Peggy Seeger: “I’m hoping that Extinction Rebellion gets a wider focus”
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A couple of months ago, Peggy Seeger wrote a song for Extinction Rebellion. The veteran singer, songwriter and activist had joined the latest round of climate change marches and felt the movement could do with a rousing song to sing alongside the rhythmic protest chants. The resulting Extinction Rebellion! Right Now! Right Here! is a simple, massed singalong, co-written with her partner Irene Pyper-Scott, which incorporates slogans from the placards on the marches and is the latest addition to a wide-ranging catalogue of witty, thoughtful, soulful chronicling, testament and agitation which stretches right back to the 1950s.