Calls to conscience: songs that sear the soul of society

 

“Hurricane”, Bob Dylan

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter (born May 6, 1937) fought professionally as a middleweight boxer from 1961 to 1966. In 1966, he was arrested for a triple homicide in the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey. He and another man, John Artis, were tried and convicted twice (1967 and 1976) for the murders, but after the second conviction was overturned in 1985, prosecutors chose not to try the case for a third time. From 1993 to 2005 Carter served as executive director of the Association in Defense of the Wrongly Convicted.

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… Selwyn Raab… wrote… “The actual story… exposes an underlying frailty in the criminal-justice system that convicted Mr. Carter not once but twice. The convictions were obtained not by a lone, malevolent investigator but by a network of detectives, prosecutors and judges who countenanced the suppression of evidence and the injection of racial bias into the courtroom.”

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I imagine this is not the time to mention 'Ernie - the fastest milkman in the West'...

or Bernard Bresslaw - Mad Passionate Love!

“Can you hear Australia’s heroes marching?”

“With just a little bit more education, and love our nation, we’ll make a better society”

1967 by Don Mc Lain.About real friendship.

Could quite easily be "The Streets Of New York" or the streets of so many cities in the west, where we are supposed to be rich and civilised.

"Colonel Bogey" trumps every other song.

Though I am not into religion, I do like this and it speaks for itself, using the innocence of children is definately a good idea - IF ONLY

You know what RockOnBrother,
Though I am an athiest as you know, I do respect religion, and I accept that basic Christian teachings are good teachings, I particularly like the message of Christmas, peace and goodwill to all, I just cannot accept it when people get too serious about it all, telling people how they should live their lives.

Tomorrow - October 26th is the start of Diwali, an important festival for Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Budhists, known as the Festival Of Lights, so may I say "Happy Diwali" "Deepavali ki Shubhkamnayein"

Tomorrow night (Wednesday) will see Britains largest Diwali celebrations, and one of the largest outside of India on the streets of Liecester, when people of all faiths will watch the lights and fireworks, dance in the streets and generaly have a good time.

A little dog cried.

Say Billy Bragg live last night - somehow I missed him in the '80's - I am now officially a fan - a proper socialist performer who feels he is more like Max Wall than any other role model.

The venue was amazing too - the Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth - built in 1903 and I believe the last remaining permanent circus building in the country - with a water feature for Busby Berkely style performances - the water was covered last night