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From Pink's album "I'm Not Dead"
Protest music is not just for the 60s set. Beyond the Dylans and the Seegers of an earlier generation, artists of today are coming out with their own form of protest song. Find out what’s making Pink and Kanye West go political. Plus ex-CIA agent (anonymous no longer) Mike Scheuer on the changes at the Agency.
Hayden Seek
Mike Scheuer, former CIA agent, CBS terrorism analyst and author, Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror (Potomac Books, 2004)
- on the nomination of General Hayden to head the CIA
» bio and articles for the Jamestown ...
- on the nomination of General Hayden to head the CIA
» bio and articles for the Jamestown ...
Pop Protest
Todd Gitlin, Professor of Journalism and Sociology at Columbia University
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Kelefa Sanneh, pop critic for The New York Times and contributing editor at Transition, an international review of race and culture
- on the generational differences of protest songs
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Kelefa Sanneh, pop critic for The New York Times and contributing editor at Transition, an international review of race and culture
- on the generational differences of protest songs
» Todd ...
Contrapuntal
We played selections from the following songs while talking about protest music with Kelefa Sanneh and Todd Gitlin.
BLOWING IN THE WIND
Bob Dylan
1963
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT
Pink
2006
IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT
Neil Young
2006
OLD SOUL SONG
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Kelefeh Sanneh
Kelefa Sanneh of the New York Times, comparing protest songs across the generations
Required Reading: May 9/2006
In which: White House dismisses Iranian pen pal, Dusty Foggo bites the dust, Blair signals he'll quit, Murdoch hosts Hillary fundraiser, Broadway nixes high school play
White House Calls Iranian Letter a Ploy (LA Times)
“Dusty†Foggo Bites the Dust with Hayden Nomination (Wash Post)
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