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East Tennessee East Tennessee
A friend in Tennessee sent this paragraph from a newspaper...
I Know a Man I Know a Man
I sang at a rally for gay marriage in Sydney, Australia, and heard a moving speech by a man who's name I don't remember. I had not long before then, on the plane from San Francisco to Melbourne, watched the wonderful movie about Harvey Milk. I must
Santiago (10,000 Miles) Santiago (10,000 Miles)
36 years to the day before I made this recording, on September 11th, 1973, a CIA-backed coup overthrew the democratically-elected government of Salvador Allende.
Song for Ginger Goodwin Song for Ginger Goodwin
Last summer I had the pleasure of singing at an event in northern Vancouver Island that happens every year in memory of a prominent local labor organizer who was killed by an agent of the state because he refused to fight in a bosses' war.
Song for Al Grierson Song for Al Grierson
Al was a dear friend who I met at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1997 and visited every time I made it to the Texas hill country after that, up until he suddenly died in a flash flood on the road home from a gig.
operation iraqi liberation (OIL) (live - the commo operation iraqi liberation (OIL) (live - the commo
Proof that there are some brilliant satirists who have infiltrated the government at it's highest levels, 'OIL' is, in fact, the acronym first (briefly) used to name the invasion of Iraq, which was later changed to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
falluja (live - the commons) falluja (live - the commons)
For the Iraqi resistance and all the innocent victims that spawned it.
new orleans (live - the commons) new orleans (live - the commons)
I wrote this while in a state of sleep deprivation in Beirut, Lebanon, in early September, 2005, and I recorded it at the studios of Amwaj Radio 91.5 in Ramallah, Occupied Palestine.
i'm a better anarchist than you (live - the common i'm a better anarchist than you (live - the common
halliburton boardroom massacre (live - the commons halliburton boardroom massacre (live - the commons
About something that's got to happen, it's just inevitable.
oppositional defiant disorder oppositional defiant disorder
A song about young Alex of Ever Reviled Records, and plenty of other people, who get diagnosed with something ridiculous like this because they don't follow the orders of authority figures well enough to suit those authority figures. Free Alex!
who would jesus bomb? who would jesus bomb?
My musical response to an encounter with some rightwing evangelical types at a supermarket in Houston.
burn it down (live - the commons) burn it down (live - the commons)
Defend free speech! Defend the earth! Support Rod Coronado! ( http://www.supportrod.org/ )
jenin (live - the commons) jenin (live - the commons)
Want to understand the non-state terrorists? Go see the bulldozed, occupied city of Jenin. Studio version: 'Hang A Flag In The Window'
black flag flying (live - the commons) black flag flying (live - the commons)
I was reading Marcus Rediker's book, Villains of All Nations, about pirates during the early 18th century, and this was the result.
the cannabis cafe (live - the commons) the cannabis cafe (live - the commons)
This is a song about a wonderful place in Vancouver, British Columbia. Studio version on 'We Just Want The World'
the saint patricks battalion (live - the commons) the saint patricks battalion (live - the commons)
Studio version on 'Living in These Times'
they're building a wall (live - the commons) they're building a wall (live - the commons)
From Warsaw to the West Bank, the parallels are absolutely chilling. (Studio version: on 'Songs for Mahmud')
