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White Flag Warrior

White Flag Warrior
[2010]
Album: Survival Story
(featuring Tim McIlrath of Rise Against)
We request to negotiate – We come to you unarmed
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2010/12/14 - 13:27
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Handlebars

Handlebars
[2005]
Lyrics & Music by Jamie Laurie

Jamie Laurie stated that the song "is about the idea that we have so much incredible potential as human beings to be destructive or to be creative." "And it's tragic to me that the appetite for military innovation is endless, but when it comes to taking on a project like ending world hunger, it's seen as outlandish. It's not treated with the same seriousness. [...] at the same time, I knew there were people at that moment who were being bombed by our own country. And I thought that was incredibly powerful." It is the contrast between these "little moments of creativity, these bursts of innovation," and the way these ideas are put to use "to oppress and destroy people" that the singer feels is both "beautiful and tragic at the same time".
I can ride my bike with no handlebars
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2010/10/20 - 08:33
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Anne Braden

Anne Braden
Anne Braden (1924-2006) è stata una giornalista e attivista antisegregazionista e antirazzista. Bianca, proveniente da una famiglia della classe media di Louisville, Kentucky, fu fortemente impegnata nel movimento per i diritti civili fin dai primi anni '50.

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Anne McCarty Braden (July 28, 1924-March 6, 2006) was an American advocate of racial equality. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, and raised in rigidly-segregated Anniston, Alabama, Braden grew up in a middle class family that accepted southern racial mores whole-heartedly. A devout Episcopalian, Braden was bothered by racial segregation, but never questioned it until her college years at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Virginia. After working on newspapers in Anniston and Birmingham, she returned to Kentucky as a young... (Continues)
From the color of the faces in sunday's songs
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/31 - 11:07
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Stand Up

Stand Up
Dall'album "Fight With Tools"(2007)
Stand up
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/31 - 10:43
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There's A War Going On For Your Mind

There's A War Going On For Your Mind
Dall'album "Fight With Tools" (2007)
There's a war going on for your mind
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/6/30 - 15:34




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