Howard Marks & John Sinclair for Button Factory
Spoken-word double-header ahoy!
American
political activist, poet and former manager of the MC5, John Sinclair,
joins forces with Howard Marks for a spoken word double-header on May 27
in the Dublin Button Factory. Tickets priced €18 are available from tickets.ie/umack & Sound Cellar.
While
Mr. Marks’ drug-trafficking exploits are well-known round these parts,
you mightn’t be aware of Sinclair’s White Panther Party past and the
10-years he was sentenced to in 1969 after giving two joints to an
undercover narcotics officer.
His 1971 release
was secured by high-profile admirers like Stevie Wonder, John Lennon
and Allan Ginsberg who campaigned on his behalf and organised a protest
concert attended by 15,000 people.
FATTENING FROGS FOR SNAKES 2012
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Thank you for reading, and for your feedback. Please support John Sinclair. Love, steve