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!["...And Ain't I A Woman?"](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: Vin 004Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, New Harmony Sisterhood BandCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This album by the New Harmony Sisterhood Band contains folk songs centered on issues of women's liberation, gender normativity, and labor unions. The New Harmony Sisterhood Band formed in 1973 by a group of female students who wanted to re-imagine traditional folk songs and write songs with politically conscious, feminist messages. Includes extensive liner notes.
![West Virginia Coal Miner's Blues: Don Stover and the White Oak Mountain Boys](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: Vin 077Format: VinylProducers: Old Homestead RecordsCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Though not fully recognized in the bluegrass community, Don Stover's unique banjo picking style and lyrics about the tough life of a West Virginia coal miner are authentic representation of American bluegrass.
![Break the Chains: Prairie Fire](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 083Format: VinylProducers: One Spark MusicCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
For the US bicentennial Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore composed revolutionary songs for the working class. Songs like "Let's Get 'em off Our Backs (200 Years is Long Enough)" speak about the unfair and unjust ways the American labor forces is treated and paid. Themes include the fight for unions and the stark contrast between the upper class and the working class.
![El Derecho de Vivir en Paz: Victor Jara](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Victor Jara's most famous album, known for its strong anti-imperialist convictions and its rejection of United States backed Latin American parties. The songs talk about injustices perpetrated on the working class, the need for revolution throughout South America, racism, and the right to peace. In the song, "Plegaria de un labrador", the lyrics tell the worker to take up arms against his oppressor.
![Levantate Y Mira A La Montaña: Victor Jara](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
The Cuban release of " El dercho de vivir en paz" with different title. Victor Jara's most famous album, known for its strong anti-imperialist convictions and its rejection of United States backed Latin American parties. The songs talk about injustices perpetrated on the working class, the need for revolution throughout South America, racism, and the right to peace. In the song, "Plegaria de un labrador", the lyrics tell the worker to take up arms against his oppressor.
![Habla Y Canta: Victor Jara](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Victor Jara was an influential musical figure creating revolutionary Chilean music which would in turn inspire revolution all over Latin America. Jara created songs of protest, revolution and tribute to the working class. Included in this album is the song, "Plegaria a un labrador", which inspires the workers and laborers to take up arms against the oppressors.
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