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A compilation of live cuts from the 'Tell Us the Truth' tour, which
featured a politically-minded group of musicians/activists
travelling across America in an effort to raise awareness on media
reform and trade issues. The featured artists include Billy Bragg,
The Nightwatchmen, Steve Earle and Lester Chambers. Tracks include
'No One Left', 'The Mountain', 'Christmas in Washington', 'Harlan
Man', 'Ohio', 'Underdog', 'Everything', 'Five Million Ways to Kill
a C.E.O.', 'Underdog Victorious', 'Power in a Union', 'Great Leap
Forward', 'Girl from the North Country', 'People Get Ready', 'Let's
Get It On', 'Time Has Come' and 'Todya Everythang'.
At a time when opinion trumps facts and truth is treated as nothing more than another perspective, free speech has become a battleground. While authoritarians and algorithms threaten democracy, we argue over who has the right to speak.
To protect ourselves from encroaching tyranny, we must look beyond this one-dimensional notion of what it means to be free and, by reconnecting liberty to equality and accountability, restore the individual agency engendered by the three dimensions of freedom.
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Urban Hymn (DVD)
Letitia Wright, Shirley Henderson, Isabella Laughland, Steven Mackintosh, Ian Hart, …
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R116
Discovery Miles 1 160
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British coming-of-age drama directed by Michael Caton-Jones. The
film follows troubled, London teenager Jamie Harrison (Letitia
Wright) who has lived in care homes for most of her life after
being abandoned by her mother. Her new, unconventional support
worker Kate (Shirley Henderson) tries to help her realise her
potential but Jamie's best friend Leanne (Isabella Laughland) is
not so keen on letting her partner in crime abandon the life of
drugs and violence they share together.
This souvenir songbook from Billy Bragg contains all the songs from
the albums with top line, chords and lyrics. Also includes,
extensive photography and artwork alongside biographies and trivia.
Learn to play the music and win the pub quiz with your knowledge of
'Braggigology'. Any self-respecting Bragg fan needs a copy of this
book!
A Rough Trade, Mojo and FT Book of the Year
LONGLISTED FOR THE
PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE
Emerging from the jazz clubs of the early
1950s, skiffle - a uniquely British take on American folk and blues
- caused a sensation among a generation of kids who had grown up
during the dreary post-war years. Teenagers were looking for a
music of their own in a culture dominated by crooners and mediated
by a stuffy BBC. Against a backdrop of Cold War politics, rock and
roll riots and a newly assertive working-class youth, Billy Bragg
charts - for the first time in depth - the history, impact and
legacy of a movement that sparked a revolution and shaped pop
culture as we have come to know it.
Billy Bragg is one of Britain's most distinctive and accomplished
songwriters, whose work has articulated the passions, both personal
and political, of Britain during the past five decades. A Lover
Sings contains over seventy of his best-known lyrics, selected and
annotated by the author. 'Sexuality', 'A New England', 'Levi
Stubbs' Tears' - these are unadorned, poetic songs that skilfully
interweave everyday observation with much broader concerns: of
fairness and outrage, of generosity and love. A Lover Sings reveals
a unique sensibility: principled and proudly of the Left, funny,
forthright and tender. It is a remarkable collection.
What does it mean to be English? What does it mean to be British?
Is the cross of St George a proud symbol of a great tradition, or
the badge of a neo-Nazi? In a world where British citizens can lay
bombs to kill their countrymen, where religious fundamentalism is
on the increase and where the BNP are somehow part of the
democratic process, what does patriotism actually mean? Our
identity can change depending on what company we are in. For
example, someone could describe themselves British to one person,
Scottish to another and, say, a Londoner to another, and be right
every time. But problems arise when someone tries to tell you what
you are, based on your skin tone, religion, accent, surname, or
whatever. This book is Billy Bragg's urgent, eloquent and
passionate response to the events of 7 July 2005, when four bombs
tore through a busy morning in London, killing 52 innocent people
and injuring many more. A firm believer in toleration and
diversity, he felt himself hemmed in by fascists on one side and
religious fanatics on the other. The suicide bombers were all
British-born and well integrated into our multicultural society.
Yet they felt no compunction in murdering and maiming their fellow
citizens. Inclusivity is important, but without a sense of
belonging to accompany it, what chance social cohesion... But where
does a sense of belonging come from? Can it be conferred by a legal
document? Is it a matter of blood and soil? Can it be taught? Is it
nature or nurture? The Progressive Patriot is a book we all need to
read. It pulls no punches in its insights and its radical vision
offers a positive hope for a country teetering on the brink of
catastrophe.
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