>[BTW I was up at the UMass Marxism conference yesterday, which was quite
>good, and got to see Doug give a bravo performance as a last-minute standin
>for Mike Davis at the Saturday night plenary, sharing the stage with Angela
>Davis. As the chair of the plenary noted, imagine what he could have done
>with some preparation time. ]
Thanks, Nathan. Elsewhere, it was said that my standing in for Mike Davis was like Eddie Van Halen standing in for Djang
>Just interested in starting a thread on folks' favorite political anthems,
>songs with a tough political edge. Partly my interest is my newfound diving
>into Napster-style music surfing, so I'm going to try to put together a nice
>playlist of left political songs. So what are your favorites.
I always liked that old Husker Du song, can't remember the title, that raved about "nine-digit zip codes and secret decoder ring codes...." And there's that great Bikini Kill song, "I Like Fucking," which you could read as political if you like. For nostalgic types, there's always <http://www.funet.fi/pub/culture/russian//lyrics/political/SovNatlAnthem.mp3>.
Doug