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GUESTLIST 2016 / ISSUE 93 9 After great success last year, charity initiative Beats4Bags, which puts on parties to raise money to provide those on the streets with sleeping bags, is back with another big event on at Canvas One November 26th with special guest Alex Arnout on 26th November. We caught up with main man Ashley to hear all about it. What was the defining moment when you decided to set up this charity event? The defining moment came as I left Rex night club in Paris last year while I was over there for the Techno Parade. As I walked down the street I saw so many people sleeping rough. In one doorway there was a whole family, mum dad and two kids. This is your second event, what was it like last year? Last year's event was fantastic. We winged it to the max to be fair, I reached out to all our friends and pulled off what everyone said was a very good party. We managed to get a booking from Clive Henry who smashed it alongside my good friends Leroy Roberts and Rufus. Where would you like to see this charity be in five years? Ideally, in the next five years, I'd like to be able to say "Beats4Bags is no longer needed" and the homeless problem would be no more, but that sadly is very wishful thinking. I think as long as there are folks sleeping rough this is an event that we do. I'd like to see more of the industry getting involved if possible but I have high hopes, especially with what I've seen just recently with the fantastic "Save Fabric" movement. What a great job that was and it proved the underground can pull together when called upon. IFrame Name three things you would change in this world. 1. Poverty and all its traits. (Homelessness, hunger and so on) 2. Violence 3. Closed-mindedness If you could have a dream line-up of artists coming on board, who would you put on the line-up? My dream line-up would be Derrick May, Seth Troxler, Nastia, R.P.R, Alex Arnout, Joe Le Groove, A.M.C (Ash De Niro, Manio, Chrissy Hope ), and all of the guys that have played for us past and present becuase we love them all. Jones had grown increasingly concerned with the tabloid's incessant headlines and articles which he felt "Create distrust of foreigners" and "Blamed immigrants for everything". Mr. Jones' post quickly went viral and was subsequently shared by @ StopFundingHate along with several hundred other Facebook users. @StopFundingHate is a UK pressure group that aims to persuade brands to stop advertising and working with hate-inciting, gossip- filled publications such as The Daily Mail. Created in response to the surge in xenophobic attitudes and the increase in prejudicial headlines that are being published by right-wing tabloid newspapers such as The Daily Mail and The Sun in the wake of the EU Referendum result and the Calais migrant crisis, @ StopFundingHate has seen a vast increase in publicity of late. Internationally known for its multi-coloured plastic building bricks that have been a favourite of children across the globe for over half a century, Lego had for the last three years been running a promotion giving away free toys with The Daily Mail which, along with The Sun and The Daily Express, are all considered to be the UK tabloid newspapers most far right wing in terms of political stance. The Daily Mail, which in the 1930s was sympathetic to German & Italian fascism, has of late pursued an increasingly prejudicial stance towards foreigners and immigrants, with one of their recent headlines targeting the High Court judges who resided over the Article 50 decisions being subject to over 1,000 public complaints. Mr Jones stated in the Facebook post to Lego, "While I disagree with their (The Daily Mail) political stand, I can accept their right to have it", going on to implore the "progressive" Danish toy company to end its current association with the tabloid newspaper. Following the message to them from Mr. Jones and the ongoing campaign from @ StopFundingHate, Lego terminated its agreement with The Daily Mail and issued a direct response to the pressure group via Twitter. Lego are the first major brand to pull their financial support from a tabloid newspaper as a result of a @ StopFundingHate campaign, with celebrities such as Lily Allen and Gary Lineker publicly voicing their support for the pressure group which now seeks to use its newfound fame to persuade other big money brands such as John Lewis and Marks & Spencers to end their financial support of The Daily Mail, aswell as campaigning for the The Co-Op to stop advertising in The Daily Express. In a public statement @StopFundingHate said, "People are becoming more aware that the money they spend could end up supporting publications whose stories, language or portrayal of certain people, fuels division. This urgently needs to addressed. These headlines harm people." This campaign is a leading example of the sort of people power in action that could potentially lead to a new wave of inexpensive and effective social media powered activism. It is only when consumers voice their anger at brands which support publications who encourage divisive, prejudicial opinions, or corporations who continue unethical practices which damage the environment and negatively affect society, that these sorts of companies will begin to become more socially and environmentally responsible. Lego has ended its relationship with The Daily Mail as a direct result of campaigning by @StopFundingHate following a public Facebook post sent to Lego by British parent Bob Jones. BEATS4BAGS IS BACK LEGO SEVERS TIES WITH DAILY MAIL TO #STOPFUNDINGHATE