The world has lost one of its greatest voices for civil rights and one of its greatest singers and writers of Hymns of Social Justice. If I had to name just one […]
Long Time Passing
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I’d Hammer Out Love
It may be blasphemous to highlight a song performance by privileged White performers on Martin Luther King Day, but I love this song and this performance so much I will risk it. […]
Stille Nacht
This is more of a “Performance of Social Justice” than it is a “Hymn of Social Justice.” My first Christmas related post was about a fun take on the Christmas Truce of […]
“More Than Enough”
Fox News loves to talk about the “War on Christmas”. Every year from Thanksgiving to December 25th they whip their audience into a ratings frenzy by talking all about how anyone who […]
Love and Understanding
It was Christmas 1981. I was in 3rd grade and I loved Star Wars. That year all of the 3rd grade classes at the Maeser Elementary school came together to sing a […]
46664 #mandela
As the world mourns the passing of Nelson Mandela many are making lists of their favorite songs about him in tribute and I will join them. 46664 was Nelson Mandela’s prison number […]
Once in Royal Jethro’s City.
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“Asking peace of all the world And good will to man”
Calling the song that is the subject of this post a “Hymn of Social Justice” may be stretching definitions a wee bit, but in the Spirit of Christmas I am going to […]
“Look in their eyes ma, You’ll see me” #hymnsofsocialjustice
Bruce Springsteen is teaming up with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello to release a new album called “High Hopes,” it will be out in January of 2014. The new album […]
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