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I've started opening my human rights lectures on Zoom with music videos carrying a human rights or social justice meaning, to create warmth and interest and to inspire students. Below are what I have chosen so far - please suggest others! @MDXlaw
Max Richter and his ensemble - All Human Beings @maxrichtermusic
Joan Baez - Bread and Roses
Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come
John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War is Over) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/john-lennon-yoko-ono-happy-xmas-war-is-over-video-1093396/
Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life
Adrian Lord playing Farewell to Stromness by Peter Maxwell Davies (written as a protest against the building of a uranium mine on the Orkney Islands)
That's it so far - please send suggestions and links, especially to less well known songs. And I encourage other colleagues to do this as an antidote to the sterility of the Zoom room. Thank you!
