Not In Our Name

Various Artists (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 2004)
• Original Release Date: February 17, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Broken Arrow Records
• ASIN: B0001J2IYQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #696,275 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Oh My God (Michael Franti & Spearhead)

2. War (Jonatha Brooke)

3. Evolve (Ani DiFranco)

4. Pa'Lante (Ozomatli)

5. Whoop-Ass (Charlie Hunter Quintet)

6. I Don't Have a Car and I Live in L.A. (Los Pachanga Pistols featuring Omar Sosa, Greg Landau & Manny Martinez)

7. The Calling (Martin Luther)

8. Connection (Shana Morrison)

9. Manzanar - Band Remix (The Looters)

10. David Makalaster II (Les Claypool's Frog Brigade)

11. Home (Garrin Benfield)

12. Stay Human - Stereo Steambath Remix (Michael Franti & Spearhead)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great cause, great concept, good cd, February 3, 2007

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wildflowerboy (planet earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Not In Our Name (Audio CD)

In this benefit cd for the anti-war educational project "Not In Our Name", a diverse group of musicians ranging from hip hop to folk music to jazz artists have contributed an excellent selection of songs about peace and social justice issues. While not every song speaks to me personally, most of the songs are great, and a few I'd even say are outstanding. I especially like the songs from Ozomatli and Michael Franti & Spearhead. Overall, this is a really good cd and a really worthwhile cause. Check it out.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is not the place to go on a tirade, November 10, 2005

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debby "mrsyikers" (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Not In Our Name (Audio CD)

I don`t come here to read tirades such as Mr. Cornwhathisface`s. I come here hoping for honest reviews. Keep it up and I will be doing all of my book/cd shopping at Powell`s. Peace.

4 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Who Asked You, Anyway?, December 1, 2004

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Interplanetary Funksmanship "Swift lippin', e... (Vanilla Suburbs, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Not In Our Name (Audio CD)

"Not In Our Name." What a great opportunity for the following musical acts -- Michael Franti & Spearhead; Jonatha Brooke; Ani DiFranco; Ozomatli; Charlie Hunter Quintet; Los Pachanga Pistols featuring Omar Sosa, Greg Landau & Manny Martinez; Martin Luther; Shana Morrison; The Looters; Les Claypool's Frog Brigade; Garrin Benfield -- to let the rest of us America-firsters, red-staters and Christian anti-choice fundamentalists know that no, they did NOT authorize this war.

I was kept awake nights with one nagging thought tugging at my brain: "Gee. I wonder if Manny Martinez is for the war. Is Ani DeFranco for or against our bombing Baghdad? I've GOT to find out!"

Well, now we finally know where these folks stand.

How would you like to wake up to this kind of Kafkaesque nightmare: Suppose that George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld authorized American troops to invade and beat the stuffing out of some tinpot dictatorship, and you didn't hold a press conference or release a themed-CD disclaiming any involvement? Wouldn't you feel misrepresented, smeared?

At any moment, and without warning, peace activists at Berkeley, Madonna, Noam Chomsky or Jean Cretien could give CNN a live feed:

"We, the civilised narcissists of good taste and celebrity erudition deplore the unilateral actions of an ill-spoken American president, his war-mongering Secretary of Defense and his puppet Secretary of State, who have invaded a harmless third-world nation, Iraq, which is headed by a peace-loving and benign leader, Saddam Hussein. But, what is even more deplorable, more cynical and more heinous is that the American people, including Michael Franti, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade and Jonatha Brooke authorized this violent pre-emptive strike. They, too, have blood on their hands, as do Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Sylvia Plachy and Michael Moore. We are waiting to hear from these complicit warmongers to account for their sins of omission."

As a working artist, I can empathize with them, knowing that at any moment any and all of us can be personally blamed for Dubya's wanton acts.

Think of how horrible it must be to hear Jello Biafra proclaim, appropos of nothing: "This illegal, corporate war was authorized by Mrs. Janet Rudebek, an art teacher, and her 32 finger-painting minions, who added dozens of propagandistic canvases to their fascist portfolio, as they told the war pigs, 'We Support You,' 'Come Home Safely, and 'God Bless America.' It's enough to make you wretch!"

I mean, who would want to walk around with that on their conscience?