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by Michael Levans
The Pittsburgh Press
October 21, 1988
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English folk hero Billy Bragg, in the ideal setting of Carnegie Music Hall, stood alone in the spotlight and waged battle against the apathy held by the American voting public. His only weapon, a battered electric guitar.

Workers Playtime (Capitalism is Killing Music). On “Valentine’s Day is Over,” Bragg addressed what he claimed is economic and personal brutality in Margaret Thatcher’s England.

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