Protest song in the digital age (and the rise of the global justice movement).(Hey Rube! Tips, hint & ideas to foster a good working environment among folk music's community of performers) From: Sing Out! | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: Smith, Stephan | COPYRIGHT 2004 Sing Out Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The rise of the Internet and the co-incidental growth of the global justice and peace movements have revolutionized the ways in which protest music can be distributed and used as an organizing tool. When I released my antiwar song "The Bell" on September 11,2002 (with Dean Ween and Pete Seeger), it was to a country still in the throws of blinding post 9/11 mourning and pro-war propaganda. The peace movement still did not exist in the eyes of the wind-blown media, and virtually no a...