Nobel Prize for Pete

Monday, May 04. 2009

Today's Huffington Post had an article about the four hour concert for Pete Seeger's 90th birthday/fundraiser for the Clearwater Foundation.

Being a rabble-rouser, I hold Pete Seeger in the highest regard as a major, kick-ass, grand-daddy rabble-rouser. Talk about stirring things up. Unionizing, civil rights, cleaning up the Hudson River- he spoke out and sang out long before any of the causes were popular. Pete sang when doing so could have killed him. It did get him blacklisted and nearly killed his career.

I invite you to read more about Pete in this updated blog

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/one-more-honor-for-pete-s_b_195594.html

Then, if so moved, sign the petition to nominate Pete Seeger for a Nobel Prize.

http://www.nobelprize4pete.org/

I, for one, want to reward troublemaking-for-good.

And so it is. Karen

Posted by Karen Porter at 14:50 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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