Ice
She left late at night out of sight of the gangs
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envoyé par adriana 11/7/2018 - 10:43
Land Day
[2018]
1976/2018. Land Day was originally declared in the wake of a massacre carried out by Israelis against Palestinians protesting against ongoing theft of their land by Israel. Now we have a far bigger massacre to add to the ongoing saga.David Rovics
1976/2018. Land Day was originally declared in the wake of a massacre carried out by Israelis against Palestinians protesting against ongoing theft of their land by Israel. Now we have a far bigger massacre to add to the ongoing saga.David Rovics
Another day, another massacre of children
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envoyé par adriana 17/5/2018 - 17:28
Parcours:
L'Holocauste palestinien
I Won’t Be a Slave
anonyme
Una canzone di David Rovics dedicata alla Lowell Mill Girls.
Testo trovato su Genius
THE LOWELL FACTORY GIRL
No more shall I work in the factory
Greasy up my clothes
No more shall I work in the factory
Splinters in my toes
Pity me, my darling
Pity me, I say
Pity me, my darling
And carry me away
No more shall I hear the bosses say
"Boys, you better dauf"
No more shall I hear those bosses say
"Spinners, you better clean off"
Pity me, my darling
Pity me, I say
Pity me, my darling
And carry me away
No more shall I hear the drummer wheels
Rolling over my head
When factories are hard at work
I'll be in my bed
Pity me, my darling
Pity me, I say
Pity me, my darling
And carry me away
No more shall I wear the old black dress
Greasy all around
No more shall I wear the old black bonnet
With holes all in the crown
Pity me, my darling
Pity me, I say
Pity me, my darling
And... (continuer)
Testo trovato su Genius
THE LOWELL FACTORY GIRL
No more shall I work in the factory
Greasy up my clothes
No more shall I work in the factory
Splinters in my toes
Pity me, my darling
Pity me, I say
Pity me, my darling
And carry me away
No more shall I hear the bosses say
"Boys, you better dauf"
No more shall I hear those bosses say
"Spinners, you better clean off"
Pity me, my darling
Pity me, I say
Pity me, my darling
And carry me away
No more shall I hear the drummer wheels
Rolling over my head
When factories are hard at work
I'll be in my bed
Pity me, my darling
Pity me, I say
Pity me, my darling
And carry me away
No more shall I wear the old black dress
Greasy all around
No more shall I wear the old black bonnet
With holes all in the crown
Pity me, my darling
Pity me, I say
Pity me, my darling
And... (continuer)
B.B. 7/5/2018 - 09:51
East Kilbride
[2018]
Live in Huston
A friend in Berlin sent me a story about how the entire Chilean Air Force was essentially grounded for a time as a result of the actions of union engineers in Scotland who refused to repair the engines of their fighter jets after the 1973 coup.
Live in Huston
A friend in Berlin sent me a story about how the entire Chilean Air Force was essentially grounded for a time as a result of the actions of union engineers in Scotland who refused to repair the engines of their fighter jets after the 1973 coup.
Jet fighters bombed the palace, we all watched it on TV
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envoyé par adriana 28/1/2018 - 10:47
A Brief History of Jerusalem
[2018]
It's been in the news a lot lately, since Trump announced his plan to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. So here's a little history for those who don't know.
It's been in the news a lot lately, since Trump announced his plan to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. So here's a little history for those who don't know.
From the frozen north with shields and swords
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envoyé par adriana 28/1/2018 - 10:38
Rojava
[2017]
Album: Ballad of a Wobbly
Album: Ballad of a Wobbly
Listen to me, friends, from New York to California
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envoyé par adriana 12/12/2017 - 14:37
Parcours:
Du Kurdistan
Leila and Majnun
[2017]
Album: Ballad of a Wobbly
Album: Ballad of a Wobbly
When Leila met Majnun it was at a traffic light
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12/12/2017 - 14:32
Ballad of a Wobbly
[2017]
Album: Ballad of a Wobbly
Album: Ballad of a Wobbly
When I came to this country, left Scotland far behind
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envoyé par adriana 12/12/2017 - 14:20
Failed State
2017
Album: Ballad of a Wobbly
Album: Ballad of a Wobbly
When you're working two jobs and living in a tent
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envoyé par adriana 7/10/2017 - 10:55
Robotar
[2013]
Lyrics and music: Elona Planman
Text och musik: Elona Planman
Testo e musica: Elona Planman
Album: Drömtåget [2015]
elonaplanman.com
Elona Planman, giovane strega svedese che l'Adriana avrebbe volentieri scovata in un sabba, ma che invece più prosaicamente ha scovata sulla pagina del Libro De' Ceffi (leggasi: Feisbuk) di David Rovics (uno che ha 162 canzoni su questo sito, no, tanto per dire...), è una parecchio tosta. Una, insomma, da mettercisi immediatamente a “lavorare” sopra. Probabilmente, e anche a giudicare dal suo sito ufficiale, in Svezia (e in Scandinavia) non ha nessun bisogno di essere conosciuta; solo che, come è lecito e anche piacevole immaginare, la Elona scrive e canta solo in svedese (dico “piacevole” perché a me piace immensamente chi non abdica all'inglisc'). Urge quindi, visto quel che scrive e canta, dedicarsi un po' a questa ragazza “punk” sì, ma che... (continuer)
Lyrics and music: Elona Planman
Text och musik: Elona Planman
Testo e musica: Elona Planman
Album: Drömtåget [2015]
elonaplanman.com
Elona Planman, giovane strega svedese che l'Adriana avrebbe volentieri scovata in un sabba, ma che invece più prosaicamente ha scovata sulla pagina del Libro De' Ceffi (leggasi: Feisbuk) di David Rovics (uno che ha 162 canzoni su questo sito, no, tanto per dire...), è una parecchio tosta. Una, insomma, da mettercisi immediatamente a “lavorare” sopra. Probabilmente, e anche a giudicare dal suo sito ufficiale, in Svezia (e in Scandinavia) non ha nessun bisogno di essere conosciuta; solo che, come è lecito e anche piacevole immaginare, la Elona scrive e canta solo in svedese (dico “piacevole” perché a me piace immensamente chi non abdica all'inglisc'). Urge quindi, visto quel che scrive e canta, dedicarsi un po' a questa ragazza “punk” sì, ma che... (continuer)
På bussen är allt stilla fast
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envoyé par Adriana & RV 3/9/2017 - 07:52
America Has Never Been So Great
[2017]
Album: Punk Baroque
Ask anyone who wants to "make America great again" -- exactly when was it great?David Rovics
Razzismo, povertà, violenza.
Due domande sorgono spontanee:
1) Quando è stata grande l'America?
e
2) Come farà Trump a renderla grande?
(articolo non tradotto)
By Kim Petersen
July 27, 2017 "Information Clearing House" - “Make America Great Again” was Donald Trump’s campaign slogan. It appeals to the people whose hearts beat with patriotic fervor. But what does such a slogan explicitly point out?
Syntactically, Trump is telling Americans that the United States of America is not great. A country can only become something again when it is currently not that something it seeks to recapture – in this case, that something is greatness. So currently the US is not great according to the mantra of Trump.
Two questions are raised by this?
1. When was America great?
2.... (continuer)
Album: Punk Baroque
Ask anyone who wants to "make America great again" -- exactly when was it great?David Rovics
Razzismo, povertà, violenza.
Due domande sorgono spontanee:
1) Quando è stata grande l'America?
e
2) Come farà Trump a renderla grande?
(articolo non tradotto)
By Kim Petersen
July 27, 2017 "Information Clearing House" - “Make America Great Again” was Donald Trump’s campaign slogan. It appeals to the people whose hearts beat with patriotic fervor. But what does such a slogan explicitly point out?
Syntactically, Trump is telling Americans that the United States of America is not great. A country can only become something again when it is currently not that something it seeks to recapture – in this case, that something is greatness. So currently the US is not great according to the mantra of Trump.
Two questions are raised by this?
1. When was America great?
2.... (continuer)
America has never been so great, but it could be
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envoyé par Dq82 17/8/2017 - 12:25
The Ghost of Ethel Rosenberg
[2017]
Album: Punk Baroque
Il caso Rosenberg è una vicenda che, negli anni della guerra fredda, e in pieno clima dimaccartismo, coinvolse i coniugi Julius ed Ethel Rosenberg e colpì profondamente l'opinione pubblica mondiale, quando i due furono processati, giudicati colpevoli e condannati a morte come spie dell'Unione Sovietica.
Nello specifico, i coniugi Rosenberg furono accusati di cospirazione attraverso lo spionaggio e incriminati con l'accusa di aver passato ad agenti sovietici dei segreti sulle armi nucleari.
Con la desecretazione degli atti, si è scoperto che effettivamente Julius Rosenberg fu una spia sovietica, ma che la moglie Ethel fu condannata solo per fare pressione sul marito, e accusata dal fratello per proteggere sua moglie.
Album: Punk Baroque
Decades after the electrocutions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, we learned that although the state had reason to believe Julius Rosenberg was a Soviet spy, they had nothing on Ethel. They gave her the death penalty in order to make her husband talk. Neither of them did.David Rovics
Il caso Rosenberg è una vicenda che, negli anni della guerra fredda, e in pieno clima dimaccartismo, coinvolse i coniugi Julius ed Ethel Rosenberg e colpì profondamente l'opinione pubblica mondiale, quando i due furono processati, giudicati colpevoli e condannati a morte come spie dell'Unione Sovietica.
Nello specifico, i coniugi Rosenberg furono accusati di cospirazione attraverso lo spionaggio e incriminati con l'accusa di aver passato ad agenti sovietici dei segreti sulle armi nucleari.
Con la desecretazione degli atti, si è scoperto che effettivamente Julius Rosenberg fu una spia sovietica, ma che la moglie Ethel fu condannata solo per fare pressione sul marito, e accusata dal fratello per proteggere sua moglie.
Throughout the Second World War the Allies managed to unite
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envoyé par Dq82 17/8/2017 - 11:32
Parcours:
Peine de mort : homicide du pouvoir
Oklahoma, 1917
[2017]
Album: Punk Baroque
Album: Punk Baroque
A tribute to the almost entirely forgotten period of Oklahoma history when socialism was mainstream, and a secret organization known as the Working Class Union had 35,000 active members.
David Rovics
David Rovics
The wisdom a story imparts
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envoyé par adriana 11/6/2017 - 09:44
Gather Round
[2017]
Album: Punk Baroque
Album: Punk Baroque
Most English-language labor songs were written sometime before 1932. This is an update.
David Rovics
David Rovics
Gather round all you workers
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envoyé par adriana 11/6/2017 - 09:37
Age of the Robber Barons
[2017]
Album: Punk Baroque
Album: Punk Baroque
Inequality in the United States in 2017 is greater than it has been since the 19th century -- the Age of the Robber Barons.
David Rovics
David Rovics
There was a time when the rich did not pay tax
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envoyé par adriana 11/6/2017 - 09:29
1848
[2017]
Album: Punk Baroque
Album: Punk Baroque
And then every once in a very rare while, there are years like 1848, where the masses across multiple borders rise up all at once, and overthrow the existing order. Which they did throughout Europe back then, regardless of what you may have heard.David Rovinc
The famine had affected many people
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envoyé par adriana 11/6/2017 - 09:13
If This Were a War
[2017]
Album: Punk Baroque
Album: Punk Baroque
A song about what happened in that parking lot in Dallas in the summer of 2016.David Rovics
If this were a war, if he were a soldier
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envoyé par adriana 11/6/2017 - 09:09
Just a Renter
[2017]
Album: Punk Baroque
Album: Punk Baroque
In a city where half the population are renters who have no idea whether their rent will double over the course of the next year, there is no community. Half the city is hoping a new organic supermarket will open up near them, and the other half are hoping it will burn down. That's not a community, that's class war. David Rovics
Ten thousand yuppies just moved here
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envoyé par adriana 11/6/2017 - 09:02
Song for a Refugee
[2017]
Album: Punk Baroque
Album: Punk Baroque
There's this concept that has been talked about so much in so many different contexts that it seems to have been rendered meaningless. But it's not. Humans should have rights -- because they are human, no matter where on Earth they happen to find themselves, regardless of citizenship or lack thereof.
David Rovics
David Rovics
I breathe the air that you do
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envoyé par adriana 11/6/2017 - 08:50
Upon Our Shores
[2015]
2 September 2015: The limp body of a 3-year-old Syrian refugee named Aylan Kurdi washed up on a beach in Turkey. Here's the song David Rovics wrote the next day.
Da questa pagina
2016
1939
2 September 2015: The limp body of a 3-year-old Syrian refugee named Aylan Kurdi washed up on a beach in Turkey. Here's the song David Rovics wrote the next day.
Da questa pagina
2016
1939
Did you get up in the morning, see your kids off to school
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envoyé par adriana 2/9/2016 - 11:31
Syria, 2013
[2013]
Album :Spies Are Reading My Blog
"21 August 2013: Hundreds of people in Syria were killed in a chemical attack. Despite no clarity in terms of who carried out the attack, the leaders of the western world immediately jumped to the conclusion that it had been carried out by the government's forces, and started making plans to bomb the country."
Album :Spies Are Reading My Blog
"21 August 2013: Hundreds of people in Syria were killed in a chemical attack. Despite no clarity in terms of who carried out the attack, the leaders of the western world immediately jumped to the conclusion that it had been carried out by the government's forces, and started making plans to bomb the country."
There's an uncivil war in Syria, one hundred thousand dead
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envoyé par adriana 22/8/2016 - 08:21
God's Gift to the Caliphate
He was born a rich man, then he got richer still
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envoyé par adriana 17/8/2016 - 12:05
Here at the End of the World
[2014]
Album : Songs For Mahmud
It’s really crazy being alive today, and having the knowledge that our species is on the edge of extinction, and those in power in most of the world just go on pretending it’s not happening. It’s really surreal, really depressing, really maddening, among other things.David Rovics
Album : Songs For Mahmud
It’s really crazy being alive today, and having the knowledge that our species is on the edge of extinction, and those in power in most of the world just go on pretending it’s not happening. It’s really surreal, really depressing, really maddening, among other things.David Rovics
Standing here on a highway
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16/8/2016 - 15:07
Parcours:
Guerre à la Terre
Pebble Mine
[2013]
Album : Spies Are Reading My Blog
"There are so many reasons to oppose a gargantuan new mining project, I don’t know where to start."
Album : Spies Are Reading My Blog
"There are so many reasons to oppose a gargantuan new mining project, I don’t know where to start."
They’ve been trying now for thirty years or more
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envoyé par adriana 16/8/2016 - 11:54
TPP 101
“TPP 101” appears on the 2014 Bandcamp album, All the News That’s Fit to Sing.
The TPP is the US-Pacific trade deal. TTIP is the one between the US and Europe. They are both horrible for the working class around the world, and great for the capitalist class, which is how these trade deals work. Which is why real progressives always oppose them, and corporate lobbyists love them. Is your local Congressperson supporting the deal? That is an indication that he or she is a corporate thug. If the corporate thug pretends to be progressive, support of these trade deals is a clear indication that they are bullshitting in order to get votes. They’re clearly more interested in those envelopes stuffed with cash they’re getting from the pharmaceutical companies.
David Rovics
The TPP is the US-Pacific trade deal. TTIP is the one between the US and Europe. They are both horrible for the working class around the world, and great for the capitalist class, which is how these trade deals work. Which is why real progressives always oppose them, and corporate lobbyists love them. Is your local Congressperson supporting the deal? That is an indication that he or she is a corporate thug. If the corporate thug pretends to be progressive, support of these trade deals is a clear indication that they are bullshitting in order to get votes. They’re clearly more interested in those envelopes stuffed with cash they’re getting from the pharmaceutical companies.
David Rovics
Free traders and traitors, bankers and thieves
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envoyé par adriana 16/8/2016 - 11:05
Vanunu
2013
Everything Can Change
Mordechai Vanunu (in ebraico: מרדכי ואנונו, anche noto con il nome di battesimo cristiano John Crossman; Marrakech, 13 ottobre 1954) è un ex tecnico nucleare israeliano. Nato in Marocco da una famiglia ebraica ortodossa sefardita della città di Marrakech, emigrò in Israele con i parenti nel 1963. Nel 1986 rivelò al Sunday Times l'esistenza di un piano segreto di armamento nucleare da parte dello Stato di Israele, che all'epoca avrebbe posseduto 220 testate nucleari, tra 200 bombe atomiche più il materiale sufficiente per realizzare 20 bombe all'idrogeno. All'epoca lavorava alla centrale nucleare di Dimona, che ufficialmente doveva essere solo un luogo di produzione di energia nucleare a scopo civile. In seguito alle rivelazioni, agenti israeliani lo rapirono in Italia, lo drogarono e lo trasportarono in Israele, dove una corte lo processò in segreto con accuse di tradimento e spionaggio, condannandolo a 18 anni di prigionia.
Everything Can Change
Mordechai Vanunu (in ebraico: מרדכי ואנונו, anche noto con il nome di battesimo cristiano John Crossman; Marrakech, 13 ottobre 1954) è un ex tecnico nucleare israeliano. Nato in Marocco da una famiglia ebraica ortodossa sefardita della città di Marrakech, emigrò in Israele con i parenti nel 1963. Nel 1986 rivelò al Sunday Times l'esistenza di un piano segreto di armamento nucleare da parte dello Stato di Israele, che all'epoca avrebbe posseduto 220 testate nucleari, tra 200 bombe atomiche più il materiale sufficiente per realizzare 20 bombe all'idrogeno. All'epoca lavorava alla centrale nucleare di Dimona, che ufficialmente doveva essere solo un luogo di produzione di energia nucleare a scopo civile. In seguito alle rivelazioni, agenti israeliani lo rapirono in Italia, lo drogarono e lo trasportarono in Israele, dove una corte lo processò in segreto con accuse di tradimento e spionaggio, condannandolo a 18 anni di prigionia.
I was born in Marakesh and I thought life was good
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envoyé par dq82 23/5/2016 - 18:58
Parcours:
Contre le Nucléaire
Free Abu Sakha
2016
Letter to My Landlord
Mohammad Abu Sakha è stato arrestato il 14 dicembre 2015 alle 4 circa mentre stava attraversando il posto di blocco militare Zaatara vicino a Nablus per andare a lavorare nel villaggio di Birzeit, vicino a Ramallah. Abu Sakha lavora come formatore e interprete presso la scuola di circo palestinese dal 2007. Era uno studente. È diventato un artista circense e un allenatore al circo nel 2011. Ha partecipato a molti spettacoli in Europa e negli Stati Uniti. Partecipa inoltre a numerose tournée in Palestina. Doveva partecipare a corsi di formazione fuori della Palestina nel mese di marzo e giugno 2016.
Un ordine di detenzione amministrativa di sei mesi è stato emesso contro Mohammad a partire dal 25 dicembre 2015 e termina il 13 giugno 2016. L’accusa militare afferma che Abu Sakha è attivo in un’organizzazione illegale secondo gli ordini militari di occupazione.... (continuer)
Letter to My Landlord
Mohammad Abu Sakha è stato arrestato il 14 dicembre 2015 alle 4 circa mentre stava attraversando il posto di blocco militare Zaatara vicino a Nablus per andare a lavorare nel villaggio di Birzeit, vicino a Ramallah. Abu Sakha lavora come formatore e interprete presso la scuola di circo palestinese dal 2007. Era uno studente. È diventato un artista circense e un allenatore al circo nel 2011. Ha partecipato a molti spettacoli in Europa e negli Stati Uniti. Partecipa inoltre a numerose tournée in Palestina. Doveva partecipare a corsi di formazione fuori della Palestina nel mese di marzo e giugno 2016.
Un ordine di detenzione amministrativa di sei mesi è stato emesso contro Mohammad a partire dal 25 dicembre 2015 e termina il 13 giugno 2016. L’accusa militare afferma che Abu Sakha è attivo in un’organizzazione illegale secondo gli ordini militari di occupazione.... (continuer)
He grew up in Jenin, where his neighbors lived and died
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envoyé par dq82 23/5/2016 - 18:44
Parcours:
Des prisons du monde, L'Holocauste palestinien
Ballad of CeCe McDonald
[2015]
Album : The Other Side
Album : The Other Side
There are a lot of white men in this world who turn out a lot like Dean
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22/5/2016 - 10:09
Aleppo
Album :1939
When the bomb went off that killed your mother
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envoyé par adriana 22/5/2016 - 09:44
The Golden Rule
[2016]
Veterans for Peace have fixed up the old Golden Rule boat that sailed to the Pacific in 1958 against nuclear testing, and nuclear weapons. The boat's back in action, the anti-nuke mission remains, and I wrote a song...
Albert was in Pearl Harbor, that's just where he happened to be
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envoyé par adriana 22/5/2016 - 09:05
If You Bomb Somebody
[2017]
Album: Punk Baroque
Album: Punk Baroque
Terrorist attacks. They're always trying to figure out why someone would do that, while fastidiously ignoring the elephant in the living room. This song is about the elephant.
They haven't even started cleaning up the mess
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envoyé par adriana 22/5/2016 - 09:01
Good-Bye Portland
[2016]
I've been writing a lot of songs on this subject, but here's another one. Gentrification, ethnic cleansing, chaos, genocide, whatever you want to call it. It's happening to Portland. Everybody's leaving aside from the baby millionaires. San Francisco, Seattle, New York City, Boston, now it's here. Welcome to cancerous growth. Welcome to rampant, uncontrolled capitalism. Welcome to America. Home to no one but the millionaires. The rest of us are just hanging on to the edges, being told we should be grateful that there was a bush growing on the side of the cliff that we could grab onto before going splat into the ravine.
I grew up in the suburbs, the ones where you do not stay
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envoyé par adriana 22/5/2016 - 08:54
Kobane
[2015]
Album : The Other Side
Album : The Other Side
Since the risings started there are many tales you could tell
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envoyé par adriana 22/5/2016 - 08:44
Parcours:
Du Kurdistan
Death Of Mother Jones
[1930]
Canzone di autore anonimo.
La prima incisione è di Gene Autry, 1931.
In alcune compilation, come “Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?: American Song During The Great Depression” (1977) e “Poor Man, Rich Man - American Country Songs Of Protest” (1989).
Testo trovato su Union Songs
Ripresa anche da Joe Glazer nel suo “Down In A Coal Mine” del 1974.
Quindi David Rovics – cui la canzone è stata impropriamente attribuita in origine – è solo l’ultimo arrivato in ordine di tempo…
Nel 1930 moriva, ultranovantenne, la leggendaria Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, insegnante ed agitatrice sociale, organizzatrice dell’United Mine Workers e fondatrice dell’Industrial Workers of the World, in prima linea in tutti i grandi scioperi dalla seconda metà dell’800 fino al massacro di Paint Creek (1912), a quelli di Ludlow (1914) e Matewan (1920) e alla battaglia di Blair Mountain.
Quando scioperare significava davvero qualcosa e chi lo faceva sapeva cosa rischiava (non solo qualche ora di paga sulla pelle degli altri)…
Canzone di autore anonimo.
La prima incisione è di Gene Autry, 1931.
In alcune compilation, come “Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?: American Song During The Great Depression” (1977) e “Poor Man, Rich Man - American Country Songs Of Protest” (1989).
Testo trovato su Union Songs
Ripresa anche da Joe Glazer nel suo “Down In A Coal Mine” del 1974.
Quindi David Rovics – cui la canzone è stata impropriamente attribuita in origine – è solo l’ultimo arrivato in ordine di tempo…
Nel 1930 moriva, ultranovantenne, la leggendaria Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, insegnante ed agitatrice sociale, organizzatrice dell’United Mine Workers e fondatrice dell’Industrial Workers of the World, in prima linea in tutti i grandi scioperi dalla seconda metà dell’800 fino al massacro di Paint Creek (1912), a quelli di Ludlow (1914) e Matewan (1920) e alla battaglia di Blair Mountain.
Quando scioperare significava davvero qualcosa e chi lo faceva sapeva cosa rischiava (non solo qualche ora di paga sulla pelle degli altri)…
Bernart Bartleby 19/5/2015 - 12:20
Song for Ginger Goodwin
Penso che la storia di Albert "Ginger" Goodwin meriti qualcosa di più di un breve copia/incolla.
Immigrato dal Yorkshire, dove già lavorava nelle miniere di carbone, Ginger Goodwin finì nelle miniere del Cumberland canadese, vicino a Vancouver. Appena arrivato, disgustato dalle pessime condizioni di lavoro, si diede subito da fare per organizzare i suoi compagni e nel 1912 fu certamente tra coloro che parteciparono al lungo sciopero dei minatori del Cumberland durato fino all’inizio della guerra in Europa, nel 1914. Perso il lavoro per via del suo impegno sindacale, Ginger Goodwin si trasferì a Trail, British Columbia, dove fu assunto come addetto agli altoforni. Ben presto lì divenne un esponente sindacale e dirigente del Partito socialista.
Quando gli USA entrarono in guerra nel 1917, Ginger Goodwin si proclamò obiettore di coscienza, perché riteneva che la classe operaia non dovesse... (continuer)
Immigrato dal Yorkshire, dove già lavorava nelle miniere di carbone, Ginger Goodwin finì nelle miniere del Cumberland canadese, vicino a Vancouver. Appena arrivato, disgustato dalle pessime condizioni di lavoro, si diede subito da fare per organizzare i suoi compagni e nel 1912 fu certamente tra coloro che parteciparono al lungo sciopero dei minatori del Cumberland durato fino all’inizio della guerra in Europa, nel 1914. Perso il lavoro per via del suo impegno sindacale, Ginger Goodwin si trasferì a Trail, British Columbia, dove fu assunto come addetto agli altoforni. Ben presto lì divenne un esponente sindacale e dirigente del Partito socialista.
Quando gli USA entrarono in guerra nel 1917, Ginger Goodwin si proclamò obiettore di coscienza, perché riteneva che la classe operaia non dovesse... (continuer)
Bernart Bartleby 20/4/2015 - 13:06
The Popular Wobbly
[1920]
Parole di T-Bone Slim
Sulla melodia dell’allora molto popolare ragtime “They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me” (1917), di Joseph McCarthy e Fred Fisher.
Nell’edizione del 1920 del “Little Red Songbook”, il libretto di canti dell’Industrial Workers of The World (IWW), i cui membri erano appunto noti come “Wobblies”
Testo trovato su Political Folk Music Dot Org
Interpretata, tra gli altri, da Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips, David Rovics e Joe Glazer.
Come mai “tutti si scagliavano selvaggiamente” contro i militanti dell’IWW?
Perchè il suo cantore, lo svedese Joe Hill, fu assassinato dal Governo dell’Utah nel 1915?
Come mai nel 1916 la polizia di Everett, Washington, sparò sui wobblies in sciopero uccidendone 5?
Perchè il wobbly Frank Little fu barbaramente linciato in Montana nel 1917?
Come mai il wobbly Wesley Everest, veterano decorato della Grande Guerra, fu linciato a Centralia,... (continuer)
Parole di T-Bone Slim
Sulla melodia dell’allora molto popolare ragtime “They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me” (1917), di Joseph McCarthy e Fred Fisher.
Nell’edizione del 1920 del “Little Red Songbook”, il libretto di canti dell’Industrial Workers of The World (IWW), i cui membri erano appunto noti come “Wobblies”
Testo trovato su Political Folk Music Dot Org
Interpretata, tra gli altri, da Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips, David Rovics e Joe Glazer.
Come mai “tutti si scagliavano selvaggiamente” contro i militanti dell’IWW?
Perchè il suo cantore, lo svedese Joe Hill, fu assassinato dal Governo dell’Utah nel 1915?
Come mai nel 1916 la polizia di Everett, Washington, sparò sui wobblies in sciopero uccidendone 5?
Perchè il wobbly Frank Little fu barbaramente linciato in Montana nel 1917?
Come mai il wobbly Wesley Everest, veterano decorato della Grande Guerra, fu linciato a Centralia,... (continuer)
I’m a mild mannered man as can be,
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envoyé par Bernart Bartleby 19/4/2015 - 14:52
Khader Adnan, Bobby Sands
[2014]
Album: Falasteen Habibti
“Khader Adnan, Bobby Sands” talks about the Israeli policy of indefinite detention without trial of Palestinians. A similar policy on the part of the British occupation authorities in Northern Ireland was a major element in what fueled the growth of the IRA in the early 1970's. Many Palestinian and Irish activists are acutely aware of these parallels, as was Khader Adnan, who refused food almost until death, when Israel agreed to release him. For 66 days he didn't eat – which is exactly how long Bobby Stands was on hunger strike, leading to his early death.
Album: Falasteen Habibti
“Khader Adnan, Bobby Sands” talks about the Israeli policy of indefinite detention without trial of Palestinians. A similar policy on the part of the British occupation authorities in Northern Ireland was a major element in what fueled the growth of the IRA in the early 1970's. Many Palestinian and Irish activists are acutely aware of these parallels, as was Khader Adnan, who refused food almost until death, when Israel agreed to release him. For 66 days he didn't eat – which is exactly how long Bobby Stands was on hunger strike, leading to his early death.
Khader Adnan grew up near Jenin City
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envoyé par adriana 24/8/2014 - 15:20
Parcours:
L'Holocauste palestinien, Les conflits irlandais
Israeli Geography 101
[2014]
Album: Falasteen Habibti
“Israeli Geography 101,” refers to one of the many elephants in the living room when it comes to Israel/Palestine. Israeli leaders are constantly bemoaning the idea that Hamas refuses to acknowledge Israel's “right to exist.” But neither they nor the western media will explain that one of the reasons Hamas and others are reticent about this “acknowledgement” is that the government of Israel refuses to acknowledge where its own national borders begin and end.
Album: Falasteen Habibti
“Israeli Geography 101,” refers to one of the many elephants in the living room when it comes to Israel/Palestine. Israeli leaders are constantly bemoaning the idea that Hamas refuses to acknowledge Israel's “right to exist.” But neither they nor the western media will explain that one of the reasons Hamas and others are reticent about this “acknowledgement” is that the government of Israel refuses to acknowledge where its own national borders begin and end.
Netanyahu is in a tizzy, his eyes are filled with hate
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envoyé par adriana 24/8/2014 - 14:28
Parcours:
L'Holocauste palestinien
Gaza
[2014]
Album: Falasteen Habibti
“Gaza,” was written during the massive Israeli bombardment of July, 2014. But it's actually a song about how daily life was for Palestinians in Gaza in the decade or so preceding that.
Album: Falasteen Habibti
“Gaza,” was written during the massive Israeli bombardment of July, 2014. But it's actually a song about how daily life was for Palestinians in Gaza in the decade or so preceding that.
One point eight million people surrounded on all sides
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envoyé par adriana 24/8/2014 - 14:00
Parcours:
L'Holocauste palestinien
Trayvon
2013 Spies are reading my blog
Canzoni dedicate a Trayvon Martin:
Trayvon Jasiri X
Justice! Godswill
We Are Trayvon Plies
Trayvon Martin Tribute Papoose
Super Life Chaka Khan
Hoodiez Willie D
I wonder why Rick Ross
The Ballad of Trayvon Martin Will Hoge
Justice (if You're 17) Wyclef Jean
No More Innocent People Dying Kamal Imani
Trayvon David Rovics
Sandra's Smile Blood Orange
Call It What It Is Ben Harper
Angel Down Lady Gaga
Sad News Swizz Beat
Black America Again Common
Trayvon Martin era un ragazzo afroamericano di 17 anni.
Il 26 febbraio 2012, mentre passeggiava verso le 19 in una strada di Sanford, Florida, era stato segnalato alla polizia come sospetto da George Zimmerman, un membro di un gruppo di vigilantes della zona chiamato Neighborhood Watch. Zimmerman aveva ritenuto di segnalare la presenza di Martin perché questi si muoveva in modo, a suo dire, sospetto... (continuer)
Canzoni dedicate a Trayvon Martin:
Trayvon Jasiri X
Justice! Godswill
We Are Trayvon Plies
Trayvon Martin Tribute Papoose
Super Life Chaka Khan
Hoodiez Willie D
I wonder why Rick Ross
The Ballad of Trayvon Martin Will Hoge
Justice (if You're 17) Wyclef Jean
No More Innocent People Dying Kamal Imani
Trayvon David Rovics
Sandra's Smile Blood Orange
Call It What It Is Ben Harper
Angel Down Lady Gaga
Sad News Swizz Beat
Black America Again Common
Trayvon Martin era un ragazzo afroamericano di 17 anni.
Il 26 febbraio 2012, mentre passeggiava verso le 19 in una strada di Sanford, Florida, era stato segnalato alla polizia come sospetto da George Zimmerman, un membro di un gruppo di vigilantes della zona chiamato Neighborhood Watch. Zimmerman aveva ritenuto di segnalare la presenza di Martin perché questi si muoveva in modo, a suo dire, sospetto... (continuer)
A boy went to visit his father out of town
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envoyé par donquijote82 28/1/2014 - 12:08
John Brown
2009
Ten Thousand Miles Away
Ten Thousand Miles Away
John Brown (Torrington, 9 maggio 1800 – Charles Town, 2 dicembre 1859) è stato un attivista statunitense, simbolo della causa antischiavista cui si dedicò anche mediante la lotta armata e per cui pagò con la vita. Egli fu infatti impiccato in seguito al fallito assalto all'arsenale federale di Harper's Ferry con le cui armi voleva dare il via ad una rivolta grazie al sostegno degli schiavi nelle contee occidentali dello Stato della Virginia.
La canzone John Brown's Body, di cui esiste anche una versione italiana, fece di lui un eroico martire della causa nordista. Essa perciò, adottata come canzone di battaglia dell'Unione durante la Guerra Civile Americana, divenne popolare.
La canzone John Brown's Body, di cui esiste anche una versione italiana, fece di lui un eroico martire della causa nordista. Essa perciò, adottata come canzone di battaglia dell'Unione durante la Guerra Civile Americana, divenne popolare.
Owen Brown was an abolitionist
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envoyé par donquijote82 28/1/2014 - 11:29
Israeli Geography
2015
Meanwhile In Afghanistan
Meanwhile In Afghanistan
Netanyahu is in a tizzy, his eyes are filled with hate
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envoyé par donquijote82 28/1/2014 - 11:19
Parcours:
L'Holocauste palestinien
Breivik
2015
Meanwhile In Afghanistan
Meanwhile In Afghanistan
They say he acted alone for a Europe white and free
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envoyé par donquijote82 28/1/2014 - 10:57
Holy Land 5
2015
Meanwhile In Afghanistan
Meanwhile In Afghanistan
They grew up among the bombs of the occupation
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envoyé par donquijote82 28/1/2014 - 10:38
God Bless the USA
2013
Into A Prism
Into A Prism
God bless all the Indians living in their reservations
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envoyé par donquijote82 27/1/2014 - 18:48
Parcours:
Hymnes et contre-hymnes
Comets of Kandahar
2013
Everything Can Change
Everything Can Change
The Twin Towers came down in 2001
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envoyé par donquijote82 27/1/2014 - 16:48
Bonobo Song
There are lots of different monkeys on this lovely planet Earth
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envoyé par donquijote82 27/1/2014 - 15:58
Ballad of Saed Bannoura
2016
1939
Saed Bannoura (b. 1973) is a Palestinian journalist working for the Bethlehem-based IMEMC (www.imemc.org). Saed currently lives in the United States. He is confined to a wheelchair since 1991 after being shot repeatedly by an Israeli death squad, who had infiltrated a demonstration in Bethlehem. In his own words:
When the man noticed that I had realized their true identify he pulled a small automatic gun from under his shirt, and I ran away knowing that even if I surrendered to him then, I would have been immediately assassinated, as had happened to so many Palestinian martyrs before me.The man ran after me, along with the other undercover death squad members, until I came to an area were he was standing above me on a hill, just five meters away from me. When he shouted at me again, I began to turn, and I could see his eyes, or at least, what was visible of them from under his... (continuer)
1939
Saed Bannoura (b. 1973) is a Palestinian journalist working for the Bethlehem-based IMEMC (www.imemc.org). Saed currently lives in the United States. He is confined to a wheelchair since 1991 after being shot repeatedly by an Israeli death squad, who had infiltrated a demonstration in Bethlehem. In his own words:
When the man noticed that I had realized their true identify he pulled a small automatic gun from under his shirt, and I ran away knowing that even if I surrendered to him then, I would have been immediately assassinated, as had happened to so many Palestinian martyrs before me.The man ran after me, along with the other undercover death squad members, until I came to an area were he was standing above me on a hill, just five meters away from me. When he shouted at me again, I began to turn, and I could see his eyes, or at least, what was visible of them from under his... (continuer)
Saed Bannoura is a friend of mine
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envoyé par donquijote82 27/1/2014 - 12:35
Parcours:
L'Holocauste palestinien
Aurora Massacre
2013
Everything Can Change
Il 20 luglio 2012 James Holmes, ex dottorando di neuroscienze ventiquattrenne, ha aperto il fuoco durante la proiezione della prima del film Il cavaliere oscuro - Il ritorno in un cinema di Aurora, in Colorado negli Stati Uniti d'America. L'attacco ha ucciso 12 persone e ne ha ferite 58
Everything Can Change
Il 20 luglio 2012 James Holmes, ex dottorando di neuroscienze ventiquattrenne, ha aperto il fuoco durante la proiezione della prima del film Il cavaliere oscuro - Il ritorno in un cinema di Aurora, in Colorado negli Stati Uniti d'America. L'attacco ha ucciso 12 persone e ne ha ferite 58
The survivors will hug and tell their stories
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envoyé par donquijote82 27/1/2014 - 12:25
Parcours:
Armes, la guerre chez soi tous les jours
Occupy Wall Street (We're Gonna Stay Right Here)
(2011)
"I wrote the song for the Occupy movement. I landed in Philadelphia after 5-1/2 weeks on tour in Europe on September 16th and headed up to Brooklyn, where I had a gig that night. The next day was the first day of these ongoing protests on Wall Street and around the country and the world. In the course of a 7-week tour of the US and Canada I visited 18 Occupations.
This song has been well-received by Occupiers and their supporters, so I thought I'd spend a day at Big Red Studio when I got home to Portland, and I did -- with a stellar cast of musicians: Jarrod Kaplan on percussion, Arcellus Sykes on bass guitar, with Billy Oskay producing and engineering and Jim Cuda assisting.
As with any of my songs, you're welcome to play it, use it in videos, sing it, etc. If you want to sing it, it's easy - 3 chords: D, A and G!
(David Rovics)
This song has been well-received by Occupiers and their supporters, so I thought I'd spend a day at Big Red Studio when I got home to Portland, and I did -- with a stellar cast of musicians: Jarrod Kaplan on percussion, Arcellus Sykes on bass guitar, with Billy Oskay producing and engineering and Jim Cuda assisting.
As with any of my songs, you're welcome to play it, use it in videos, sing it, etc. If you want to sing it, it's easy - 3 chords: D, A and G!
(David Rovics)
Because this is where they buy the politicians
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15/10/2011 - 22:34
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State terror. For the children and their parents.