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这片土地是你的土地——真的吗?
皮特•西格(Pete Seeger)和布鲁斯•斯普林斯汀(Bruce Springsteen)在林肯纪念碑前演唱“这片土地是你的土地”的一幕,是这周的总统就职典礼上最华彩的一段。我和其他数百万人一样,被这首传统民歌深深地打动了。然而它也再次重复了关于这个国家诞生的谎言。 伍迪•古斯瑞(Woody Guthrie)在1940年写下“这片土地是你的土地”。当时皮特•西格还在和伍迪一起在国内巡回旅行。皮特•西格的父亲曾在加州大学伯克利教音乐。几十年间,皮特•西格一直是美国的良心,代表着进步的声音。我在他的民歌中长大,一直仰慕他强大的文化根基和战斗精神。 伍迪•古斯瑞反复吟咏的主题是“这片土地为你和我而建造。”我一直问自己,这首被驱逐者的圣歌如何能够这样悍然地罔顾这个国家的起源。歌中提到的这片土地,从加利福尼亚到纽约岛,从红木森林到墨西哥湾,当第一批欧洲人到达时,还定居着7百万到1千万土著印第安人。就像詹姆斯•威尔森在他的令人痛苦的书《大地在哭泣》(The Earth Shall Weep)中描述的那样,种族灭绝,疾病和饥饿使印第安人的数量在此后的3个世纪里减少到25万。伍迪•古斯瑞的歌表明,他们不仅从肉体上被消灭了,也被从公众的记忆中抹去了。 伍迪•古斯瑞当然知道这段历史。经常和他一起演出的音乐家格雷格•阿特纳(Greg Artzner)和特瑞•莱欧尼诺(Terry Leonino)告诉我,西格有时会唱下面这段歌词: “这片土地是你的土地, 但是它曾经是我的土地, 直到我把曼哈顿岛卖给了你, 你把我们的族民赶进保留地, 这片土地是你从我这里偷走的土地。” 在林肯纪念碑前,皮特没有演唱这一段歌词。但是作为一个后来的移民,我们不能忘记这些。 从先住民手中抢夺土地并不没有成为历史。随着开矿和建水电项目,如伯尼维尔(Bonneville),格林峡谷(Glen Canyon),沙什塔(Shashta)和克拉曼大坝(...
China Banking Association’s Corporate Social Responsibility Guidelines
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Three Gorges Dam: The Cost of Power
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