“My Grandfather’s Clock Lyrics“, a song written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work, is the Peace Song of the Day for December 2nd. (Yup…needing to catch up again, busy weekend…). You can find the lyrics to this song in our favorite campfire book, Rise Up Singing, in the Time section, page 224.
Continue reading Life and time: Peace Song for 12/2/2011 (catch-up)
Composer and musician Philip Glass made a statement at Lincoln Center. His opera, Satyagraha, about Gandhi and nonviolent social change, had just been performed. Glass used The People’s Mic (Mic Check) to make comments to the assembled Occupy Wall Street activists and opera goers. Below are three videos from different perspectives, and the full text.
Philip Glass at Lincoln Center Video
An activist perspective. Trying to get the folks who watched the opera about Gandhi to “cross the line” and join the people:
Philip Glass at Lincoln Center Video
Close up of Philip Glass, so you can hear him read his own words: Continue reading Philip Glass at Lincoln Center with the occupation: Three videos and the full text
Since it is the first day of December, we decided it was okay to insert a little holiday spirit into the mix. (We think it’s okay to be sentimental, as long as you don’t put up Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving!)
So, with the holiday spirit in mind, the Peace Song of the Day is the interwoven song, “Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy“. This song was created especially for a Bing Crosby TV holiday special. It is performed by Bing Crosby and David Bowie. It resonates with warmth, compassion, and a harmony between the ying and the yang.
Continue reading Peace Song for 12/1/2011: Getting The Holiday Spirit
“Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills and Nash, is (or was) the Peace Song of the Day for November 30th. (We are playing catch-up again!). You can find the lyrics to this song in the Rise Up Singing songbook on page 113.
Video below is the song as performed by David Crosby and Graham Nash at Occupy Wall Street…
Continue reading Teach your children well: Peace Song for 11/30/2011 (catch-up)
Or, at least consider a pause from drinking imported/bottled apple juice. The current goings on related to apple juice, arsenic, and the FDA, remind us that we must take care in what we shop and consume — and, that the government is not always on top of things. It seems even regular news stories are hinting at a lack of diligence on the part of the federal government to set the correct levels.
Three stories about arsenic levels in apple juice are below: Continue reading Pssst….Don’t drink the apple juice…
Update: Full text and three videos
at our new Peace Couple post: here.
Live blogging of Philip Glass, etc,
happening at The Nation: here.
The Nation reported the words of Philip Glass last night:
“When righteousness/ Withers away/ And evil / Rules the Land /We come into being /Age after age/ And take visible shape /And move / A man among men/ For the protection/ Of good /Thrusting back evil /And setting virtue/ On her seat again.”
The Nation report on the Philip Glass, pre-event is…
10:25 From a NY #OWS friend at Lincoln Center for Philip Glass at GA tonite (see item down the page): Tons of cops already w/ barricades. Heard voice on cop’s radio say, “Lock it down.” Rumors earlier that cops would keep public off public plaza.
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Occupiers say: “Kick us out of camp? We will find new strategies for nonviolent, social change”. One story at the LA Times is: here.
In New York, here is one of the new strategies…
Posted at occupywallst.org:
Occupy Museums Goes to the Lincoln Center
When: Thursday December 1, 2011 at 10:30pm.
What: A General Assembly at 10:30 (at night) at Lincoln Center.
Join us in an open conversation about the effects of increased privatization and corporatization of all aspects of society, and the use of nonviolent civil disobedience around the world to reclaim the commons. Composer Philip Glass will join the general assembly and mic-check a statement. Continue reading Occupy Wall Street goes to museums (and finds inspiration from Philip Glass)
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