Spoken word artist and activist Jonathan B. Tucker from Split This Rock, in Washington DC Spits bars for stories of Palestinians living in Jabalia Refugee Camp.Tucker he is youth programs coordinator at Split This Rock, Coach of DC Youth Slam Team.
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Jabaliya and Jenin
Ramallah and Rafah
say their names
say Palestine
say power
say occupation
diaspora
death in refugee camp
life in a refugee camp
stuck in a refugee states for life
say war
say umma
say soldier
say home
go
back turnedsay ethnic separation
wall of Apartheid
what say you
a thousand Mandelas with olive skin sit in prison today
awaiting Truth
millions of Mandelas move through the open-air prison that is Gaza
awaiting Reconciliation
but there is no truth and reconciliation with Israel
there is ghetto and get out
Jewish gestapo under the guise of a nation-state
there is guilt and greed
power and privilege
and fear
and fear
and fear
my people are scared
paralyzed
their hearts, minds, and hands
frozen
even their tongues
cannot say
Freedom
