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INSTANT KARMA: THE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO SAVE DARFUR

GoodStorm has partnered with Amnesty International, Apple, and Warner Brothers' Music to bring you "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur". It combines the power of John Lennon's music recorded by some of the world's best-known artists, together with cutting-edge forms of instant activism enabled by Internet and mobile technologies. The project will call attention to the urgent situation in Darfur where between 2 and 400,000 have died, 2.5 million have been displaced from their homes, and 4.5 million people in Darfur and hundreds of thousands in the neighboring countries of Chad and Central African Republic are at risk of starvation, disease, and further attacks. More than 50 musical artists, including U2, Christina Aguilera, Lenny Kravitz, Green Day, Ben Harper, and Aerosmith, have joined this international effort that combines John Lennon music, technology, and human rights activism. Do your part to help end the suffering in Darfur by
putting the GoodStorm Instant Karma MixTape on your blog or website.

Green Day Covers “Working Class Hero”

Amnesty International is keeping with our tradition of combining music with activism – harnessing the power and reach of both to stop the violence and horrific human rights abuses happening each and every day in Darfur.
Green Day

Instant Karma, a creation of over 50 musical artists, aims to harness the power of John Lennon's solo songbook to inspire a new generation of activists. The caustic "Working Class Hero" recorded by mega-smash punk trio Green Day appears on Lennon's first post-Beatles solo album, 1970's John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, and is considered one of his most overtly political songs.

"We wanted to do 'Working Class Hero' because its themes of alienation, class, and social status really resonated with us," says Green Day singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong. "It's such a raw, aggressive song... we felt we could really sink our teeth into it. I hope we've done him justice." They sure did.

Contributing Artists:

Aerosmith ft The Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars "Give Peace a Chance"
Avril Lavigne "Imagine"
Ben Harper "Beautiful Boy"
Big & Rich "Nobody Told Me"
The Black Eyed Peas "Power To the People"
Christina Aguilera "Mother"
Corinne Bailey Rae "I'm Losing You"
The Flaming Lips "(Just Like) Starting Over"
Green Day "Working Class Hero"
Jack Johnson "Imagine"
Jack's Mannequin featuring Mick Fleetwood "God"
Jackson Browne "Oh, My Love"
Jaguares "Gimme Some Truth"
Jakob Dylan ft Dhani Harrison "Gimme Some Truth"
Lenny Kravitz "Cold Turkey"
Los Lonely Boys "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
Matisyahu "Watching the Wheels"
The Postal Service "Grow old With Me"
Regina Spektor "Real Love"
R.E.M. "#9 Dream"
Snow Patrol "Isolation"
U2 "Instant Karma"
Youssou N'Dour "Jealous Guy"

The initial releases are all available via iTunes (don't have iTunes? Download it here.)

Photos by Eva Mueller (Green Day left), Ellen von Unwerth (Christina Aguilera), Marina Chavez (Green Day right), Chris Bilheimer (REM).