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

[David Green]

Well, the music was well-received, but only by the 3 students attending. I think 
that it would probably be better tactically to have a class based on the 
experience of the soldiers' rebellion against the Vietnam War. I heard a while 
back that Vietnam is rarely taught on college campuses. I wonder why?



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From: Morton K. Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu>
To: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 4:53:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Some Phil Ochs songs fromthe 60's that have 
relevance today

Is another "short course" at Uni High possible/feasible?  It is needed. How was 
yours received? --mkb 



On Jan 17, 2011, at 1:57 PM, David Green wrote:

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.
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>DG
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From: Laurie Solomon <ls1000 at live.com>
>To: peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 11:08:22 AM
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Some Phil Ochs songs fromthe 60's that have relevance 
>today
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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.
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>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.
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>Enjoy!
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>Love me, I'm a Liberal:
>http://www.myspace.com/philochs-45781725/music/songs/love-me-i-m-a-liberal-28443234
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>Brasero:
>http://s0.ilike.com/play#Phil+Ochs:Bracero:780058:s28443226.9491884.14059234.0.2.118%2Cstd_30949a3e505d41c597b8fb4f1f06bcc5
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>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 
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>hear them speak.
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