“Father was an atheist; he had even joined the Skeleton Army - a club of men who went about in masks or black faces, with ribald placards and a brass band, to make war upon the Salvation Army.” MenWarFacesFatherBlackBandArmySalvationAtheistClubsMaskSkeletonsBrassSalvation ArmyBlack FaceBrass BandsRibald Author:A. E. Coppard
“The invasion of Iraq will surely go down in history as one of the most cowardly wars ever fought. It was a war in which a band of rich nations, armed with enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world several times over, rounded on a poor nation, falsely accused it of having nuclear weapons, used the United Nations to force it to disarm, then invaded it, occupied it, and are now in the process of selling it.” WorldWarEnoughUsedForceNationsProcessPoorUnitedRichBandWeaponsIraqNuclearSellingNuclear WeaponsUnited NationsAccusedInvasionCowardlyFalsely AccusedPoor Nations Book:Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire Source: Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire
“We were all anti-Reagan, we were all politically-aware, we were all anti-war and things like that. These days a lot of the newer bands don't even really talk about that sort of stuff anymore.” WarStuffBandThese DaysAnti War Author:Roger Miret
“You see, when a nation threatens another nation the people of the latter forget their factionalism, their local antagonisms, their political differences, their suspicions of each other, their religious hostilities, and band together as one unit. Leaders know that, and that is why so many of them whip up wars during periods of national crisis, or when the people become discontented and angry. This is the explanation of all wars, all racial and religious hatreds, all massacres, and all attempts at genocide.” PeopleKnowsWarTogetherPoliticalNationsDifferencesReligiousForgetLeaderPeriodsBandHatredCrisisAngryLocalsExplanationLatterGenocideSuspicionUnitsHostilityWhipsMassacresAntagonismTogether As OnePolitical DifferencesReligious Hatred Author:Taylor Caldwell
“For me personally, and as a band, there are a lot of challenges. Being in a band is like war, it's a battle - to focus, to really put together something that's formidable and then keeping everything together.” WarTogetherChallengesFocusBattleBandFormidable Author:Erik Rutan
“Living in war, and being a wartime band, I don't think there's any way that can't somehow influence the songwriting.” ThinkingWayWarInfluenceBandSongwritingWartime Author:Colin Meloy
“There was this moment in 2003 when I was asked to do a fundraiser for someone who was speaking out against the Iraq war when nobody was. I said, "I will do a fundraiser for that guy." And then my friend John Hall, from the band Orleans...He ran for Congress in my district and won. I did a bunch of fundraisers for him.” SaidWarMomentsGuyBandMy FriendsCongressIraqBunchRanHallsThat GuyIraq WarSpeaking OutFundraiser Author:Dar Williams
“In a sense, George W. Bush has used the tragedy of the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the nightmarish expansion of his idea of a war on terror to overshadow his actual conduct in office on the redistribution of wealth upward through progressive tax cuts that actually penalize the vast majority of the public, and shift their resources to a narrow band at the very, very top.” IdeasWarUsedWealthCuttingBandTaxesOfficeResourcesTragedyMajorityTerrorTerroristProgressiveSeptemberExpansionSeptember 11War On TerrorTax CutsTerrorist AttacksSeptember 11thRedistribution Of WealthProgressive Tax Author:Sidney Blumenthal