Re: Klezmer in corporate hands?

[Elliott <enr01...>]

I suggest that he visit some other countries like China, Russia , Mexico ,
Sweden (just kidding) etc etc, and he might appreciate what is here. He is free
to fun for political office and work towards improving the system.
        Elliott    ellllll
Ingemar Johansson wrote:

> Dear list-members,
>
> An American friend of mine sent me this, apalled, angered and distressed by
> recent developments in the US. The reason why I forward this bitter
> statement to the list is that he included some words about Jewish Music.
>
> > US remains the country with more people held in jail than any police
> > state in the world. The criminalization of Black and Latino youth
> > continues unabated. The death penalty has become an acceptable
> > "liberal" position. There is an escalating war on immigrants, with raids,
> > concentration camps, and militarized borders. The actual ability of women
> > to obtain abortion is methodically stripped away through gangster action,
> > parental consent, waiting periods, and the denial of government funding.
> There
> > is no foreign military venture of the Bush-Reagan years to which Clinton
> has
> > not wholeheartedly subscribed. The openly racist, misogynist, homophobic
> > and murderous Christian-fundamentalist demands for "family values" and
> > preparation for Armageddon continue to fester in growing organized
> > networks. The censorship of music and culture has passed directly into
> > corporate hands. This goes for rebel culture and odd music, too - like
> Jazz
> > and Klezmer, both of which you're very fond, I know.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Ingemar J.