Tuesday, July 25, 2017
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Thursday, July 13, 2017
Pete Seeger on Moses Asche
A Tribute to Pete Seeger: http://goo.gl/Wl9RgL
Pete Seeger recorded many albums for Moses Asch, the originator of Folkways Recordings (now, Smithsonian Folkways). In 2006, Seeger related a tale that begins with the first singer Asch ever recorded and ends with Albert Einstein, then Seeger reveals Asch's creative business model.
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BBC Arena - Woody Guthrie (1988)
Documentary on the life of Woody Guthrie, the travelling songwriter and singer who paved the way for the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
Born in Okemah, Oklahoma, in 1912, Guthrie became a spokesman for a whole generation of downtrodden Americans during the 1930's with poignant songs like Vigilante Man, Pastures of Plenty and the anthemic This Land is Your Land.
Charles Kuralt interviews Alan Lomax
Published on 7 Dec 2012
Alan Lomax interviewed by Charles Kuralt at Lomax's Hunter College office, New York City, 1991. Part three of four. An edited portion of this interview appeared in a CBS Sunday Morning segment on Lomax later that year.
Sunday, July 09, 2017
Film director Ken Loach has called for Labour MPs to Get Behind Jeremy Corbyn
Film director Ken Loach has called for Labour MPs who do not support Jeremy Corbyn to be ousted by members.
The man behind ‘I, Daniel Blake’ and ‘Kez’ used a speech at Durham Miners’ Gala to attack the legacies of Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher before calling for Labour MPs who “will not work against” Corbyn.
“The long dark night that began with Thatcher in ’79 may be coming to an end, let’s hope,” Loach told a crowd of around 200,000 at the event.
Loach continued “And with it, the memory that followed: Blair and his privatisation and his illegal wars - that is coming to an end.”
Loach said MPs should face mandatory reselection processes as he mapped out how Labour could recover from losing the General Election.
“The closer we get to power, the more vicious the attacks will get and the stronger we will need to be,” he said.
“We have got to stay strong and for that we need a united movement. Now I’m going to be contentious on this day of unity: we need representatives in Parliament that are committed to this programme and will not work against it.
“We need an injection of democracy because most people in trade unions have to be elected and nothing is more perfectly democratic than, when members have served their time in Parliament, they have to be affirmed or reconfirmed by their members.
“Because we cannot have the disgusting attacks that went on against Jeremy in the last Parliament.
“Let’s have an extension of democracy throughout the whole party.”
The man behind ‘I, Daniel Blake’ and ‘Kez’ used a speech at Durham Miners’ Gala to attack the legacies of Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher before calling for Labour MPs who “will not work against” Corbyn.
“The long dark night that began with Thatcher in ’79 may be coming to an end, let’s hope,” Loach told a crowd of around 200,000 at the event.
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| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) and film director Ken Loach (right) watch the parade during the Durham Miners’ Gala in Durham |
Loach continued “And with it, the memory that followed: Blair and his privatisation and his illegal wars - that is coming to an end.”
Loach said MPs should face mandatory reselection processes as he mapped out how Labour could recover from losing the General Election.
“The closer we get to power, the more vicious the attacks will get and the stronger we will need to be,” he said.
“We have got to stay strong and for that we need a united movement. Now I’m going to be contentious on this day of unity: we need representatives in Parliament that are committed to this programme and will not work against it.
“We need an injection of democracy because most people in trade unions have to be elected and nothing is more perfectly democratic than, when members have served their time in Parliament, they have to be affirmed or reconfirmed by their members.
“Because we cannot have the disgusting attacks that went on against Jeremy in the last Parliament.
“Let’s have an extension of democracy throughout the whole party.”
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