics and performance by Hugo Farrant. Created by Farrant & Nanni in a back-yard studio in suburban Melbourne. ____________________________________________ ** SUPPORT Rap News to keep broadcasting rhyme and reason on the only remaining free frequency: http://thejuicemedia.com/donate - thanks! or Bitcoin: 1HMPK1zFCLopAvNEvR3aehFU1tSvHeWkTS ____________________________________________ ** Free MP3 download https://soundcloud.com/juice-rap-news/rn-x-occupy-2012 ** LYRICS: http://www.thejuicemedia.com/video ** WEBSITE, full of info on juicy stuffs: http://www.thejuicemedia.com ____________________________________________ ** CONNECT with us on Farcebook: https://www.facebook.com/juicerapnews And Twitter: http://twitter.com/juicerapnews ____________________________________________ **** CREDITS **** ** BEAT: "Tancz Glupia" by Mateusz Schmidt "Matheo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCFC9PmPcZ4 www.facebook.com/MatheoProductions from LP "Sobotaz" by MC SOBOTA Uploaded with permission ** We are hugely grateful to all of our collaborators for their time and patience: Our awesomely reliable and talented artist/designer, Zoe Tame from http://visualtonic.com.au for creating all the original artwork; Dave Abbot for syncing and chromakey. Ben Erwin for awesome on-location filming at Liberty Plaza, with the help of John Sidorovich and #Occupy protesters: Tim Pool, Radagast Istari Brown, Jessica, Darrell, Jake, Dan and others who shall remain 'anonymous'. Thanks to Lucy, Paula, Daniel, Adso and Taegan for Protester voiceovers; and Cepstral Dave for Anonymous voiceover. Trav and Nick for lights and tech assistance. Gilles Gundermann & Mily Langworth for props, and special thanks to Gregory Bradshaw for the loan of several of the General's accoutrements! Lucy & Caitlin for ongoing patience and support. Koolfy & Siltaar for creating English caption file. Above all we are indebted to the Herculean efforts of Melissa McCollough and Professor Stuart Reese at the Sydney Peace Foundation (http://www.sydneypeacefoundation.org.au) who made our trip to Sydney possible and thus our special interview with Noam Chomsky. A very special thanks to Clinton Fernandes who gave us time and space in his hotel room to consult the great Oracle, to whom we are also very grateful for being such an inspiration; and a sport. :) Hugo & Giordano ____________________________________________ ** TRANSLATIONS: - Many thanks to our French friends, Koolfy and Siltaar, for creating and sync'ing English closed captions. - Gratitude towards our volunteer translators: - Jonas Maebe for Dutch translation - Ismael & The Three Arts for Spanish translation - Dan Gabriel-Mihai for Romanian translation - Max for German translation - Renato & Warlockbr for Portuguese translation (check out Warlockbr on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/warptenchuck) - forevercrimescene for Serbian translation - William Dupré for French translation - Marjan Rizov for Macedonian translation - Yuri for Russian translation - Jonathan for Hebrew translation If you'd like to translate Rap News into your language, please contact us first via our website http://www.thejuicemedia.com/contact