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Protest Music

Will Charlie Ever Get Off That Train?

Peter Dreier and Jim Vrabel | Posted 03.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kingston Trio 50th Anniversary, Folklore, Folk Music, Folk Songs, Mta, Protest Music, Kingston Trio, Oregon, Entertainment News
Peter Dreier and Jim Vrabel

Since the Kingston Trio's self-censored version became a hit fifty years ago, "M.T.A." has become a part of American folklore.

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Changing the World, One Note at a Time

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Marc Kielburger, Music, Craig Kielburger, Protest Music, Michael Franti, HIV/AIDS, Dreadlocks, Barack Obama Song, Reggae, Arabic, Singing, Barack Obama, Entertainment News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

Michael Franti's music is meant to rally the public and raise awareness. But, he wanted to take the music further. To protest the world's injustices, he needed to experience them, so, he headed to Baghdad.

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Lollapalooza, Day One: When Push Comes to Shove

Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz | Posted 08.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Relationships, Madonna, Gogol Bordello, Woodstock, Bloc Party, Mothers and Daughters, Neil Young, Radiohead, Protest Music, Lollapalooza, Entertainment News
Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz

We're at Chicago's Lollapalooza music festival, two of thousands of sweaty fans with but a single purpose on Day One: To be as near as possible to the huge AT&T stage for Radiohead's evening performance.

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Recreate 68, the DNC and the Urgent Need to Reinvent Our Political Language

Roberto Lovato | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Culture, Barbarianisms and Other Babel, History, DNC and Obama, Media, The Politics of Language, DNC and Denver, Elections, Activism, Denver Protests, Language and Politics, DNC Protest, Protest Music, Barack Obama, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

"Recreate 68" sounds more like something more appropriate for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young reunion concert than for a movement of our troubled times.

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