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| "High Hills Lament began to write itself while I was on nightwatch duty at Wyndham Hill inYeovil, England. There was a plan to cut away this beautiful green hill to build a road and supermarket which nobody wanted. A load of us had occupied a building on the route, and were facing eviction. The song sums up my grief for the land we had already lost, not only in England, but everywhere. It's also about defending what's left - the way we did, successfully in the end, at Wyndham Hill." Theo Simon |
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| 'Many of Seize The Day's songs reflect the struggle to defend Mother Earth from the forces of global destruction. In Britain, this movement began in earnest with the battle to save Twyford Down, near Winchester. After the eviction of the magical Dongas protest camp at Twyford in 1992 thousands of people were mobilised to take direct action against diggers & chainsaws, and destruction of the landscape at Solsbury Hill, Wanstead in London, Jesmond Dean, Stanworth Valley, Whatley Quarry, Newbury, Fairmile, Manchester Airport and Kingsteignton to name but a few. Most of these battles were "lost", but the movement which was created has spread the experience of Direct Action to every part of political life, and finally turned the tide against the road-builders. The earth is not dying, it is being killed and those who are killing it have names and addresses.' Utah Phillips |
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