[g8-sheffield] Billy Bragg and patriotism

[Jill]

totally agree!



>  tell him where to stick it. "Progressive patriotism" is a contradiction
> in terms. It is pure poison, exacty what Blair and Brown are also
> serving up. Billy Bragg is fast becoming another Bob Geldoff, and one is
> already one too many. Here's an excerpt from an article in the Red
> Pepper (full version:
> http://www.redpepper.org.uk/brit/x-may2005-bragg.htm). There's plenty of
> other articles on the net by and about BB which show that he is
> campaigning for us to vote for the War Party (formerly known as the
> Labour Party).
>
>   John S
>
>   Rockin' the vote: Billy Bragg for Blair?  Omar Waraich
>   May 2005
>
>   You woke up this morning
> To the fact we�ve lost the things
> We took for granted between us
>   -Billy Bragg, The Myth of Trust
>
>   �Culture,� Norman Mailer once said, �is worth huge,
> huge risks.� Billy Bragg seems prepared to take those risks, and
> his rhymes of resistance and years of political campaigning have
> established him as the doyen of British protest music. But now that the
> rock star and songwriter is lending his talents to a string of pro-war
> New Labour candidates in their election bids, he has fallen foul of
> several of his fans and fellow campaigners
>
>
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