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Art Is Activism

By John Malkin, AlterNet. Posted October 31, 2004.


Ani DiFranco: "My patriotism is borne of the cultural and activist history of my country. The land, the beautiful land that we inhabit, everything that we hold high about this country, all of the rights and freedoms that we brag about around the world, were fought for by activists."

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John Malkin is a musician and journalist who hosts a weekly radio program focusing on social change and spiritual growth. A book of his interviews with musicians, including Ani DiFranco, will be published by Parallax Press in the spring of 2005 with the title "Sounds of Freedom."

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