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Peggy Seeger, Billy Bragg and More Support Occupy London

November 13th, 2011 | Posted by John Powles in Anti Cuts & Financiers | Billy Bragg | England | Peggy Seeger - (0 Comments)

Inspired by here brother Pete’s marching and singing for Occupy Wall Street – as reported in an earlier news item – the wonderful Peggy Seeger organised a sing together as part of the Occupy London demonstrations on 9th November. Among others taking part were Chumbawamba, Billy Bragg, Leon Rosselson, Steve Knightly and Tom Morello. There seems to be no online coverage of Peggy singing at the event, but some of Peggy’s new songs dealing with the Occupy campaigns can be found on her website for free download. A couple of lines from Doggone, Occupation Is On captures the mood well:

The top one percent are feeling fine
We’re here to represent the other ninety nine.

Demotix does have images of the performers, whilst Billy Bragg’s performance is covered on Youtube.

Billy Bragg Supports Occupy Dame Street Action

November 1st, 2011 | Posted by John Powles in Anti Cuts & Financiers | Billy Bragg | Europe - (0 Comments)

Singer activist Billy Bragg appeared at the Occupy Dame Street (Dublin) action to talk about the power of solidarity. He emphasised that activists today need to remember and take inspiration from the long history of the struggle for the rights of people against oppressive and exploitative forces. His message was strengthened by his rendition of There is Power in a Union, a rousing, inspiring song, written by the great Joe Hill.

New Song from Billy Bragg

July 10th, 2011 | Posted by John Powles in Billy Bragg | UK News - (0 Comments)

Never Buy the Sun, a polemic against News International tabloids, was written by Billy Bragg on Friday 8th July during the News of the World storm; it was debuted at Garforth Arts Festival on Saturday.

Billy Bragg at Exeter 30th June Strike and Demonstration

July 3rd, 2011 | Posted by John Powles in Anti Cuts & Financiers | Billy Bragg | UK News - (0 Comments)

Billy Bragg joined the demonstration in Exeter against public sector cuts, and performed Tomorrow’s Gonna be a Better Day. Protests, demonstrations, and strikes by some public sector unions happened across the U.K.

Billy Bragg Support for University Occupation

February 22nd, 2011 | Posted by John Powles in Billy Bragg | Scotland - (Comments Off)

Following a gig in Glasgow Billy Bragg joined Glasgow University students during their occupation of the University’s Hetherington Research Club, part of ongoing protests against budget and staff cuts. Billy stayed for 2 hours, and sang the Internationale; to the students’ credit he reported that they knew the words and were able to join in the singing.

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Billy Bragg at Dorchester Stop the Cuts Rally

February 14th, 2011 | Posted by John Powles in AHMT / STUC Schools | Anti Cuts & Financiers | Billy Bragg | England - (Comments Off)

Billy Bragg gave an outdoor performance for the Dorchester Stop the Cuts campaign on Saturday 12th February. Billy sang a particularly punkish critique of bankers and their ilk. Billy has recently supported several ant-cuts campaigns with appearances and performances across the south of England; he has also sung at Charmouth Library as part of the Save Our Libraries campaign.

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Amel Mathlouthi Singing in Tahrir Square

February 7th, 2011 | Posted by John Powles in Africa | Arab World Uprisings | Billy Bragg | Middle East - (Comments Off)

A YouTube user has uploaded a video of Amel Mathlouthi singing her own song Kelmti Hora (My Word is Free) at a protest vigil in Tunisia. A full performance with lyrics can be found on the Arabic Song Lyrics website.

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