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Liberation music for the rebel soul

October 7, 2005

Not in Our Name Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra Verve Records, 2005 Internationally acclaimed jazz bassist Charlie Haden has convened the Liberation Music Orchestra for the fourth time since its inception in 1969. It...

Jazz, struggle and Katrina

October 7, 2005

Actor Danny Glover and actor/singer Harry Belafonte made these remarks at the PBS/BET-televised Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit concert on Sept. 17.Danny Glover John Coltrane once said, “The main thing a musician would like to do,...

The cry was and is unity!

October 7, 2005

“How do we stop Bush?” is the burning question of the day for the working class and democratically minded people, fighting against vicious attacks on our unions, living standards, democratic liberties and even our very lives....

Hurricanes and snowmobiles

October 7, 2005

In 1565, Queen Elizabeth was whisked off to Windsor Castle. The idea was to escape the plague, which was ravaging London. Understanding the contagiousness of the disease, she ordered her henchmen to hang anyone who ventured...

Capitalism at $3 a gallon

October 7, 2005 By Norman Markowitz

After the New Orleans disaster, gas prices skyrocketed in a matter of days, shooting well over $3 a gallon everywhere in the U.S. While the prices have begun to come down somewhat, they are still substantially...