Ewan maccoll biography of mahatma gandhi
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‘A bit of a do-gooder’: Activists, Advocates and other fellow Travellers
In reflection of the media coverage of the Black Lives Matters movement (BLM), protests across the world following the killing of George Floyd at the knee of the Minneapolis police, has me thinking about my experiences with activism. I admit, I have only dabbled. I have always been impassioned about and enraged by social injustice. I am not shy about giving my opinions in any room. I am an avid enthusiast of the social revolution seen in the sixties and seventies; the hippie fashion alone – sign me up! I sit watching videos of peace protests in NYC and the Women’s Liberations movements in California with heart-faced emoji eyes.
I watch videos of Woodstock and Glastonbury; artists and festival-goers living the ideals of the time – equality for all, free love, peace not war…. at a glance, they appear to be truly liberated in both their behaviour and exhibition of physical markers. There is an observable rejection of conservative, capitalistic, Thatcherite ideals, which is symbolic in the way they dress – not a string of pearls or bra in sight…freedom (if you know, you know).
On a more serious note (one deserving of the topic) whenever I take part in activism; whether it be an anti-xenophobic de
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4 July (Holly Near)
On June 27th, , the famous actress and singer-songwriter Holly Near from Ukiah, California, U.S.A. signed the international "Manifesto against conscription and the military system".
Inspired by The Weavers with Ronnie Gilbert as well as The Freedom Singers with Bernice Johnson Reagon, but also by Harry Belafonte and Odetta, Holly Near has dedicated her artist life to political and social activism for noble causes like ecology, equality, human rights, peace and social justice. As actress, she played character roles e.g. in the famous anti-war movies "Slaughterhouse Five" and "Dogfight" ; as a singer-songwriter, her songs "It Could Have Been Me", "Singing For Our Lives" and "Planet Called Home" just to name a few, became anthems and choir hymns for social emancipation and liberation movements.
In , Holly Near was a cast member of the Broadway musical "Hair". Following the Kent State killings in May of that year, the entire cast staged a silent vigil in protest. The song "It Could Have Been Me" (which was released onher famous A Live Album, ), was her heartfelt response to these crimes against humanity. She joined "Another Mother for Peace", a grass-roots anti-war advocacy group founded in in opposition to the U.S. war in Vietnam, “ded
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