Markus Jaeger explores the coalescence of Joan Baez's work as a singer and songwriter with her
endeavors as a political activist throughout the last sixty years. He illustrates an American
popular singer's significance as a political activist-for her audiences and for her opponents
as well as for those victims of politically organized violence who have profited from her work.
Mingling popular culture with political activism can be a helpful means to achieve non-violent
societal progress: Joan Baez's work offers an excellent example for this hypothesis. Revised
and updated edition with an additional chapter on Joan Baez's artistic and political
endeavours in the 2010s.
