Hope and anger are both better than despair

[redbird]

I wanted inspirational music, and after listening to a bit of VNV Nation went to YouTube, for the "Internationale" and "Which Side Are You On?" and Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, and a lot of other people singing "This Land Is Your Land" at Obama's inauguration in 2009. (Yes, all the verses, including the one about the relief office.) Then I decided I wanted to listen to Paul Robeson. "Ballad for Americans" is almost certainly on there, but first I found what was described as the best black radical socialist speech ever, Robeson's testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee.

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[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Amen.

[avram]

A week or two ago I listened to that will.i.am remix of Obama’s “Hope and Change” speech, and it nearly brought me to tears. I don’t know how long it’ll be before I can bring myself to listen to it again.