[Paradigm Shift 4zzz fm 102.1 15 April 2016]
Andy and Ian present a show on refugee detention on Manus and Nauru and its consequences. You can listen to the show on demand here or listen to the podcast on Paradigm Shift’s soundcloud archive. The link is below.
After the interview, Andy and Ian discuss targeting companies that benefit from inhuman offshore detention organised by successive governments.
The show ends with a few words by a refugee from Guatemala at a recent BBQ put on by the Qld Council of Unions (QCU) and a song of hope and identity, Cantombe Mulato, by Jumping Fences. The lyrics and my (poor) translation are in the comments section.
Ian Curr
17 April 2016
Playlist
Tu P feat Lex Primost – Border Force (f)Act(s)
Phil Monsour – Who killed Reza Berati?
Ollie MC feat Izzy Brown – AZADI
Jumping Fences – Cantombe Mulato
4PR - Voice of the People 
Reblogged this on Workers BushTelegraph.
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If anyone has a better translation please put it in comments below.
Blanco con rasgos de negro
Nunca quieras ocultar
Lo que te viene de dentro.
En el fondo de la sangre
Llevas dos sangres latiendo
Nunca quieras apagar
El tambor de los abuelos.
Cha, cha, mulato
Cha, cha, mulato
Cha, cha, mulato venga esa mano
Que hace chas, chas, en el tamboril.
Cha, cha, mulato venga esa mano
Que hace chas, chas, en el tamboril.
Mezcla de negro y de blanco
Mezcla de blanco y de negro
Vamos, vamos de una vez
Al tambor de los abuelos.
Baila, baila, pero piensa
Que la vida no es un juego
Ni darse a la zamba, son
Con dinero o sin dinero.
Cha, cha, mulato
Cha, cha, mulato
Cha, cha, mulato venga esa mano
Que hace chas, chas, en el tamboril.
Cha, cha, mulato venga esa mano
Que hace chas, chas, en el tamboril.
La vida no es mulato
Cosa de sangre o de pelo
Que el hombre piensa mejor
Con el estomago lleno
Baila, baila, pero piensa
Que debes poner el seso
Para que piensen mejor
Los hombres del mundo entero.
Para que piensen mejor
Los hombres del mundo entero.
White and black
You can’t hide
What’s inside you.
You can’t cut off
the drums of your
ancestors
Cha, cha, Mulatto
Cha, cha, Mulatto
Cha, cha, Mulatto that hand come
It makes chas, chas, on the tambourine.
Cha, cha, Mulatto that hand come
It makes chas, chas, on the tambourine.
Mix black and white
Mixture of white and black
Come on, listen to the rhythm,
Dance, dance, but think
Dance, dance, but think
That life is not a game
Come and join together,
Come and join together,
Join in this Candombe,
Dance, Dance, come on,
With or without your money
Cha, cha, Mulatto
Cha, cha, Mulatto
Cha, cha, Mulatto that hand come
It makes chas, chas, on the tambourine.
Cha, cha, Mulatto that hand come
It makes chas, chas, on the tambourine.
Life is not Mulatto
Thing of blood or of hair
People think better
on a full stomach
Dance, dance, but think
You need sas
To think better
The people of the world.
To think better
All the people of the world.
Candombe Mulato
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