Twinkling Stars : Joan Baez, Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah, Alicia Silverstone, Martin Sheen, Willie Nelson

Source: NY Times 6/14 Page A14 "Antidevelopment Protesters Are Arrested at Farm Site in Los Angeles" by Cindy Chang

FM-FM: Comment:
A glimmer of hope that causes have not been usurped by blogs and internet exponential events,however important they are to causes. People must 'show up' sometimes and use their name recognition to call attention to matters that are local. When a developer wants to build a warehouse on land currently being used by 350 Los Angeles Latino squatters, and celebrities turn up to protest, that is what the electronic protest can't do. The blogs can take up the issue and help it enormously in a way no other medium can, but it is people willing to lend their bodies and voices to injustice that inspires us. Celebrities don't need publicity and least of all publicity that could hurt them. When a celebrity brings her 'brand name' to a cause, it lifts our heads and makes us look at the the stars twinkling.