West Mass resident Tom Neilson singing a song about "country club" prisons with golf courses and corporate crime.

Medley of big band swing, minor swing.

Gonna Lay Down My Sword and Sheild, Down by the Riverside

Some Mp3s of music in the University of Massechussetts Plaza at the Boston Social Forum. 3 are from a marching brass band and the other 3 are from Tom Neilson, a west mass resident singing songs of political satire.

First Mp3 is of the brass band doing a "Texas" medley.

I don't know the name of the Brass Band, (lost the flyer with contact info) so if anyone knows who they are and can post their contact info, that would be great!

Civil rights activist Charlotte Mitchell talks about the original Committees of Correspondence and the Boston Tea Party. She talks about the protection of private property and the attack on the living standards of the global south. Talks about defending the American "way of life" and the PATRIOT Act and a new way of struggle, not seperately for each demand, but collectively for all.

Rabbi Michael Lerner, co-chair of the Tikkun Community speaks about hate for Bush not transforming into support for Kerry. US foreign policy MUST change, especially with regard to the middle east, espically the Israel/Palestine conflict. Self determination for Palestinians as well as Israelis. He talks about the lack of love in society being as important as the lack of economic means, and the culture of materialsm and selfishness. Proposes a Social Responsibility Amendment to the US Constitution. 11:40

Paul Farmer, a physician on staff at Harvard Medical School and member of Partners in Health, a physician human rights group speaks about his experiences in Haiti, a regime change that has been overlooked. Speaks about Haiti being the only country born of a slave revolt. Says system of Global Aparthied is making us all sick. Equality must be global and universal. Current social order predicated on inequality which requires violence. 10:12

Talks about talks about rights of corporations, genetic engineering and seed patenting, energy dependency and policy, renewable energy sources and breaking the cycle of dependancy. Energy Junkies end up hanging out with the dealers, so for real Democracy, we need to democratize the production of energy. Settler societies baed on conquest cannot be sustained. 12:00

Achin Vanaik, New Dheli, India journalist, lecturer, and member of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament & Peace shares his thought about US government and foreign policy of Global Imperialism. Says that new post 911 sentiment "Never Again" could go in two directions, Never Again for MY people, or Never Again for ANY people. Talks about political struggle being a struggle of wills and the creation of a collective will to resist.

Angela Davis, civil rights movement veteran speaks about the parallells of abuses in Iraq and US prisons and human rights abuses in Latin America. Democracy not based on capitalist corporations. We are all citizens of the globe. 11:29