Power to the Peaceful concert Saturday in Golden Gate Park (and online)
Published September 09, 2005
The Power to the Peaceful concert takes place in Golden Gate Park on Saturday, September 10th from 11 am to 5 pm (though yoga starts at 9:30 am). If you can't make it KPFA will be providing coverage (including streaming. I also imagine they'll archive it at least for a week).
performers and speakers this year include Michael Franti (shown above) and Spearhead, Saul Williams, Anti-Flag, Angela Davis, Outfoxed producer Robert Greenwald, and Mario Hardy (who worked at CCCO when I was on the board - I took photos of him
speaking last year including the one at the top of this post).
It is always an amazing event (another concert Franti organized soon after 9/11 really brought people together). It was free in the past, but this year they are asking for a $2 donation (no one will be turned away)
There also will be a free social justice forum on Sunday at Cellspace and a film festival Tuesday and Wednesday at the Roxie (it will include a segment from Greenwald's Wal-Mart doc).
I created a set of photos from last year (though I haven't added all of them yet). I'll be there again and will post photos on flickr.
Franti will also be performing in NYC (9-22), Chicago (9-24), and San Francisco (9-30) to encourage people to get passports and travel outside the US. He will playing with "Gnawa musician Hassan Hakmoun, tabla player Karsh Kale, ghazal vocalist Vishal Vaid, Carol C. of Si*Se and Sufi rocking singer Haale."
Less than 23% of american have passports. Lonely Planet has published Don't Let the World Pass You By! 52 Reasons to Have a Passport and started gotpassport.com to encourage Congress to declare each September National Passport month.
When Franti travelled to Iraq in 2004, he made a documentary I Know I'm Not Alone which also screening (listings near bottom) a few times over the next few months.
- Power to the Peaceful concert Saturday in Golden Gate Park (and online)
- Published: September 09, 2005
- Type: News
- Section: Music
- Writer: Steve Rhodes
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When they began the yoga postures... .
The Radical Bridge
9/11 is a lie that screams so loudly
It is the poison pill that lies beneath the tongue
Not unlike the murders of Abraham, Martin and John
Ohio's Kent State and the votes never counted
The violence rocks the foundations to keep us down
Amidst the chaos and fury
The left/right of the same cabal never revealing cause
With the Protocols for the New American Century
Gonna slash and burn it to the ground
Caught-up in the human persona
Between the spirit and the beast
The pestilence of psychological deception
It wasn't suppose to go down this way
As the desire to live is vanquished
Leeched-out with "Propaganda" and PR lies
With all these mergers of vertical disintegration
Designed to eliminate authentic organic growth
To let go of all you love
Sure these guys are all about winning
As they grovel in mountains of fiat chips and pirated gold
Like feudal landlords they chattel their cattle
Preparing to cull the herd when the time is ripe
We start out with the visions of the kingdom
Only to be pushed and pulled into the box
Designed by hucksters and corporate executioners
Leaving nothing but the desperation to get out
The American vision fell with those twin towers
A heaving hunk of molten ash
Hidden deep within the structural center
Lay the lethal injection to end the dream
The dark power pulls so strongly
Move to the fascist global ovens
Forfeit our fabled communal way of life
Make room for the machines that keep on churning
Disconnect from those who might have been
As the deciders stack the decks and the tables
The creative vision tossed into the trash
The word of God, a harsh condemnation
The gift of birth reserved for those born to win
We can obediently consume the potion
Adopt the posture of the tortured man
Or sling the poison back unto this alien creature
As it nervously fumbles the power ring
How could we ever rise above?
Rise up against this manufactured terror
Wake up to the responsibilities and joys of life
Realize the power of the Vision
Cast these evildoers to their apocalyptic hell
Recognize the ever-present serendipity
With everything on the line
To end the separation
We have to start to live and be as one
Rise up and be counted
Rise up and take that shot
Dance to the divination
Sing the song that's longing in your heart
Don't let them scare you to stop creating
Take your neighbors hand as the sun is ascending
Look into the eyes of God as it slips into the sea
Due on to others with respect and compassion
Only then will the angels sleep
On our journey through life's passages
The fragrances and memories still linger in the air
We are here to create and learn the mysteries
Merging with the light went it's time to go
By Gary Schofield dedicated to his fellow American citizens
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