Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 26. Mars 2006 / Time Line March 26, 2006
Version 3.503/26/2006
PRESS RELEASE: 26 March 2006 (Country Joe McDonald)
By: Christian Bartolf
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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