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The trip back in time. Were surrounded in this room by gifts of state that president wilson received. One of the reasons he received so many spectacular gifts, frankly, is first, because he was the First American president to go to europe while he was in office. But secondly, because the world so fervently hoped for him to succeed in the mission he had taken on, of ending the catastrophe that was world war i. I think its hard for us to think now about how shocking world war i was to the people who had to live through it. And so the music of that era, to that time. I think as youll see this aft...

And im not being snotty. It was a different kind of war. The people were not engaged by it. In vietnam, you had some songs, but theyre songs in which two groups are warring with one another. Give peace a chance, and whats the im an oaky from ma skokie. Iraq and afghanistan dont produce a lot of songs. Again, because in a way they were invisible, and in a way, we know about them, were not as a nation engaged in it. We dont have a citizen army anymore. That gets in the way of that. So in world war i, you have a mix. Really, in the middle between the two wars, and it shows. There were songs about...

Hes going over there to do his share when alexander takes him ragtime band to france hell capture everyone and take them one by one the ragtime tunes will put the germans in a trans theyll sing hip hip hooray theyll get so excited theyll come over the top two steps back to berlin with a hip and a hop hitler will know when alexander takes his ragtime band to france now, i came in here and rehearsed. So imagine how bad it would be if i hadnt rehearsed. That song obviously comes once weve gone into the war. Let me fill in the pieces broadly, and then as the songs come up, ill place them for you. ...

Endited. Please welcome mavis staples. And moderating the Panel Discussion today as a catalyst for social change, hes the executive director of the Grammy Museum in los angeles. Noted music authorities, specifically on music in the 1960s, and author of more than a dozen books. His most recent, this land is your land, Woody Guthrie and the journey of an american folk song. Frequent lecturer at the white house and performance at the white house. Please welcome bob santelli. Thank you for doing this, its an honor to have you here. The last time we got a chance to sit like this we were at the whit...

Prisoner dying of a heart attack 40 minutes into the idea ordeal. Then, senator Patrick Leahy blocks military aid to egypt while denouncing the sentencing of 683 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to death in what he called a sham trial. Nobody, nobody can justify this. It does not show democracy. It shows a dictatorship run amok. We will go to cairo to speak with democracy now correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous and to a member of the Muslim Brotherhood living in exile in england. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goo...