The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #32048 Message #419712
Posted By: GUEST
16-Mar-01 - 11:58 PM
Thread Name: No protest songs anymore?
Subject: RE: No protest songs anymore?
If you want to hear them, you have to look (and listen) to where they can be found. There seems to be a lot of that healthy protest spirit here in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. There's a great public radio station here which plays this sort of thing, in addition to a variety of quality traditional and new music of all kinds. It's (appropriately) found on the far left of the dial at 88.5. But writing them, singing them is not enough. When we stop supporting corporate entities like WalMart, McDonalds, Nike and so many others, then we might effect some change. It's not easy, but it works if we work it. Home Depot has recently agreed (after much consumer pressure) to stop stocking lumber derived from ancient rainforest trees. Burger King stopped using beef from South America which was being grazed on land that had been converted from rainforest to pasture. There's a lot of information out there on the web about who to target and how. Some of here at the 'Cat have another weapon at our disposal...our music. Let's use it.