Recently I was ready for some new tunes on my MP3 and, struck by a wave of nostalgia, I decided to see what was available from Peter, Paul, and Mary. I downloaded a few of their songs and have been listening alot the last couple weeks to "Blowin' in the Wind." Remember it? More than 40 years on and as the news of the world has unfolded lately, how fresh those "protest" lyrics still are....
People are being beaten and killed in Zimbabwe for not voting for the party in power
"How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky? How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry?"
Countless thousands in Myanmar are dead or now homeless, hungry, and deserted while the government charged with their care only scrambles to protect its secrecy and power
"How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?"
The American President speaks to the Israeli Knesset extolling its noble democracy and valued friendship, while mere miles from where he stands 5 million people are under military occupation and subjugation by said glorious "democracy"
"How many years must some people exist before they're allowed to be free? How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see?"
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