Meanwhile, the Nation's Peter Rothberg offered his Top 10 choices for "music that matters." "We Shall Overcome," Patti Smith's "Radio Baghdad" and the Dropkick Murphys' version of "Which Side are You On" were considered. Here are his picks.
The Nation magazine is asking "What's the Best Protest Song Ever?" What's yours? "Sunday Bloody Sunday?" "Times They are a Changing?" "If I Had a Hammer? You can leave your pick on the Nation web site.
Meanwhile, the Nation's Peter Rothberg offered his Top 10 choices for "music that matters." "We Shall Overcome," Patti Smith's "Radio Baghdad" and the Dropkick Murphys' version of "Which Side are You On" were considered. Here are his picks. Students at Harvard University went out on strike on April 9, 1969, in protest of the Vietnam War, a precursor of the national anti-war moratoriums in the Fall of 1969. The events surrounding the strike have been chronicled in a new documentary video by Tiffany Lopinsky, a high school student in Massachusetts, which explores the campus uprising through vintage images and recent interviews. Tiffany describes her work as: "The 1960s were characterized by a cultural debate that pitted advocates of social liberation and change against proponents of traditional conservatism. Campus protesters used new revolutions in media, such as television and news photography to depict the violence in Vietnam, and educate anyone willing to listen. I made this documentary because I find the 1960s one of the most fascinating decades of American history, and I admire the students at Harvard for using their university’s fame and prominence to demonstrate what a large portion of the American population was willing to do to prevent the US government from pursuing its aims. The 1960s was a rare period in history when many people tried to accomplish a goal by influencing the government. As a period often overlooked, I tried to recognize the courage and persistence of this generation. For the students at Harvard, the ROTC represented the presence of a military on campus, at a time when the military seemed to be committing acts of atrocity and inhumanity. It was important to the students to show the university's connection to the war, and demand a change. The student takeover at Harvard was one more struggle in the battle of social liberation versus change that took place in the 60s. It stands out as a pivotal movement when the liberal students were able to force a conservative establishment to implement significant changes to Harvard’s policies, and demonstrate the immoralities and injustices of the war." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiffany's video, which includes photos and film from six months of archival research, is being shared as part of "The American Revolution's" efforts to collect historical material from the era, and to help educate a new generation of young people about the events of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and how media helped reflect and promote the profound social, cultural and political changes that took place. If you have first person-accounts, images, audio or film, or memorabilia related to the Harvard or student strikes against the Vietnam War, or of the era, please click here to share them. "The American Revolution," which chronicles the impact of free-form, underground radio station WBCN-FM in Boston, is for release in 2012. |
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