[Peace-discuss] Some Phil Ochs songs fromthe 60's that have relevance today

[David Green]

I've attached a "syllabus" of 1960s folk-protest music that I developed for a 
short course at Uni High a few years back; it concludes with an article by 
Howard Zinn.

DG



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From: Laurie Solomon <ls1000 at live.com>
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Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 11:08:22 AM
Subject: [Peace-discuss] Some Phil Ochs songs fromthe 60's that have relevance 
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Here are links to three Phil Ochs tunes that are as relevant today as they were 
in the 1960s.  The first can be applied to many of the current batch of 
so-called progressives, leftists, and social activists along with the Liberals 
of today and the not so distant past.  The second tune represents a commentary 
on the immigration issues and policies of  60s but is relevant top the topic of 
immigration in the current atmosphere where use and abuse exploitation of 
immigrants for the benefits of the mostly white establishment when expedient and 
discrimination and racism when no longer needed continues only in a more 
paranoid form.  The thirds song speaks to the manufacturing of consent and 
control of the boundaries of acceptable dissent and debate by the establishment 
and its minions.
 
Phil Ochs was and still is a troubadour/political activist of the highest order 
from the sixties who wrote insightful songs of critical social commentary on the 
topics of the day back in the the 60s and up until his death of the first order 
and on a par with Bob Dylan’s best work.  Most of these songs are relevant 
today.  He should not be forgotten, which is why I am calling attention to him 
and his work.
 
Enjoy!
 
Love me, I'm a Liberal:
http://www.myspace.com/philochs-45781725/music/songs/love-me-i-m-a-liberal-28443234


Brasero:
http://s0.ilike.com/play#Phil+Ochs:Bracero:780058:s28443226.9491884.14059234.0.2.118%2Cstd_30949a3e505d41c597b8fb4f1f06bcc5


I'm Going to Say it now:
http://s0.ilike.com/play#Phil+Ochs:I%27m+Going+To+Say+It+Now:645270:s19610031.9491884.14059234.0.2.45%2Cstd_2d5fb734a3e14ca29594204cac17b9a7



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and asked for forgiveness.
Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "If an emergency, 
notify:" I put "DOCTOR". 

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but 
check when you say the paint is wet? 

Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for 
Miss America ? 

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage 
makes you a car. 

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you 
hear them speak. 



      
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