Search This Blog
Thursday, 21 August 2014
Loafers Glory 05: Whimsical Stew
Episode 05 of Loafers Glory Whimsical Stew, this ones a bit more random going from a recital of Walt Whitman's poetry including a rare mechanical recording of the man himself, to activism of Yip Harburg the song writer responsible for Over the Rainbow among many others. It's also jammed with some Wobbly history and anecdotes about Utah Phillips childhood reading about Depression era Bank Robbers.
Despite the rather shotgun like approach to organisation this was again an informative and enjoyable journey through history. In particular the speech by Huey Long about wealth concentration seems very close to the 99% rhetoric of the Occupy movement.
The full audio archive
Video playlist
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
I've been of two minds about the Salvation Army for a number of years, the very concept of a global Evangelical army is abh...
-
This dashing fellow is Nikolay Bauman, in 1905 during the early events of the Russian revolution he was attacked by a monarchist and died...
-
Sorry its a bit late (it should still be women's day for those of you to the West of me) I was celebrating Shrove Tuesday (pancake day) ...
-
My last post reminded me of the importance of the Cuban victory against South African forces in Angola in the late 80's in and around t...
-
The sixth issue of the Al Amal newsletter is now live, you can download the PDF here. The war in Sudan has now entered its third year …...




No comments:
Post a Comment