Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsMary Travers passes away age 72clipped by: ljsdesignclippers remarks: Mary of "Peter,Paul and Mary" has passed away  Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died. Travers died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday. She was 72 and had battled leukemia for several years. Travers joined forces with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s. The trio mingled their music with liberal politics, both onstage and off. Their version of "If I Had a Hammer" became an anthem for racial equality. Other hits included "Lemon Tree," "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and "Puff (The Magic Dragon.)" And they were vehement in their opposition to the Vietnam War, managing to stay true to their liberal beliefs while creating music that resonated in the American mainstream. The group collected five Grammy Awards for their three-part harmony on enduring songs like "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" and "Blowin in the Wind." A history lesson recommended for the top of your reading pileclipped by: drummond1999clippers remarks: Recommend reading the entire article by following the link! Have we now grown too used to the employment of our army, navy, and air force to be long at peace, or even to contemplate peace? To speak of a perpetual war against ?threats? beyond the horizon, as the Bush Pentagon did, and now the Obama Pentagon does, is to evade the question whether any of the wars is, properly speaking, a war of self-defense. They embody a policy altogether opposed to an idealism of liberty that persisted from the founding of the U.S. far into the twentieth century. It is easy to dismiss the contrast that Washington, Paine, and others drew between the morals of a republic and the appetites of an empire. Yet the point of that contrast was simple, literal, and in no way elusive. It captured a permanent truth about citizenship in a democracy. You cannot, it said, continue a free people while accepting the fruits of conquest and domination. The passive beneficiaries of masters are also slaves. The Most Dangerous Man in Americaclipped by: robm47clippers remarks: New documentary.  ?The Most Dangerous Man in America?: New Documentary Chronicles Story of Daniel Ellsberg, Whose Leak of the Pentagon Papers Helped End Vietnam WarDaniel Ellsberg once faced espionage charges and possibly life in prison after leaking what became known as the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page classified history outlining the true extent of US involvement in Vietnam. Daniel Ellsberg?s actions directly contributed to the end of Nixon presidency and the Vietnam War. His story is chronicled in the new documentary The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. We speak to Ellsberg, his wife Patricia, and the film?s co-director, Judith Ehrlich. [includes rush transcript] Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary diesclipped by: skwirlinatorThe band?s publicist, Heather Lylis, says Travers died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday. She was 72 and had battled leukemia for several years. Travers joined forces with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s. And they were vehement in their opposition to the Vietnam War, managing to stay true to their liberal beliefs while creating music that resonated in the American mainstream. At one point in 1963, three of their albums were in the top six Billboard best-selling LPs as they became the biggest stars of the folk revival movement. But the trio continued their success, scoring with the tongue-in-cheek single ?I Dig Rock and Roll Music,? a gentle parody of the Mamas and the Papas, in 1967 and the John Denver-penned ?Leaving on a Jet Plane? two years later. [Video] [Video] [Video] [Video] [Video] [Video] [Video] [Video] Slain Anti-Abortion Activist Rememberedclipped by: merrieclippers remarks: Drake is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Pouillon and 61-year-old gravel company owner Mike Fuoss. Drake?s family says he suffers from depression and was having trouble with his medicine. Some of those who attended Wednesday?s service here about 70 miles northwest of Detroit wore shirts emblazoned with anti-abortion messages. ?. Matthew Trewhella, 49, and his wife Clara drove six hours from Milwaukee with nine of their 11 children. He last saw Pouillon in August at an abortion protest at the Woodward Dream Cruise, a popular event near Detroit that celebrates car culture. ?If every town had a Jim Pouillon in it, like Owosso did, abortion would be illegal,? Trewhella said. ?Most people play bingo at his age, but here he was using an oxygen tank and speaking for the unborn.? ?. For more than 20 years, Pouillon protested outside schools, City Hall, the library and even the athletic field where he was remembered. The Vietnam veteran?s activism . . . OWOSSO, Mich. ? An anti-abortion activist gunned down in a drive-by shooting was praised Wednesday as an unwavering worker for his cause, even if some people didn?t agree with his approach of holding a sign depicting a dead fetus. More than 250 people, including family, friends and other activists, gathered at an Owosso football field to remember James Pouillon, who was shot last week while holding his sign at one of his usual spots across the street from the school. ?You may not have agreed with his tactics or his methods. But you could not ? not ? miss his commitment or his passion,? pastor David Knox of Abba?s House, a local church, told those gathered at Willman Field. ?Jim shouted to the world what he was living for.? Pouillon was the first of two people shot and killed Friday by 33-year-old trucker Harlan Drake, prosecutors said. Drake found Pouillon?s methods irritating, especially when he?d protest near the high school, police said. Go here for the full story. Tags: harlan drake charged with first-degree murder, 61-year-old mike fuoss also shot to death, drive-by shooting, james pouillon anti-abortion activist slain Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de |
2009/09/18
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