Grace Gravity’s Song

War Against War selected for

VC Reporter’s Art and Music Protest Project

The only antiwar song to make our list was submitted by the band Grace Gravity. “War Against War” is a call to stop all fighting and turn instead to our compassionate natures.

“We have to go beyond the constraints on our consciousness that have been put in place by the media and government,”
— vocalist Teri Hitt.

Complaining may not be socially acceptable in these days of personal boundaries and manufactured enlightenment (unless it concerns cigarette smokers and taxes) but can anyone deny how much there is to bitch about? Our constitutional rights as Americans are eroding as quickly as our beaches, the middle class has all but vanished, habitable property sits vacant while the poor sleep in cars and under bridges (in the cities that will allow it) and yes, the rich are actually getting richer. We continue to sacrifice our kids for a war against a theoretical enemy. We ignore nuclear leaks and hunt Wikileaks. Infrastructures are disintegrating, yet construction jobs are scarce. We may be guaranteed the right to pursue happiness, but few have the time. We’ve traded sturdy cloth for paper; red, white and blue for green; stars and stripes for dollars and cents. — Michel Cicero/VC Reporter

Complete Article: http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/true_sounds_of_liberty/9014/

Photo: Casey Wood http://www.chironbabies.com

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The ART AND MUSIC PROTEST PROJECT

Westside Artwalk

July 23-24

at POP-UP GALLERY

89 California St., Ventura, CA, 93001

Art by

Paul Benavidez
Grant Ensminger
Verdell Wright

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