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Edited by Mary Lou Seymour. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this
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October 9, 2002
The songs of freedom
In my first Action of the Week column, "The Everyday Activist," I
talked a bit about building a culture of liberty as a prerequisite to
changing the system to one that respects individualism and
freedom. Since then, we've explored actions that seek to build our
"liberty culture" through sharing books, cartoons and articles, and
through working with groups engaged in specific freedom oriented
tasks (from medical marijuana and gun rights to homeschooling
and free speech).
This week, I'd like to suggest we work on bringing some liberty-
oriented themes to the music we hear in "our world," the music
that we hear on the airwaves, that streams from Net radio, as well
as the music we sing ourselves, on our commutes to work, with
our families and friends, or at political gatherings.
The LP News (the Libertarian Party's membership newspaper) ran
an article in 2001 on "The top 25 Liberty Songs," chosen from over
200 suggestions sent in by LP News readers ... selections range
from "I did it my way" by Frank Sinatra to the Grateful Dead's
"Liberty" and Ice-T's "Freedom of Speech." The listed songs run
the gamut: rock, rap, pop, folk, and country; all should still be
available to your local radio station or favorite Net station. So, our
first action can be to simply look at the LP News list, pick a couple
of your favorites, and call in (or e-mail) requests to your local
stations on a regular basis.
Next, just in time for this action (and part of what inspired it), JPFO
has just released a marvelous CD, "I Will Live Free: Songs
Celebrating The Bill of Rights" by popular patriotic songwriter Dan
Starr. The songs include a lively Fourth-Amendment country rocker
"Steal Your Stuff;" "The Guardian," a song about the Second
Amendment that protects the rest of "the ten;" a poignant lament,
"As Time Goes By," for a man imprisoned with no Bill of Rights
protections in a foreign land; and even two songs for children.
Sounds good, huh? Order the CD, take a copy to your local radio
station and encourage them to play these songs on the air. (And,
of course, play it at home, learn the songs and sing them along
with your friends.)
The third action is not for all of us ... but, I urge everyone of y'all
that has the talent to write a song ... if you can write music but
words floor you, team up with a wordsmith, and vice versa. Steve
Trinward's song "Living Liberty" is a good example of a liberty lover
who can write a darn good song ... and I just bet there are more of
you out there. Give it a shot, and, if you do come up with a "liberty
song," let me know and I'll do my best to spread the word.
One of the things I've noticed in my "organizing life" has been the
power of music to energize and build a movement. Where would
the union movement have been without the "Solidarity" song? We
too can use the power of music, to help build our culture of liberty.
Til next week
For Freedom!
Mary Lou
Links
o The Everyday Activist
http://www.free-market.net/features/list-archives/activism/msg00046.html
o The Top 25 Liberty Songs
http://www.free-market.net/rd/428188025.html
o JPFO's "I Will Live Free"
http://www.free-market.net/rd/211722328.html
o Living Liberty
http://www.free-market.net/rd/429778168.html
o Action of the Week archive:
http://www.free-market.net/features/list-archives/activism/maillist.html
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