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1935–2008 United States
Bruce "Utah" Phillips (May 15, 1935 – May 23, 2008) was a labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, poet and self-described "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest". He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action.
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I'm here to change the world, and if I am not, I am probably wasting my time.
As I have said so often before, the long memory is the most radical idea in America…."
on a CD called The Long Memory (1996)
But they lived those extraordinary lives that can never be lived again. And in the living of them, they gave me a history that is more profound, more beautiful, more powerful, more passionate, and ultimately more useful, than the best damn history book I ever read.
The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.
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