News about Woody Guthrie

STEPHEN DAISLEY:  Scotland saw Salmond's vision - big, romantic and brimming with ideas - and still said 'No'. He could make his people dream, but he couldn't stop them waking up

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 13, 2024
Alex Salmond was a big man with a big vision for a country that, to him, was the biggest the world had to offer. Addressing Holyrood for the first time after his thundering victory in 2011, he said: 'Scotland is not small. It is not small in imagination, and it is not short on ambition. It is infinite in its diversity, and it is alive with possibility.' That speech, which I have always considered his finest, reflected the generous scope of his worldview. It quoted Donald Dewar and Michael Foot, Hugh MacDiarmid and Norman MacCaig, The Corries and Fletcher of Saltoun, and its lyrical flourish that 'this land is their land, from the sparkling sands of the islands to the glittering granite of our cities' perhaps owes some royalties to the estate of Woody Guthrie.

In an Airstream, a couple travels to 25 states and more than 60,000 miles

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 17, 2023
In 2014, Cate Battles and her partner, Chad, received their goat named Frankie. The gang returned to the road in a 1976 Airstream a few years ago and has been traveling ever since. She's incredibly sharp and inquisitive.' Cate, an artist, gushed of the goat, saying she's just one of the most affectionate animals I've ever seen. She's either our ride or die.' She's our adventure buddy!' The couple have crisscrossed the country for the majority of each year since 2016.

In New York City, NYU's white-only anti-racism workshop for public school parents is held

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 11, 2023
According to a handful of legal experts, the five-month course, which cost $360 to attend, was a clear violation of civil rights law, a clear violation of civil rights legislation, according to the Washington Free Beacon. This year, the seminar, 'From Integration to Anti-Racism,' took place half-a-dozen times and was delivered by the Steinhardt School of Education at NYU. The educators delivering the course gave the students a white paper from which the seminar was kept all white was explained to attendees that the purpose of the seminar was to prevent 'unlearn racism' without inflicting 'undue trauma or pain' on minorities in the process.

In a rant, Dropkick Murphys frontman Bob Trump calls him 'the greatest swindler in the history of the world.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 5, 2022
The Boston band was playing their fourth appearance at the Syracuse show 'This Machine Still Kills Fascists,' and was promoting their forthcoming album, the Woody Guthrie-aping 'This Machine Still Kills Fascists.' If the title didn't already state their views, musician Ken Casey went on an anti-MAGA rant chastising the 45th president. On stage, he said, "These swindlers are selling at the f**king fair if you're out there buying those f**king hats," he said before briefly apologizing to the children in attendance.

As Calls To Action, S.G. Goodman's Rustic Hymnals Doubles

www.mtv.com, June 3, 2022
By Mia Hughes "You never know whether or not your music is important, but I think sometimes, music can be a catalyst for people's interest," says Kentucky singer S.G. Goodman. She's speaking to MTV News about "Work Until I Die," a cut from her newest album, Teeth Marks. "Trapped in the groove, you'll work until you die," she sings with her unmistakable drawl. The track, which she co-created with long-time collaborator Matt Rowan, has a punk bite, much like Fugazi's doing Woody Guthrie. Goodman was inspired by Florence Reece's 1930s anthem "Which Side Are You On?" but the song is still available on Dolly Parton's "9 to 5," according to all.