Roaring Jack: The Ballad of '75

Green Left
October 20, 2014
Issue 
1029
Culture
Video: Roaring Jack Alistair Hulett The Ballad of '75. YouTube/sparky2086.

Gough Whitlam has passed away aged 98. Green Left will run more detailed analysis of his significance and legacy, but for now here is Sydney-based Celtic punk band Roaring Jack, fronted by Scottish socialist Alistair Hulett, with "The Ballad of '75" about the coup that removed the Whitlam government from power.

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