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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Utah Phillips has left the stage

Posted by Amy Goodman on Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:22 AM

"Utah" Phillips died this week at the age of 73. He was a musician, labor organizer, peace activist and co-founder of his local homeless shelter. He also was an archivist, a historian and a traveler; playing guitar and singing almost forgotten songs of the dispossessed and the downtrodden, and keeping alive the memory of labor heroes like Emma Goldman, Joe Hill and the Industrial Workers of the World, "the Wobblies," in a society that too soon forgets.

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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Utah Phillips has left the stage

Posted by Amy Goodman on Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:22 AM

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