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Woody Guthrie at 100: Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Will Kaufman Honor the “Dust Bowl Troubadour”
Commemorations are being held across the country this year to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the country’s greatest songwriters, Woody Guthrie. Born on July 14, 1912, in Okemah, Oklahoma, Guthrie wrote hundreds of folk songs, including “This Land Is Your Land,” “Pastures of Plenty,” “Pretty Boy Floyd,” “Do Re Mi”…
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Music of Resistance – Race to fight racism – ADF 2 Feb 09-Part 1
For almost 15 years, Asian Dub Foundation has delivered uncompromising messages of social change – looking at prejudice against Britons of Asian descent. The first episode of Music of Resistance – a six-part series which tells the stories of musicians who fight repression and sing about injustices – looks at Asian Dub Foundation’s efforts to…
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Sonic Youth – Youth Against Fascism
Another can of worms Another stomach turns Yeh yr ghetto burns It’s the song I hate, it’s the song I hate You got a stupid man You got a Ku Klux Klan Yr fuckin’ battle plan It’s the song I hate, it’s the song I hate A sieg heil-in’ squirt You’re an impotent jerk Yeh…
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Death In June Are Nazis!
by Steven | libcom.org | Published on Nov. 19 2006 Article about band Death in June, who use fascist symbolism, and their relation to Nazism, racism and the far right. Death in June (DIJ) is not a typical white power nazi band – they do not shave their heads, sing about lynching Blacks or rant…