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Every year I get the privilege of co-leading a spiritual retreat weekend with the wonderful Greg Kennedy at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre. This year we revamped the “Trees” retreat from a couple of years ago and I switched it up, including a talk on Friday night on “What is a Forest : Of exclusion and of Community”. This wasn't a talk about a particular ecosystem necessarily. Instead it was an exploration of the shady history of the word and concept of “forest”, The first English use of the word forest doesn't describe a specific ecozone; instead it was the place where royalty and gentry removed the people to keep exclusive regal hunting grounds for them and their noble guests. It meant the expulsion of peoples, and the emergence of the enclosure movement (so incitefully taught to me by Rain Crowe and Sylvia Federici many years ago), and plausible contribution to the witch hunts across Europe. “The forest” is not neutral territory. It is a contested zone. This topic is significant to me, as in, it's important to remember the contexts of where these exclusionary ways of interacting with the land have come from and how the plans and technologies of power were then exported, and are used with colonial intent on different lands and different people. It is important to remember how those who came before resisted this theft of the commons, and it is important to remember that we are as connected to those ancestor as we are to the trees, screes and seas. To learn more : Caliban and the Witch by Sylvia Federici. Autonomedia, 2004. (pdf link)The Once and Future Great Lakes Country : An Ecological History by John L. Riley. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014. The World Turned Upside Down by Leon Rosselson, performed by Billy Bragg

I denne uges udsendelse har vi iklædt os de royale gevandter og lavet en special om Queen Elizabeth II, eller måske mere præcist musik der er skrevet om den nu afdøde dronning. En kvinde som på mange måder har delt vandene siden hun i 1952 blev briternes royale overhoved i en alder af bare 25 år. Det afspejler sig i den grad også i musikkens verden, og i dette afsnit handler alle sangene om Dronning Elizabeth på både godt og ondt. Det bliver til et kig på sange fra nogle af musikhistoriens største kunstnere som The Beatles, Sex Pistols, Blur og The Smiths, men også nogle måske mindre kendte som f.eks. Young Tiger, Leon Rosselson og Badly Drawn Boy kigger forbi med numre om Dronning Elizabeth. Numre der byder på både royale forelskelser, minder fra hendes kroning men også flere numre fra 70'erne og 80'erne der ønsker det engelske monarki meget langt væk. Det bliver desuden til små lyriske gæsteroller til hendes mand Prins Phillip og den nye konge Charles III, og minsandten om vi ikke også kommer ind i drømmeverdenen, hvor Elizabeth har fået selskab af både Prinsesse Diana og Madonna. Playliste: Young Tiger – I was there (at The Coronation) The Beatles – Her Majesty Sex Pistols – God save The Queen Leon Rosselson – On her Silver Jubilee The Housemartins – Flag day The Smiths – The Queen is dead The Stone Roses – Elizabeth my dear Pet Shop Boys – Dreaming of The Queen Blur – This is a low Badly Drawn Boy – You were right

The 30th annual INURA Conference entitled "Small State Big Transitions” was held in Luxembourg from June 25 to 28. Over 60 participants gathered at the conference to learn about the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and to celebrate the 30 years INURA. This year's conference was organised by the Urban Studies Group at the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning at the University of Luxembourg. With a population of just over 600,000, Luxembourg is a small, multilingual, sovereign state. But these diminutive attributes belie a cosmopolitan space where daily life frequently involves using three languages, and encountering perhaps four, five or six. Exhilarating and bewildering, it speaks to the 'small-but-global' urbanisation the country has experienced in recent decades. The conference opened with city tours that explored the range of challenges and contradictions that constitute this complex urban space which elides various categories: a small state, city-state, multilingual sovereign nation, European capital, financial capital, international business hub, and cross-border (sub)urban region. In addition to being the 30th year anniversary celebration of INURA, the Luxembourg conference was the first in-person meeting of the network since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spread over three days of lively discussion, the conference played host to a variety of topics from climate crisis and social justice, to movements and Marxism, and the role of financial markets in housing and urban development. The conference also played host to the screening of the films ‘How Poles Became White' by Tino Bucholz and ‘The Truth lies in Rostock' by Mark Saunders. The podcast features fragments of interviews and reflections from INURA Luxembourg attendees. The podcast begins with the recital of Adrian Mitchell's poem Ancestors and ends with Leon Rosselson's song, The World Turned Upside Down, both recited by Chris Tranchell, and featuring a violin improvisation by Philipp Klaus. The INURA 2023 conference will take place in Zurich.

Esta semana rendimos tributo a los cánticos de las manifestaciones y al soniquete de la revuelta que nos acompaña en las movilizaciones sociales y por eso os traemos este monográfico sobre canciones, lemas y ritmos que ponen sonido al conflicto social. ¡A las batucadas! Cuando la cacerola es el instrumento y la partitura es la pancarta, los cánticos se convierten en canciones. Y permanecen en la memoria rememorando la lucha de la que nacieron. ¿Quién cantó aquello primero? Como decía nuestro amado Chicho Sanchez Ferlosio poco importa la autoría cuando una obra se hace verdaderamente popular. En noviembre de 2010, el rapero Hamada Ben Amor, bajo el seudónimo de El General, publicó el tema «Rais Lebled» (Señor Presidente). En esta canción se recoge el sentimiento pre-revolucionario que se había instalado en buena parte de la población tunecina por aquellos meses y El General se dirige directamente al dictador tunecino Ben Ali instándole a abandonar el poder. La chispa prende. Estamos ante el surgimiento de la denominada primavera árabe. Algunas semanas más tarde la revuelta se extiende también por Egipto y allí, en plena Plaza Tahrir, es la guitarra de Ramy Essam la que convierte los lemas de las manifestaciones en canciones y la gente se levanta cantando "Irhal" (Vete), una invitación nada velada a que Hosni Mubarak abandonase el poder. Poco importó la detención del músico unos días más tarde cuando decenas de miles gritaban "Irhal, irhal, irhal...". Algo parecido, pero con distinto final, ocurrió 40 años antes en Chile. Tras la protesta conservadora de la marcha de las cacerolas la reacción contra el gobierno de Salvador Allende triunfó en 1973. Poco antes de la caída del gobierno Sergio Ortega y Quilapayún componían «El pueblo unido jamás será vencido» a partir de una variación del sexteto de Brahms. Había nacido un himno de las protestas que después escucharíamos traducido al tagalo en las protestas contra el colonialismo en Filipinas. También se tradujo al persa y se entonó en 1979 en Irán durante las protestas contra el Sha y también lo escuchamos en la revolución naranja de Ucrania en 2004, en la plaza Sintagma de Atenas y, volvemos a la primavera árabe, también en la Plaza Tahrir de El Cairo en 2011. Sin irnos tan lejos, por aquí también hemos oído himnos de lucha, ¿quién no ha cantado aquello de «Perros guardianes del orden y la ley, asesinos sueldo abuso del poder» en alguna manifestación? Siempre hemos tenido dudas de si Vómito tomaron estas líneas prestadas de alguna consigna, pero parece que fue al revés. La letra tuvo tanto éxito que ha pasado ya al acervo popular de cualquier manifestación antifa que se precie. Y también sin salir del estado español, resuena en nuestras cabezas «En el Pozo Maria Luisa», interpretada en cada lucha minera, como la tercera Marcha Negra que llegó a Madrid en julio de 2012, y también en recuerdo a los mineros fallecidos y como muestra de apoyo a sus familias en el accidente más grave ocurrido en la minería en las últimas décadas en el estado español, cobrándose la vida de 6 mineros en el pozo Emilio del Valle en Pola de Gordón, León en 2013. Paramos por un momento también en el Café Chinitas, un teatrillo o café cantante que inició su andadura a mediados del siglo XIX, en Málaga entre 1857 y cerrado definitivamente en 1937, por la autoridades municipales malagueñas en plena Guerra Civil. Allí se ponía letra a «Jornaleros Andaluces», canción que también escuchamos en su versión más feminista durante las huelgas del 8M en las plazas de Gijón. Y ya que hablamos de feminismos contamos en este programa también con la colaboración de Diane Fucsia y sus paisajes sonoros de las distintas huelgas generales del 8M estos últimos años en Zaragoza, de antes de la pandemia y durante. De allí nos llega el lema manifestante que más nos ha cautivado en mucho tiempo: «mi copa menstrual en la boca de Abascal». Insuperable. Seguimos viajando y nos encontramos en Glasgow en 1919 en plena batalla de George Square. Durante la huelga general los manifestantes entonan «The Red flag», que a la postre acabaría siendo adaptada como himno del Partido Laborista. En 1962, Leon Rosselson, un cantante y compositor folk, se encargó de poner los puntos sobre las íes con su ocurrencia de parodiar «The Red Flag», a la que rebautizó como «Himno de batalla del nuevo Partido Socialista», ridiculizando la pretensión laborista de seguir pasando por socialistas. En la última etapa de nuestro deambular por la música como vehículo de transmisión de la memoria histórica nos encontramos con el mismísimo Ennio Morricone poniendo sonido 50 años más tarde a la memoria de los anarquistas ejecutados Sacco y Vanzetti. En el horizonte hay negras tormentas agitando los aires así que hoy gritamos con fuerza: ¡¡A las batucadas!! Es hora de poner ritmo al conflicto social. ¡Qué suene!

    I wrote today's 'Song To Chew' ATTA WAY T'GO BOY! back in the early 80's for an anthology album called "Bullets And Guitars".  It was produced by Gary Cristall, who ran the Vancouver Folk Festival for years and includes songs by Si Kahn, Utah Phillips, Holly Near, Leon Rosselson and other talented progressive folksingers and activists.  My song's a satirical 'pat on the back' to our President back then, to provide some balance to this left-leaning musical anthology!  All profits from the album went to committed artists and cultural organizations in Central America to fight the exploitation and intervention of outsiders, particularly the US, who continue to prevent the workers and peasants of Central America from exercising their right to self-determination.  Does art and music and poetry actually have any 'real world' impact on dictators?  You betcha!!  We work to undermine the fear-based support systems of authoritarian dictators with our courage, organizing, art, humor, song, poetry, education, solidarity and just better, healthier ideas.  I hope this song helps you continue to think about these things you and your friends can do to take some action to help us move us a bit closer to a more fair,and just world for all of us. ~ Subscribe to my Songs To Chew podcast = https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-alsops-songs-to-chew/id1446179156  ~ CAMPING WITH DADS = https://www.amazon.com/Camping-Dads-Peter-Alsop/dp/B08CS871QW/ref=sr_1_1  ~ www.FaceBook.com/WeLikePeterAlsop  ~ Youtube.com/peteralsop = videos ~ Patreon.com/peteralsop = support my music & other artistic endeavors ~ www.peteralsop.com/music = CDs & downloads

In another short(ish) holiday episode, Talia & Yaakov work through the utility of Tu B'Shvat as not just a New Year For Trees, but as an opportunity for engaging in theory and practice aimed at mass work with the food-insecure, solidarity work with indigenous Land and Water Protectors, and in particular solidarity work with Palestinians whose land continues to be destroyed by Zionist settlers. Along the way they discuss the pernicious role of the Jewish National Fund in transforming Tu B'Shvat from a kabbalistic seder to a philanthropic arm of the Zionist project, the hypocrisy of liberal ecology and the shortcomings of treating Tu B'Shvat as a Jewish Earth Day, the Halakhic roots of the holiday in regard to food distribution and modern food regulation, and an approach to the Lurianic Tu B'Shvat Seder as a way to engage in Tikkun Olam not just in the mystical sense but in doing concrete Tikkun in the material world. Suggested donation: https://www.landofcanaanfoundation.org ----------- Intro Music: "Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song)," performed by Yiddish Glory & remixed by Eli Bertrum. Outro Music: "Song of the Olive Tree," written by Leon Rosselson & performed by Janet Russell. Suggested Reading: "Inter/Nationalism: Decolonizing Native America And Palestine," by Steven Salaita

We are honored to share an interview we did in early May with the great Leon Rosselson, who wrote the song “The Voice That Lives Inside You” which we use as our opening and closing theme music on this show. He is a prolific singer and songwriter in the UK. At 85 years old, he … Continue reading Leon Rosselson, singer & songwriter

We are honored to share an interview we did in early May with the great Leon Rosselson, who wrote the song “The Voice That Lives Inside You” which we use as our opening and closing theme music on this show. He is a prolific singer and songwriter in the UK. At 85 years old, he … Continue reading Leon Rosselson, singer & songwriter

4 Degrees Celsius by Leon Rosselson, Extinction Rebellion, Earth Strike, Bernie’s Millions, Dow Buys the EPA, The Case Against Julian Assange, Fighting the Assange Smears, Skewing the Social Security Story, Enfranchising Convicts, Rotting on Remand by Billy Bragg #BernieSanders Bernie-2020.com Twitch.tv/unrelatedthings

PODCAST: 08 Oct 2017     01 Penny In The Slot – Luke Daniels – Singing Ways To Feel More Junior 02 Annabel  Lee – Sarah Jarosz – Transatlantic Sessions V Vol 1 03 Le Reel Du Pendu (The Hangman’s Reel) – John Faulkner – Nomads / Fánaithe 04 Alabama Jubilee – R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders – Chasin’ Rainbows 05 Noran Water – Robyn Stapleton – Fickle Fortune 06 History Lesson – Three City Four – The All New Electric Muse – The Story Of Folk Into Rock 07 The World Turned Upside Down (The Digger’s Song) – Karan Casey – Songlines 08 Palaces Of Gold – Roy Bailey – Sit Down & Sing 09 They’re Going To Build A Motorway – Leon Rosselson – That’s Not the Way It’s Got to Be 10 Song Of The Olive Tree –  Janet Russell – And They All Sang RosselSonGs – Songs By Leon Rosselson 11 Jackboot Democrats – Des De Moor – And They All Sang RosselSonGs – Songs By Leon Rosselson 12 Flower Of Magheralli / Farewell To Milltown / The Yellow Tinker – Long Note – Two  13 Transplant Calypso – Jeremy Taylor – The Very Best Of 14 A Place Called England – The Young ‘Uns – Strangers  15 Across The Blue Mountains – Jack Warnock – Jack Warnock 16 Cod Liver Oil And The Orange Juice – Findlay Napier – Glasgow 17 Elizabeth Trump & Son – Luke Daniels – Singing Ways To Feel More Junior

Nuclear War by Sun Ra, Surprised by Charlottesville?, Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty, Political Money Laundering, Declining Middle Class Wealth, Single Payer is Good for Business, Afghan Civilians, Progressive Patriots, Jackboot Democrats by Leon Rosselson

sPEak! | Public Enemy : Nothing Is Quick In The Desert World Without Borders | Tha Truth : Tha Miseducation of the Masses Angry White Guy | Jim's Big Ego : Noplace Like Nowhere White American Male '91 (The Truth Hurts), Part 2 | Consolidated : Friendly Fa$cism Angry White American Man | David Rovics : The Other Side Conservative, Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males | Todd Snider : East Nashville Skyline White Boy Privilege | Royce Mann : The Wall That Stands Between | Leon Rosselson : The World Turned Upside Down: Rosselsongs 1960-2010 The World's Police | Leon Rosselson : The World Turned Upside Down: Rosselsongs 1960-2010 Talking Democracy Blues | Leon Rosselson : The World Turned Upside Down: Rosselsongs 1960-2010 Ballad Of A Spycatcher | Leon Rosselson : The World Turned Upside Down: Rosselsongs 1960-2010 New World Order | Stephen Smith : Adbusters: Live Without Dead Time Direct Action | Utah Philips & Ani DiFranco : Fellow Workers

After last week's rudely interrupted show of British political pop, we pick up where we left off - more punk, more dub, more dubby punk. Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist liar liar ge2017 by Captain Ska (-) 2′04″ The Huntsman Comes A-Marchin' by Chris T-T (-) 2′52″ The Running Fox by The Young'Uns (-) 10′11″ Tramp the Dirt Down by Elvis Costello (-) 18′55″ Nothing to Lose by Undercover Hippy on Truth and Fiction (-) 24′24″ Feed On Greed by The Undercover Hippy (-) 29′17″ Our Streets by The Undercover Hippy on Monkey Suit (-) 34′14″ Purge Your Inner Tory by Colour Me Wednesday (-) 39′43″ Thatcher's Fortress by The Varukers on Massacred Millions (-) 42′25″ Money For War by Beans On Toast on A Spanner in the Works (-) 44′35″ God Save The Humans by Grace Petrie on There's No Such Thing As A Protest Singer (-) 47′11″ Let's Give Thanks by Leon Rosselson on For The Good Of The Nation (-) 53′36″ Tory is a Four Letter Word by The King Blues on Tory is a Four Letter Word (-) 56′07″ Be Reasonable by Robb Johnson (-) 58′00″ The Day That Thatcher Dies by Hefner on We Love The City (-) 61′34″ Blue Skinned Beast by Madness on Madness (-) 69′18″ Review The Law by Ruff, Ruff, and Ready on Word Of Mouth (-) 74′13″ Ghost Town by The Specials on The Specials (-) 76′07″ New Crass Massahkah by Linton Kwesi Johnson (-) 83′28″ Five Nights Of Bleeding by Linton Kwesi Johnson on Dread Beat An' Blood (Island) 85′04″ Inglan is a Bitch by Linton Kwesi Johnson on Independent Intervenshan (Island) 97′14″ Street 66 by Linton Kwesi Johnson on Bass Culture (Island) 98′52″ Mile End by Pulp on Trainspotting OST (-) 108′04″ Rogue Trooper by Radical Dance Faction on Borderline Cases (-) 115′09″ Weak Become Heroes by The Streets on Original Pirate Material (-) Check out the full archives on the website.

'Talking Democracy Blues' by Leon Rosselson, Recount, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Jill Stein, Infrastructure, Anti-Trump protests, TPP, Standing Rock, 'Indian Wars' by Bruce Cockburn

PODCAST: 17 Jan 2016  01 Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell – Ladies Of The Canyon 02 Where Do The Children Play? – Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman 03 I Am The Earth – Goose Creek Symphony – Live At The Mountain Arts Center 04 Leave Them A Flower – Ian Campbell Folk Group – The Times They Are A–Changin' 05 What Have They Done To The Rain – Joan Baez – All My Trials Lord 06 Cement Octopus – Pete Seeger – God Bless The Grass 07 They're Going To Build A Motorway – Leon Rosselson and Roy Bailey – Songs Of Life From A Dying British Empire 08 Now That The Buffalo's Gone – Buffy Sainte–Marie – The Best Of 09 Dark Honey – Simpson Cutting Kerr – Murmurs 10 Running Out Of Road – Steve Tilston – Truth To Tell 11 Jack In The Green – Jethro Tull – The Best Of Acoustic Jethro Tull 12 Paradise – John Prine – Great Days: Anthology 13 Pollution – Tom Lehrer – That Was The Year That Was 14 Rivers Run – Karine Polwart – Threshold 15 Louisiana 1927 – Martin Simpson – Prodigal Son 16 The Levee's Gonna Break – Bob Dylan – Modern Times 17 Soil And Soul – Songs Of Separation – Songs Of Separation 18 The Last Leviathan – The Fisherman’s Friends – One And All 19 Wilderness – Eric Bogle – Voices In The Wilderness

On this episode of Critical Karaoke we are talking about “cover songs.”  Songs that were written and recorded by one artist, but go on to be re-recorded and re-performed by many other artists in many other genres—it is kind of like karaoke of existing songs, but it is critical?   Complete details available here: http://criticalkaraoke.com/critical-karaoke-episode-4-cover-songs/ Join us as we discuss covers of "No Diggity" by Blackstreet; "King Porter Stomp," first composed and performed by Jelly Roll Morton; and “The World Turned Upside Down” by Leon Rosselson.  All than and more, including a special "cover band" name pop quiz.  

Nigel Smith, currently Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature at Princeton, was in conversation about the thought, literature and legacy of the Ranters with Sir Stephen Sedley, formerly a judge in the Court of Appeal, frequent contributor to the LRB and an acknowledged authority on the history of English radicalism. Folk singer Leon Rosselson performed two of his songs at the event: 'Abiezer Coppe' and 'The Diggers'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

‘General Darcy & The Girl’ and more at the 7th International Solo Festival until 27th July at Lord Stanley Pub, Park Road until 27th July. Rob Da Bank play at the launch of ‘The Art of Dressing Up’ at Proud Camden; Try for Tuesday cheap night at the Tricycle for ‘The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania – 020 7328 1000; Leon Rosselson performs at launch of Nigel Smith’s ‘A Collection of Ranter Writings’ and Sir Stephen Sedley asks the questions at LRB Bookshop. Taste almost anything at City Lit or take a longer summer course; Read by: Tanya Geddes, Sarah O’Brien, Marian Larragy, Freddy Chick & Daniel Mears Script: Marian Larragy Solo Fesitval :: General Darcy and The Girl :: Rob-Da-Bank at Proud :: Colby Sisters at Tricycle :: London Review Bookshop Events :: City Lit Adult Learning tasters :: Back to Camden Commuity Radio :: Follow Camden Community Radio on Twitter :: File Download (5:07 min / 5 MB)

NOTE: This isn't a new episode! This is the first of 18 old episodes we recorded between 2013 and 2016 when the BikePortland Podcast was co-hosted by Jonathan Maus (https://twitter.com/jonathan_maus (@jonathan_maus)), Lillian Karabaic (https://twitter.com/anomalily (@anomalily)), and Michael Andersen (http://www.twitter.com/andersem (@andersem)). ___ This episode came out on July 5th, 2013. We talk about three topics, the death of the Columbia River Crossing Freeway Expansion Megaproject, our views on how newly-appointed PBOT Director Leah Treat and Commissioner Steve Novick will lead the Portland Bureau of Transportation, and the psychology and practice of stopping at red lights. Music is They're Going to Build a Motorway by the great http://www.leonrosselson.co.uk/ (Leon Rosselson). ___ Find more episodes and subscription links at http://www.bikeportland.org/podcast (BikePortland.org/podcast ) Support this podcast