Dee Shy - The UK's First Birmingham Female MC is Back!
Posted on 14 July 2024
1. Who was your influence, and when did you first realise that you have a love for the Hip Hop culture?
“For me it was in the early 80s when pop music was not my scene, but the Street Sounds USA style was. I remember The Electro Volumes from 1 to 12 and so on, follo ...
Read MoreErnie Paniccioli - Hip Hop At The End of The World
by Mark Anthony
Posted on 12 May 2019
Brother Ernie, real name Ernest Paniccioli has a career in photography spanning over 40 years. He’s a true Red Indian activist who currently lives in New York City. He has documenting over 5 decades of Hip Hop Music and has library of thousands of photographs of known celebrities in their e ...
Read MoreAftermath of Another Mass Shooting in America
Posted on 26 February 2018
It saddens everyone to hear about a mass shooting in one of the top three high schools of Broward County.
This incident took place in Parkland. Fla, in Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Parkland is known to be one of the most prominent city in Broward c ...
Read MoreAfrican to African by Ntsiki Mazwai, Giving her version of its meaning.
by Mark Anthony
Posted on 04 January 2018
A vocal and opinionated woman Nontsikelelo Mazwai has the ability to provoke issues that become national debate. A talented artist who has worked with the cream of South Africa’s musical crop, Ntsiki is steadily growing into a powerhouse on the local cultural landscape. Our out ...
Read MoreThe Killings of Albinos in South Africa with Kuli Roberts
by Mark Anthony
Posted on 12 November 2017
In Africa, thousands of Albino people are killed unlawfully for unnecessary superstitious reasons. We are told that the government is turning a blind eye to this blatant murder of innocent people. We spoke to one of South Africa’s key activists who has been protesting against this unlawful ...
Read MoreActivist Norman Solomon speaks on hope for a future with each other.
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on 31 July 2017
It saddens everyone to hear about a mass shooting in one of the top three high schools of Broward County.
This incident took place in Parkland. Fla, in Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Parkland is known to be one of the most prominent city in Broward c ...
Read MoreThe People of Haiti Elected the Banana Man
Posted on 06 February 2017
Jovenel Moise, allias the banana man was elected president in Haii on the last election of November 20, 2016. He will sworn into power on February 7, 2017
As a businessman, President-elect Moise has used agriculture to build his wealth and help his community by creating new jobs thr ...
THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVISM Part 1
Posted on 13 September 2016
In each issue of Impact, staff writer and Editor Adrian Zupp will present an essay on an aspect of social change/justice. In his first essay, he discusses the most fundamental element of the process: activism
THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVISM – Part 1
(This is Part 1 of a two-pa ...
The African American Burial Ground
by Dee Pardo
Posted on 06 September 2016
Right in the center of the busy streets of lower Manhattan, on Duane Street between Elk and Reade Streets, is a landmark that reminds us of New York’s slave heritage—the African burial ground. This site is now a National Monument that receives too little recognition, but that will cha ...
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter, its Meaning and its Mission
by Andre Gee
Posted on 16 June 2016
In April, New York Activist Tony Herbert sarcastically referenced the Black Lives Matter organization in a video about 17-year-old Ta'Jae Warner, who was beaten to death in New York by “people that look just like her.” In March, football legend and unlikely social commentator Ray Lewi ...
Read MoreTouching Miami Love Helps Communities in Need
Posted on 16 March 2016
Touching Miami Love Helps Communities in Need, by Sergio Bonilla, contributor to Impact Global News Magazine.
Isaac Williams is no stranger to seeing young men in his community perish. Every time he hears someone he grew up with is gunned down, he thinks of the same hypo ...
Read MoreKeeping it radical: an interview with Charles Barron
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on 01 April 2016
Charles Barron is an inspiring anomaly. A former Black Panther who crossed over into electoral politics but stayed true to his roots. A New York Assemblyman who is as comfortable in the streets with a megaphone as he is in the congressional chamber standing up to anyone who tries to take libertie ...
Read MoreLove is the question and the answer: an interview with veteran activist Mel King
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on 03 July 2016
There would be few community activists who have been fighting for social justice as long as Boston’s Mel King. Born (in 1928), raised, and still a resident of the city’s South End area, he has seen the neighborhood transform from one of the city’s poorest in the 1960s into its c ...
Read MoreNoam Chomsky On Race And Activism
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on 29 March 2016
Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading intellectuals, dissidents, and social commentators. He is a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the author of over 100 books, including Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Domina ...
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