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`Occupy Wall Street-what`s it all about?`

Truth, Justice, and Peace are on the line and Agron Belica’s new song, Spirit of the 99 is its anthem.

(BOSTON) - “Occupy Wall Street—what’s it all about?” demands Agron Belica in his latest song Spirit of the 99.

He then proceeds to answer his question in his most hard-hitting formulation yet, in lyrics by Belica and Ervis Topalli, of his on-going critique of life and injustice in the American Empire at home and abroad.

Salem`s Club Illusion Destroyed by Three Alarm Fire

It was anything but an illusion...
Watch video of the crews battling the fierce commercial blaze.

(SALEM) - Salem Fire and Police spent their morning battling a serious structure fire at Club Illusion in North Salem. They will remain on scene for several more hours. The public is asked to avoid that area if at all possible.

Due to the weather and road conditions, the public is asked to take extreme caution if traveling through the area where public safety personnel are working. The structure, Club Illusion, was fully involved when crews rolled onto the scene.

Oliver Goldsmith Look Out!

The song is an expression of Jamal’s wish to encourage others to join with him and the whole TJP movement to work to build a more truthful, more just, and more peaceful world. It is a big step for a man, an even bigger step for a boy.

(BOSTON) - Oliver Goldsmith! Look out! Jamal Belica’s latest song, World Citizen: Giving It My All, is articulating a new view of the world citizen: bold and aggressive; quite the opposite of the genteel Chinese traveler Lien Chi sojourning in London two and a half centuries ago whom Goldsmith used to satirize the follies and foibles of 18th-century British society in his The Citizen of the World.

Instead, Jamal’s world citizen has muscles and faces the unpleasant realities of the world we live in unflinchingly.

The Cultural 1% & the Echo Chamber

The Internet, along with community media and live concerts, is the way our music gets out there.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Amy Goodman and many others have referred to the corporate media as an "echo chamber," which is a very accurate metaphor. Mostly privileged, overpaid white men who fall within a narrowly-constrained political spectrum pretend to have debates, while failing to even discuss most of the most pressing issues of the day.

Former U.S. Marine D`Manti Shocks Audience with Scorching-Hot Performance

(WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.) - Never afraid to push the envelope, Pop star D’Manti isn't called “The Queen of the Night” for nothing. Her debut blew audience away.

A chip off the old block

Album includes the songs “I Got Vibe,” “Can’t Lose: Bully Proof,” and “Breathe DaDa.”

(BOSTON) - “A chip off the old block,” that is what they are saying about Jamal Aldin Belica, the wunderkind who has just released his first EP album, “I Got Vibe.”

What is remarkable about this, aside from the quality of the lyrics, music, and production, is that Jamal is only nine years old and a student in the fourth grade!

Berlusconi Bounces from Office, Entering Unprotected Sea of Scandals

"An unflappable and defiant politician who has accumulated a collection of criminal charges for which he hasn't been held accountable so far" - Salem-News.com writer Kourosh Ziabari

(SALEM) - After nearly two-decades in office, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned from the post of Italy's prime minister reluctantly Saturday.

His political career; marked by opposition and occasionally even defeat, finally grinds to a screeching halt. The entertainment industry mogul may be known for making big comebacks, but no one expects one this time.

Gen Y Tamil filmmakers say no to Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan government is responding in kind by banning the release of controversial Tamil films that talk well about Tamilians.

(CHENNAI, India) - They’ve finally come out and said it in no uncertain terms.

After showing their solidarity for the oppressed Tamils in Sri Lanka in various ways, like going on a one-day token fast, resolving not to shoot Tamil films in the island nation and not to take part in any of the shows there, Gen Y Tamil filmmakers have sent a clear message.

A Much Needed Outreaching Hand Of Support

Today, unlike any generation in history, citizens across the country are increasingly supportive in their actions and commitments to all members of the armed forces.

(LOS ANGELES) - A Much Needed Outreaching Hand Of Support By Lesli Moore Dahlke Salem-News.com This article is about support. This is about our giving the life-blood of help to those who have been willing to shed their own life’s blood for all of us.

This is an article to shine a bright light on those service members, veterans, their families, and the families of the fallen who are often left in the shadows as they return from service and try to reenter “normal” life.

Newsic Album of Salem-News.com Celebrates Activists on World Stage

Newsic is Agron Belica's highly anticipated album that dissects misinformation, for the sake of human beings that suffer needlessly worldwide.

(SALEM / BOSTON) - Of the most pivotal announcements to intrigue visitors since the launch of Salem-News.com is the release of Newsic by author and musician Agron Belica out of Boston, an alternative hip-hop album consisting of seven tracks.