babble home
rabble.ca - news for the rest of us
today's active topics


Post New Topic  Post A Reply
FAQ | Forum Home
  next oldest topic   next newest topic
» babble   » current events   » international news and politics   » Paul Robeson memorial concert

Email this thread to someone!    
Author Topic: Paul Robeson memorial concert
sherpafish
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 1568

posted 18 May 2002 08:02 PM      Profile for sherpafish   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'm going to this right now. My friend Tanya is singing with the Solidarity Notes.

Here's the story.

From: intra-crainial razor dust | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged
'lance
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 1064

posted 18 May 2002 09:25 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Sunday Morning last week had a feature about this -- including audio of the concert, and reminiscences of people who were there. A remarkable story.
From: that enchanted place on the top of the Forest | Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged
dix
recent-rabble-rouser
Babbler # 2378

posted 20 May 2002 05:08 AM      Profile for dix        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Having attended the '52 concert as a 5 year old, I spent a couple of hours in the VPL last week trying to find a photo stuck in my memory of Paul with his arm around the border obelisk. A few interesting discoveries followed. It was not in either of the dailies. The Sun, which was less odiously right wing in those days had a short report buried in the back pages to the effect that Left Wing Singer's Crowd Closes Highway. The Province simply ignored it. The photos found in this thread and the one I was looking for came from contemporary labor papers.
In the course of the hunt I read some current headlines, editorials and funnies. Deja vu! The headlines of McCarthy in his heyday were frighteningly similar to the repression of the "with us or against us" war on terrorism. The editorials were complaining of US unilateral actions. In the funnies, Pogo Possum, unbeknownst to himself, was being presented as the most credible candidate for President. Le plus ca change...
At yesterday's concert there were a few highlights. Ronnie Gilbert was a living icon who overcame apparent infirmity with wit and verve, Leon Bibb took us to task for not educating our kids in the history of our struggle resulting in the relatively low turnout, Seattles's total experience gospel choir electrified the crowd, and Danny Glover's reading of the fifty year old words of the great man himself struck a painful nerve.
From: vancouver | Registered: Mar 2002  |  IP: Logged
dix
recent-rabble-rouser
Babbler # 2378

posted 20 May 2002 05:11 AM      Profile for dix        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Having attended the '52 concert as a 5 year old, I spent a couple of hours in the VPL last week trying to find a photo stuck in my memory of Paul with his arm around the border obelisk. A few interesting discoveries followed. It was not in either of the dailies. The Sun, which was less odiously right wing in those days had a short report buried in the back pages to the effect that Left Wing Singer's Crowd Closes Highway. The Province simply ignored it. The photos found in this thread and the one I was looking for came from contemporary labor papers.
In the course of the hunt I read some current headlines, editorials and funnies. Deja vu! The headlines of McCarthy in his heyday were frighteningly similar to the repression of the "with us or against us" war on terrorism. The editorials were complaining of US unilateral actions. In the funnies, Pogo Possum, unbeknownst to himself, was being presented as the most credible candidate for President. Le plus ca change...
At yesterday's concert there were a few highlights. Ronnie Gilbert was a living icon who overcame apparent infirmity with wit and verve, Leon Bibb took us to task for not educating our kids in the history of our struggle resulting in the relatively low turnout, Seattles's total experience gospel choir electrified the crowd, and Danny Glover's reading of the fifty year old words of the great man himself struck a painful nerve.
From: vancouver | Registered: Mar 2002  |  IP: Logged
Judes
publisher
Babbler # 21

posted 20 May 2002 01:58 PM      Profile for Judes   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Tomorrow, Tuesday, rabble will have a link to video of the concert from Working TV. Watch for it
From: Toronto | Registered: Apr 2001  |  IP: Logged
audra trower williams
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 2

posted 20 May 2002 09:00 PM      Profile for audra trower williams   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Judes! I thought we were taking today off

My day off was spoiled by this.

(not really. it's mostly funny, through the tedium)

From: And I'm a look you in the eye for every bar of the chorus | Registered: Apr 2001  |  IP: Logged
Michelle
Moderator
Babbler # 560

posted 20 May 2002 09:05 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Oh come on, Audra, we did our best to make it fun. Take it as a compliment - you get more threads dedicated to you than any other babbler!
From: I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell. | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged
'lance
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 1064

posted 22 May 2002 06:11 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
The Sun, which was less odiously right wing in those days had a short report buried in the back pages to the effect that Left Wing Singer's Crowd Closes Highway.

Not much less odiously right-wing, by the sounds of it.

I understand your feelings of deja vu. I had much the same reading Victoria newspapers of the 1920s and 1930s. Of course, the pace of change in Victoria is mighty slow.

Pogo was one of the best Presidential candidates since WWII. I'd have written in his name if I could. A couple of years ago, I heard of a poll of young children, most of whom thought Mr. Rogers would make the best President. Similarly, either Bob Homme or Ernie Coombs would have made fine Prime Ministerial material.

From: that enchanted place on the top of the Forest | Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged
sherpafish
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 1568

posted 22 May 2002 08:55 PM      Profile for sherpafish   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Yeah! Watch the video! My friend Tanya and her girls got a 2 second air-time.
From: intra-crainial razor dust | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged

All times are Pacific Time  

Post New Topic  Post A Reply Close Topic    Move Topic    Delete Topic next oldest topic   next newest topic
Hop To:

Contact Us | rabble.ca | Policy Statement

Copyright 2001-2008 rabble.ca