Battleland

Dissing The Dictator, Libyan Version

  • Share
  • Read Later

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBY-0n4esNY]

In the olden days, like maybe 10 years ago, dissidents in a particular country could only broadcast their disdain for their leaders and plot their ouster through underground cells, clandestinely-posted posters, crude samizdat publications and graffiti. It was tough to reach hundreds of people that way, never mind millions. Well, social media have turned that imbalance on its head, evening the odds between the oppressor and the oppressed. Check out this video playing off Muammar Gaddafi’s speech last week to his fellow Libyans. His constant call of “zenga” — alleyway, where he predicts his foes will die — gives it a beat you can dance to. I’d give it a 10. Worth noting that this isn’t a domestic creation. It was put together by Israeli musician Noy Alooshe. Wonder how many Libyans are among its nearly 2 million viewers to date.