“For What It’s Worth” is the real title of the Buffalo Springfield song with the chorus that goes, “Stop, children, what’s that sound, everybody look what’s going down…”
“For What It’s Worth” is the Royal Peace Song of the Day. It is dedicated to the protesters at Occupy Wall Street. They are dealing everyday with love vs. paranoia and strength of spirit vs. the machine.
Continue reading Stop, hey, what’s that sound?: Royal Song of the Day for 9/28/2011
“Closer I Am To Fine” by the Indigo Girls is the Royal Peace Song of the Day for Tuesday, September 27th. You can find the lyrics at the (very artsy) Indigo Girls website: here.
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The Duke realizes that this has been a very taxing week for social justice advocates. The killing of Troy Davis was filled with the hope of repreive for a few hours, and then an overwhelming mourning for the US justice. At the same time, the Occupy Wall Street movement has been giving a voice to the discontent 99% of Americans feel. Yet with all this going on, I beg of you to take a few moments to support the #AfghanistanTuesday movement for an immediate end to the war.
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“This Land is Your Land” is the Peace Song of the Day for Monday, September 26th. The song was written by Woody Guthrie.
This song has also become a favorite of the Occupy Movement. It’s been sung a lot at Occupy Wall Street in NYC (see story: here) They also sang it at Occupy Albany (see the video: here), at Occupy Burlington (see the video: here), and many other occupations.
“This Land is Your Land” has become a true folk song, with many verses. You can find extensive lyrics in the Rise Up Singing songbook, on page 5. Though, don’t hesitate to make up your own words. In the video below, Father Bill Brisotti adds one verse about unjustly pushing Native Americans on to reservations, and another verse that asserts, “This land is your land. This land is my land. It’s not the bank’s land…”
More about this choice: Continue reading This Land is Your Land: Peace Song for 9/26/2011
We continue with the second chapter from the The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace This week we discuss the second chapter of the book which is an excerpt from a 1693 essay by William Penn entitled Essay Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe.
This chapter is in the Pre-Twentieth Century section of the book . Last week we discussed the first chapter which contains the writings of the the Buddha, which was entitled Let a Man Overcome Anger by Love.
Even though one would expect a Duke to be conversant in dense, prosey writing, I must admit to this few page excerpt from Penn’s essay being rough going.
Penn starts off by arguing against the Latin proverb of the time that “Peace is Sought through War.” He argues instead that peace is found through justice. This quickly brings to mind Dr. King‘s response to the charge that the Montgomery Bus Boycott was disturbing the peace: Continue reading Power of Nonviolence Mighty Penn: Peace Book Chapter 2 of the Week 9/26/11
The Peace Song of the Day, as chosen by Duke Augustus and Duchess Susanna, The Duke and Duchess of Peace, is “Occupy Wall Street (We Are The 99%)”. “Occupy Wall Street” was written by Long Island singer/songwriter Jeremy Gilchrist, who used to play music at our favorite Cafe (now a victim of the economic downturn.) You can see the lyrics to the song in text at the bottom of this post.
For more information about Occupy Wall Street, please visit the website where they first called for the demonstration: Adbusters.org
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“I Wonder What Would Happen To This World” by Harry Chapin is the Royal Peace Song of the Day for 9/24/2011. If activists and peace folks wanted to sing a hymn in harmony, this would probably be the song for it.
Continue reading A spiritual for folks trying to save the world: Peace Song of the Day 9/24/2011