breaking news

[Christian Bartolf <mkgandhi at snafu.de>]

PRESS RELEASE: 26 March 2006 (Country Joe McDonald)

Country Joe McDonald from Berkeley (California, USA) signed the 
international ""Manifesto against conscription and the military system" 
on 26 March 2006. As a famous performing artist he has been an 
indispensable and unmistakable advocate for Peace and Justice since the 
days of the world famous music festival in Woodstock (1969) when his 
"I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" became the protest song against the 
US war in Vietnam. Since the days of the Civil Rights' movement, Country 
Joe McDonald had composed song lyrics of compassion for the victims of 
racism ("Epitaph for Three", 1964), against the military system ("An 
Untitled Protest", 1967), for animal rights and ecology ("Save the 
Whales", 1975) and against the war propaganda of military intervention 
("Support the Troops", 2005) - choosing the distinct anti-war slogan: 
"Not in My Name".
In the tradition line of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, Country Joe 
McDonald has been the authentic and compassionate voice of dissent, a 
superb critic whose crystal-clear lyrics and sharp polemics against 
political crime and injustice will always challenge the widespread 
attitudes of resignation, ignorance and indifference - you find his 
informative and reflective, educating and recommending website under: 
http://www.countryjoe.com
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Please have a look at the "Manifesto against conscription and the 
military system"
(with the updated complete list of signatories):
http://home.snafu.de/mkgandhi/manifest.htm
Please have a look at the Gandhi Information Center's websites:
http://home.snafu.de/mkgandhi
email: mkgandhi at snafu.de
http://www.themanifesto.info
email: sign at themanifesto.info

sgd. Christian Bartolf (Chair)
Gandhi Information Center

http://home.snafu.de/mkgandhi/press1.htm
http://www.themanifesto.info/press.htm