Peter Yarrow Presente! (January 7, 2025)
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Published by the New York Times as comment to on line obituary
https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/44c9ub?rsrc=cshare&smid=url-share
We will miss Peter, but not only for what he and Peter. Paul and Mary meant for our spirits during the US war in Indochina and the civil rights movement.
Tens of thousands of people and progressive organizations around the world benefited from Peter's constant readiness post PP&M to sing at their events to provide cultural inspiration and help with fund raising.
Our organization collaborated with Peter for three extraordinary performance tours of Viet Nam in March 2005, 2006 and 2008. His goal was to raise awareness and funds to assist victims of the defoliant Agent Orange when the US government was still refusing to accept any responsibility.
He sang in the Opera Houses of Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City as well as in Hue and Hoi An. He also sang in Phnom Penh for victims of the Khmer Rouge who were rebuilding the country.
Our last projects together with the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee were his songs at a vigil marking the 50th anniversary of the March on the Pentagon [photo above] and production of a webinar on the role of music in the antiwar movement. https://vnpeacecomm.blogspot.com/2022/10/webinar-peter-yarrow-reggie-harris.html
John McAuliff
Fund for Reconciliation and Development
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