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3 months ago
Billy Bragg- Never Cross a Picket Line
A video montage of Republican posters and fighters from the Spanish Civil War, to the tune of Billy Bragg's "never Cross a Picket Line."
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6 months ago
State of the Union: President Reagan's State of the Union Speech - 2/18/81
President Reagan's State of the Union Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery - 2/18/81.
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"Government isn't the answer". What that actually means is that democratic controls should be thrown aside in favour of rampant individualism, something the younger Reagan as a Democrat opposed. And who saves the sinking ship when individualism takes the world to the edge of the abyss e.g. 2008-0...
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6 months ago
Jimmy Carter: Crisis of Confidence
View the full speech here: http://millercenter.org/scr......
President Carter speaks to Americans about the "crisis of confidence" in Ameri...
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As an Englishman who admires what is best about America yet despairs of American cynicism when at its worst, I respect Carter. Can you imagine Geroge W Bush giving such an address? This speech is America is at can be; the America of John Steinbeck and Robert Kennedy in 68 - democratic ideals in t...
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One of my favourite Billy Bragg songs. It's heartening to think there are still singer songwriters out there with a social conscience. There's still hope for intelligent music; still those who will speak up for what's right. Keep fighting the good fight, Billy.
Thanks to btswanfury for uploading...