Posts Tagged ‘Pete Seeger’
On the 40th Anniversary of Phil Ochs Death
How I discovered what Phil Ochs thought about Israel Joan Baez and Phil Ochs at The War Is Over rally April 9 marked the 40th anniversary of the suicide of Phil Ochs, the crusading singer/songwriter who penned many of the 1960s’ smartest and most memorable protest anthems. His 1976 suicide devastated the folk community. Pete…
Read MoreShulamit Aloni – A Beacon of Tolerance Amidst a Sea of Racism
The Death of Shulamit Aloni and the idea of a progressive Zionism It is with sadness that I learnt of the death of Shulamit Aloni, who formed the Civil Rights Party in 1973, which then went onto form an alliance with the ‘left’ Zionist Mapam and Centre Party Shinui Meretz, in 1992. Shulamit was leader…
Read MoreDICK GREGORY TO FAST UNTIL IMPRISONED ATTORNEY LYNNE STEWART IS FREED
The US State is Murdering a Lawyer for Defending a Client in the name of ‘terrorism’ Dick Gregory issued a declaration today, on the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., that “I shall refuse all solid food until Lynne Stewart is freed and receives medical treatment in the care of her family…
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