British Alt. Rocker: Kids, It’s Time to Get Political - Truthdig

British Alt. Rocker: Kids, It’s Time to Get Political - Truthdig: After England’s summer of unrest, Billy Bragg, folk- and punk-rock icon of the British protesting classes, recalls the musicians who politicized him after London’s 1976 Notting Hill riots and summons a new generation of artists to take up the tradition of energetic activism and raise their voices against social and political convention.