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Article: Drawing the line with songs. (Broadsides: letters from our readers: thoughts, comments, criticism & ideas).(Brief Article)
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- January 1, 2002
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Political songs don't get played on the radio or appear in the hit parade very often, but they are widely appreciated and enjoyed when heard in a movement context. For the past five years I have been directing a street chorus in New Jersey called The Solidarity Singers, under the sponsorship of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council. We sing on picket lines and at rallies of various sorts and we get more invitations to appear than we can handle. There are about twenty-five of us and as many show up as possible for each event. While it is true that most of our, members are old enough to remember the 1960s, we often perform for younger audiences during strikes or at ...
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