Substance

Author and award-winning journalist DAHR JAMAIL to join forces with
local indie band JUNKYARD EMPIRE to present

REBELLION POLITIK

A concert, EP release, book launch, and political call to action, co-sponsored by Substance

Friday, September 4th, 8 pm (doors at 7pm)
Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55454
www.thecedar.org, all ages

“A jazz version of Rage Against the Machine, Minnesota-based Junkyard
Empire blends jazz instrumentals, hip hop, and socially conscious
lyrics to create a fresh sound… this new Midwestern band has
something to say.” –Political Affairs magazine

“Every conflict spawns a handful of journalists who are willing to not
only brave the war zone but to seek out the stories ignored by the
press pack. The Iraq war has brought us Dahr Jamail.”
–Mother Jones magazine

Minneapolis, MN- From the streets of Iraq to the ranks of the
military, internationally acclaimed unembedded journalist Dahr Jamail
has gone beyond the headlines to unearth the realities of war for the
Iraqi people and U.S. soldiers alike. With his new release, The Will
to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan,
Jamail brings us inside the movement of military resistance to the
occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. As Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist Chris Hedges said of the book, “Dahr Jamail’s human
portrait of the men and women who turned away from the project of
empire should serve as a beacon.”

Meanwhile, Junkyard Empire has been developing an inimitable style of
political art aimed at providing, in their own words, “the soundtrack
to political protest.” As URB music magazine describes, “take a blend
of jazz licks and funk grooves, and add to that the complex,
socially-conscious rhymes of MC Brihanu, and what you get is the
artistic body that is Junkyard Empire.”

In a fusion of art and activism, Jamail and Junkyard Empire will be
joining forces to present Rebellion Politik, a political concert at
which Jamail will present, and the release of Junkyard Empire’s new EP
of the same name.

Friday, September 4th, 8 pm (doors at 7pm)
Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55454
www.thecedar.org, all ages

For more information on this unique event, contact Marc Nicolas Media
Roots Music, 310-980-1758 marc@mediarootsmusic.com. To interview Dahr
Jamail, contact Sarah Macaraeg, Haymarket Books, 312-315-8476,
sarah@haymarketbooks.org