Iris DeMent

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jan 7 12:03:42 PST 2000


Michael Pugliese wrote:


>And add Patti Smith to the lefty musician list. The song and esp. the video
>for her song, "People Have The Power, "show her to have solid left-populist
>politics.

Though her first "hit," the sublime "Piss Factory," shows a distinct lack of class solidarity. Instead of agitating, educating, and organizing, she deserts her fellow workers - "too goddamned grateful to get this job to know they're getting screwed up the ass" - and takes off for NYC, in search of fame & fortune. I'm glad she did, though.

Doug



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