Ellen Page at Time to Thrive. Flashmob: Ravel's Bolero. Truthful Tuesdays in South Carolina. 'Ew!' with Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell & First Lady Michelle Obama. Carolina Slim -- Every Day I Have the Blues.
The South Carolina Progressive Network's Truthful Tuesdays join North Carolina's Moral Mondays. Folks from NAACP to longshoremen to postal workers to firefighters to churches to Black legislators say Enough is Enough.
Bluesman Carolina Slim (b Elijah Staley) started his journey in South Carolina and spent the last two decades as far north as 107th & Broadway in NYC. Mostly he played the subways. He moved on to his next destination last week at the age of 87. RIP.
Reader Comments - Keystone XL; Sid Caesar; Venezuela; UAW and Volkswagen; Bernie Sanders Run for President?; Chris Hedges; Nixon, Reagan and Sabotage of Peace; Healthcare; Love and Loneliness; Song for Pete Seeger;
Announcements: -Remembering Freedom Summer and the Civil Rights Era - New York - Feb. 22; Teleconference on 'Moving Beyond Capitalism' - Feb. 24
Michael Sam and the NFL. Language and Human Nature. Moral March on Raleigh. Are We Descended from Martians? Pete Seeger Speaks.
Legendary folksinger Pete Seeger spoke at the National Press Club in 1998 on song, politics, environment, civil rights ... and why there is hope.
Portrait of a Haitian Graffiti Artist. What Did You Learn in School Today? Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Woody Guthrie Sez What Songs He Hates.
Perhaps Pete Seeger's best known song, composed shortly before Pete was cited for contempt of Congress in 1956 (373 to 9) for refusal to cooperate with HUAC. Pete and Arlo Guthrie here perform it live at Wolftrap. Where Have All the Flowers Gone has been performed in at least 25 languages.
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