Nick Arnett wrote:
>
> The most moving performance I ever witnessed of the song below was in a
> squatters' settlement in Mexico, performed by very poor people, playing
> hand-made instruments. It sounds very, very different coming out of the
> mouths of people who haven't benefited from U.S. culture. They were, in
> fact, people who see the United States as a supporter of right-wing
> government and business leaders that do everything they can to prevent
> people from becoming educated, forming labor unions or any of a number of
> other actions that in this country are considered fundamental liberties and
> very, very American values. Throughout Latin America, we support such
> actions, directly and indirectly.
Amazing.. in my mind it is always covered in a patina of Sousa and
southern marches..
-j-
