As for many people of my generation Margaret Thatcher represented a world view that was totally opposed to my own, a culture of individualism, materialism, selfishness and greed combined with an anachronistic patriotism. Among the very bad things she did for Britain - privatisation of industries, the crushing of trade unions, financial deregulation resulting in the economic crisis we're now in, the brutal contempt for British working people, the branding of Nelson Mandela as a 'terrorist', the list goes on and on... perhaps the worst was the utter folly of the Falklands war. I always felt that the differences could have been resolved by a community arts project, a cultural exchange initiative that could bring the Argentinians and the islanders together in a graceful dance....
A tribute to Maggie from the soon-to-be-released album by Stanley Adler and myself...
