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Video: Joan Baez Sings For Veterans At Occupy Wall Street
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Bethany O'Grady
Published Nov 11, 2011
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In solidarity with the 99 percenters at Occupy Wall Street, a number of veteran groups marched to Foley Square today for a Veterans Day rally dubbed, "Honor the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living." And 1960s folksinger and activist for human rights, Joan Baez, was there to honor the vets on their day! After explaining that she had not visited Occupy Wall Street before now because she was waiting to be invited, Baez sang the Stones' "Salt of the Earth" and "Joe Hill," which she made famous at Woodstock:
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