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Amanda Palmer's Powerful New Song And Video On The Global Refugee Crisis

In a new video for her song "In Harm's Way," the singer addresses a question she says is absent from current political discourse: "Have we forgotten how to be generous?"
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This is the most powerful music video I've seen in ages. Inspired by the death of a child, in the midst of a huge refugee crisis, "In Harms Way" takes on a question that songwriter and singer Amanda Palmer says is absent from current political conversations: "Have we forgotten how to be generous?"

Amanda sent me these words and it best speaks to the message she hopes to convey in this

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