That's not the way it's got to be... #leonrosselson #roybailey #theworldturnedupsidedown #thatsnotthewayitsgottobe #nikon #d780
Leon Rosselson & Roy Bailey "That's Not The Way It's Got to Be" (Fuse, 1975). Leon Rosselson was one of the great British folk singers of the 60s—while some chased Dylan, Rosselson developed his own radical satirical voice, a sly sense of humor that inspired the likes of Billy Bragg and Chumbawamba (and maybe The Dead Kennedys?). The record opens with a poem called "School Taught Me": "School taught me/ to write my name/ to recite the answers/ to feel ashamed/ to stand in corners/ to wait in line/ to kiss the rod / to be on time / and trust in god. / To make me a model citizen / that was their goal. / Well, I don't know about that, / but it was useful training / for a career / on the dole." The record ends with what, due to Billy Bragg's cover of it, has become Rosselson's best known song, "The World Turned Upside Down," a tribute to Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers of the mid-17th century, but where Bragg makes the song a rousing punkish anthem, Rosselson's version is closer to a hymn. Between are lots of great songs and poems aiming at complacency in Britain. Piano, guitar, oboe, accordion, and other instruments lend some musical variety from track to track. #LeonRosselson #RoyBailey #ThatsNotTheWayItsGotToBe #AgitProp #PoliticalMusic #FolkMusic #TheWorldTurnedUpsideDown #BillyBragg #SpokenWord #GerrardWinstanley #Chumbawamba #SatiricalMusic #JohnKirkpatrick #MartinCarthy #SueHarris #FuseRecords
Arrigo did a study in 1997 and coined the term “transcarceration” meaning that a sizeable number of inmates find themselves circulating from one institution to another, often subject to a similar discourse of surveillance and control found in these institutions. CHP thinks it’s time to stop this cycle... who’s with us!? . . . #awareness #socialscience #criminaljustice #socialjustice #nonprofit #community #thatsnotthewayitsgottobe