From the interview:<\/p>\n \u201cAll art forms reflect society.\u00a0 Music does not create the revolution.\u00a0 It articulates it maybe, but it is not a lasting force.\u00a0 Something has to be happening in society first.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c\u2019I think the country suffered terrible blows in the latter half of the \u201860s, she says, \u2018with all the assassination and the unresponsiveness of the government\u2014unresponsive in a way that it had not been unresponsive before.\u00a0 In previous times, when there was extended pressure from people over periods of time, the government moved off the dime.\u00a0 And that didn\u2019t happen in the \u201860s.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 The election of Jimmy Carter, a \u2018well-meaning person\u2019 may make some difference, Travers believes.\u00a0 \u2018In order to have change you have to have someone who pivots, someone who is responsive to change.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n The Alternative Press Collection <\/strong>is one of the oldest and largest collections of alternative press materials in the United States. The Alternative Press Collection (APC) was founded in the late 1960s out of student participation in activist movements for social, cultural and political change.\u00a0 Currently, the APC includes thousands of national and international newspapers, serials, books, pamphlets, ephemera and artifacts documenting activist themes and organizations, particularly focusing on underground and counter culture publications from the 1960s and 1970s.\u00a0<\/p>\n For more information about the Alternative Press Collection, please go to https:\/\/lib.uconn.edu\/location\/asc\/collections\/alternative-press\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mary Travers, part of the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, whose protest music helped define the 1960s passed away in Danbury, Connecticut on Wednesday.\u00a0 The interview below is from the December 20, 1976 issue of the socialist newspaper, … Continue reading ![\"Interview](\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/in-these-times0021.jpg?w=1023\")
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