Death of Steve Biko.
Steve Biko – Beenie Man
Biko – Peter Gabriel
Steve Biko (Stir It Up) – A Tribe Called Quest
Biko’s Kindred Lament – Steel Pulse
Prisoner – Lucky Dube
Kazet – Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens
Not Yet Uhuru – Letta Mbulu
Tomorrow Nation – O’ Yaba
Hellfire – African Jazz Pioneers
Unfinished Story – Stimela
Biko Drum – Christy Moore
Asimbonanga / Biko – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir Symphonic, feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo
The Death Of Stephen Biko – Tom Paxton
Tribute to Steve Biko – Tappa Zukie
Nkosi Sikelel ‘IAfrica – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Category Archives: Antiracism
12 September 2025 – Death of Steve Biko
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
14 August 2025
Morning stretching. Floor stretching. Arm stretching. Hip flexor stretching. Walking. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center.
Navajo Code Talkers Day.
Navajo Code Talkers – Jack Gladstone
The Navajo Code Talkers – US Air Force Academy Band
Navajo Code Talkers – Bennie Shay
Navajo Code Talkers – Jay Begaye
John McCutcheon birthday. All songs by John McCutcheon unless otherwise noted.
Welcome The Traveler Home – John Mccutcheon & Tom Chapin
We Shall Rise
Christmas In The Trenches-Song
Greatest Story Never Told
Children Of Abraham
All God’s Critters
Somos El Barco
Cross That Line
Streets Of Sarajevo
Crazy Or Courageous
Immigrant
Hope Dies Last
Te Recuerdo
SuAnne Big Crow
Sara Tucholsky
The Great Storm Is Over
Water From Another Time
Stone By Stone
No Mas!
When I Grow Up
How Can I Keep From Singing?
Hobo’s Lullaby
Wish You Goodnight
Calling All The Children Home
One Strong Arm
Le Chambon-Sur-Lignon
In America – Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon
Loggerman’s Breakdown/Dulcimer Reel
This Road
Picture Of Jesus
The Rebel Girl
Shadowland
Reasons To Believe
Kindergarten Wall
Here On The Islands
Doing My Job – John Mccutcheon & Tom Chapin
We Are Not Alone
Step By Step
Turn, Turn, Turn – John McCutcheon, feat. The Steel Wheels
Well May the World Go – John McCutcheon feat. Hot Rize
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, playlist
10 August 2025
Sound-Bite from Beijing – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Runaway Child, Running Wild – The Temptations
On My Way – Norah Jones
Light One Candle – Peter, Paul & Mary
Oh Brave Morning Sun – JANNABI
Patience -Brittany Howard
Oh, I’m a Good Old Rebel – Hermes Nye
LUST. – Kendrick Lamar
Dream of You- Robert Mirabal
Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73 “Emperor”: III. Rondo: Allegro – George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra & Leon Fleisher
About My Imagination – Jackson Browne
The Pueblo Revolt Of 1680 – Moontee Sinquah
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
9 August 2025
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
Tuva Kazhangnar – Tuva Folk Ensemble
He Toa Takitini / Ka Tohia Atu Koe / Ki Okoiki – Maori People Of New Zealand
Ayoro Kotan – Matsuko
Busigan (Shame) – Las Golondrinas Viajeras
Kantus De Apacheta – K’antu Ensemble
Máhte Lemet Elle – Ole Larsen Gaino
Sote Tulifurahia Kama Siku Ya Arusi – Hukwe Ubi Zawose With Ensemble
Stick Game Song – Bad Canyon Wellpinit Singers
Untitled (Iran) – Indigenous Turkmen People
Batara Guru – Gondang Sabangunan Ensemble
Lelore – Wodaabe Of Dakoro
Mbumbusa (Warrior’s Cry) – Honiata Musicians Of Guadalcanal Island
Vinango (Voyage By Canoe) – Villagers From Panueli, Island Of Savo
Ejengi Ceremony – Ba-Benjellé Pygmies Of The Central African Republic
Nazirkhom – Raman Sawut & Osman Oskur
No’ôk-‘amor – Central Mekrâgnoti Of Brazil
Akuka (Tubuan Dance) – Tolai Musicians
Gending Sekar Gabund (Excerpt) – Gamelan Salunding
Màrsi Màlasri – Jyàpu musicians of Guita Tol
Imìna Imìna – Indigenous Inuit People
Navssâpaluk Sadorana – Indigenous Inuit People
Son Sventa N’ahual San Lorenzo – Lol Gomez, Xun Perez, and Mariano Santis Hernandez
Koroghlu – Ashiq Hasan
Rashaida Dance – Indigenous Rashaida People
Gyütò Tantra (Excerpt) – Monks Of Gyütò Tantric College
Ghungsgot Thonpo (The High Sky) – Tashi Palkit & Isewang Namgyal Kidar
Bisitaita (Song Of Consolation) – Bunun People of Taiwan
Danse Des Toka Nod (Tiga)- Kanak People of New Caledonia
Dalubun (Love Song) – Tjoli Laiwongka & Tom Yorkdjanki
Apu Peikussian – Florent Vollant
The Unforgotten – iskwē, feat. Tanya Tagaq
Shine – Sihasin
J-ilol – VAYIJEL
starlight – nêhiyawak
Cauyaqa Nauwa – Pamyua
Sikumiut – Sikumiut
A Tribe Called Red – Angel Haze
Pashtu Ghazal- Musa Jan & Zahir Jan
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Music, New Mexico, playlist
6 August 2025 – 2
Jamaican Independence Day
Jamaica, Land We Love – The One World Ensemble (The Jamaican National Anthem)
Throne – Koffee Rapture
We Shall Overcome – Toots & The Maytals
History of Jamaica – Early B
The Song My Mother Used to Sing – Dennis Brown
Jump Independently – Count Lasher
Teach the Children – Dennis Alcapone
Rivers of Babylon – The Melodians
Rebuild Jamaica – Lee “Scratch” Perry
I Shall Be Free – Toots & The Maytals
Independence Ska – The Baba Brooks Band
Jamaican Spirit – Stacious
I Am Jamaican – DahNiel-Jae
Sweet Jamaica – Casey Donaldson
Jamaica Jamaica – Tricia Cunningham
One Jamaica – Kimiela Candy Isaacs
Fi Mi Island Home – Sister Novelette
Jah Love This Land – Lex M.D
Jamaica Is A Big Brand – TrishMaq
Waa Back Jamaica – Renzzah
Proud Jamaican – Auraiya Hope
Better Jamaica – Reggae Maxx
We Are Jamaicans – Pepita
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Music, New Mexico, playlist
5 August 2025
Remembering Oak Park gurdwara shooting.
Paramjit Kaur, Satwant Singh Kaleka, Prakash Singh, Sita Singh, Ranjit Singh, Suveg Singh
Grace of God – Sat Hari Singh
Gideh Vich – Anakhi
God and Me – Dev Suroop Kaur & Liv Singh
I Am the People – Mata Mandir Singh & Friends
The Lord’s Prayer – Singh Kaur
Tere Bin – Rabbi Shergill
Mil Mere Pritama Jiyo – Bhai Harjinder Singh
Akhiyan Ch Ton Wasda – Surindar Kaur
Tu Thakar – Craig Pruess & Dya Singh
Long Time Sun – Snatam Kaur
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Gun Violence, Music, New Mexico
There’s a lot in a name
Isn’t it odd that the same person who removed the Indigenous name Denali from the mountain in Alaska now wants to return the name of the Washington football team to a racist slur because “Our great Indian people … their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them.”???
Spoiler:
This is a rhetorical question.
There is nothing odd about it.
It is the same old white supremacist bs that undergirds the dominant society and is being expressed in so many ways by the current administration.
Here endeth the lesson.
Here begineth and continueth the advocacy.
Advocacy opportunities related to the use of Indigenous names and imagery include
National Congress of American Indians
Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance
Not Your Mascot
National Museum of the American Indian Webinar: Changing the Narrative About Native Americans
Twin Cities PBS: Not Your Mascot: Native Americans and Team Mascots
The Lakota Law Project provides many opportunities for advocacy around issues facing Indigenous peoples
In Whose Honor? – video from more than 20 years ago that, sadly, remains relevant in the current atmosphere
For information about the naming of Denali and the suggestion to change back the names of the Washington football team and the Cleveland base ball see:
Denali name change
Proposed sports name changes
Filed under Antiracism, Baseball, Current Events, Football, Human Rights, Sports
A prayer for Yeonsoo Go (and others)
20-year-old Yeonsoo Go, the daughter of Episcopal priest, the Rev. Kyrie Kim, and a graduate of Scarsdale High School in Westchester County was detained by ICE on July 31 after appearing in court, as ordered by the court, for a procedural hearing on her visa application. The South Korean native moved to New York in 2021 with her mother.
Yeonsoo’s situation is one of many. Add other people’s names as you pray. If appropriate, send me those names and I will share them.
An active prayer: Contact your elected representatives demanding that they work to end detention of people seeking to follow the legal processes for immigration.
A prayer for Yeonsoo Go (and others)
God of justice,
we pray for your beloved child
Yeonsoo Go
who was detained by ICE
after appearing in court
for a routine visa hearing.
Watch over Yeonsoo
and keep her safe.
Grant her strength and courage.
Stand with her mother,
the Rev. Kim Kyrie
and her family and friends.
Guide those who protest
this injustice.
Bless their efforts.
We pray for Yeonsoo,
knowing that she is
but one of too, too many
taken by ICE –
often when they were doing
as Yeonsoo and following the rules
to obtain legal status in this country.
Inspire elected representatives
to join the protest and call
for the release of Yeonsoo
and all your beloved children
detained without due process.
Touch the hearts of those
who implement such polices,
transform their views from
cruelty and fear
to compassion and welcome.
We pray for Yeonsoo and
all our immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking siblings
in the name of Jesus, the refugee.
Amen.
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, New York, Prayer
22 July 2025
Birthday play list. Played through the day.
Normal rules suspended.
It’s my birthday.
I’ll play what I want.
Cut the Cake – John McCutcheon
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
That’s the Way God Planned It – Billy Preston
Tapestry – Carole King
I Will Find You – Clannad
Idiot Wind – bob Dylan
This Little Light of Mine – Fannie Lou Hamer
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Glory – Common & John Legend
We Shall Remain – Kaolin Johnson
Whiskey in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
These Days – Nico
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes
For a Dancer – Jackson Browne
The Big Fellah – Black 47
Mr. Bojangles – Nina Simone
How Can I Keep from Singing – Eva Cassidy
No Surrender – Bruce Springsteen
Long May You Run – Neil Young
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
The Great Peace March – Holly Near
Let It Be – The Beatles
Younger Men Grow Older – Richie Havens
Carry on Til Tomorrow – Badfinger
Imagine – Willie Nelson
Let the Circle Be Wide – Tommy Sands
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley &The Wailers
Step by Step – Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Weight – Aretha Franklin
Helpless – k.d. lang
Further On – Johnny Cash
My Shot – Hamilton
Cradle to the Grace – Eric Bogle
Find Your Way – Adina Nyree DinaDeen Mardenbergh
Peace Anthem – Sera
A Song of Peace – David LaMotte
This Wheel’s on Fire – The Band
Theme for an Imaginary Western – Mountain
Child of the Wind – Bruce Cockburn
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
Ghosts of Houston Street- Raya Zaragoza
Younger Men Grow Older – Richie Havens
Apple Cider Re-Constitution – Al Stewart
Rock Me on the Water – Annie Humphrey
Charcoal Lane – Archie Roach
Victor Hara – Arlo Guthrie
Streets of London – Ralph McTell
Manhattan Island Serenade – Leon Russell
One Light in a Dark Valley – Harry Chapin
Conquistador – Procol Harum
I Shall Be Released – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Long as I Can See the Light – Joe Cocker
Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam
Who’ll Stop the Rain – Credence Clearwater Revival
After the Goldrush – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmy Lou Harris
Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris
Southbound Train – Graham Nash & David Crosby
The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
It’s All Right to Cry – Rosey Grier
Piper to the End – Mark Knoplfer
Magic Man – Tom Chapin
River of Time – Bill Miller
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
Loch Lomond – Paul Robeson
Jolly Roger – Roger McGuinn
Angie – The Rolling Stones
Old Friends – Simon & Garfunkel
Mother and Child Reunion – Paul Simon
Waiting on the World to Change – Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
The Great Storm Is Over – Bob Framke
The Weight – Playing for Change
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Canticle of the Turning = Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Stand Up – Cynthia Erivo
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers
Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Raise You Up / Just Be – Kinky Boots
Pancho & Lefty -Emmylou Harris
Nkosi Sikelel ‘IAfrica – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Pata Pata 2000 – Miriam Makeba
Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
We March – Prince
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
Rise Up – Andra Day
Fight the Power – Public Enemy
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Simon & Garfunkel
We Are Family (Single Version) – Sister Sledge
All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
There’ll Be Sunshine In The Morning – Jim And Jean Strathdee
When Life Is Good Again – Dolly Parton
Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosanna! – First-Plymouth Congregational Church
Weary Mothers – Joan Baez
White Man’s World – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
The Shire – Howard Shore
The Great Storm Is Over – John McCutcheon
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
Paz Y Libertad – José-Luis Orozco
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron
Singing For Our Lives – Holly Near
I Am a Patriot – Little Steven
Fire Of Freedom – Black 47
Someday We’ll All Be Free – Keb’ Mo’
On The Road Again – Willie Nelson
Blue Sky – Allman Brothers Band3
Calling All the Children Home – Curran Reichert
Singing the Spirit Home – Eric Bogle
The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Flogging Molly
In Search Of York – Jack Gladstone
I Won’t Back Down – Johnny Cash
Love You ‘Till the End – The Pogues
Take Me Away – Roger McGuinn
Jerusalem – Steve Earle
Going Home – Mary Fahl
Tequila Sunrise – The Eagles
Forever Young – Rod Stewart
Forever Young – Rhiannon Giddens & Iron & Wine
Forever Young – Joan Baez
Forever Young – Pete Seeger with The Rivertown Kids
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Family, Friends, Human Rights, Movie, New Mexico, playlist
A fat man prays in world where starvation stalks
Forgive me, God,
for eating too much.
Forgive me, God,
for eating too much
when too many
have too little.
Forgive me, God,
for eating too much
while your beloved children
die from lack of food
caused by political decisions
and a lack of will.
Forgive me, God.
I know better.
Help me do better.
Amen..
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Food, Human Rights, United Nations
Along the Graybeard Trail 