Patti Smith performs in fundraiser opposed to Greenpoint power plant
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Patti Smith performs in fundraiser opposed to Greenpoint power plant
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Andrzej Dobrowolski
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Over 1,000 people gathered last Saturday night to see Patti Smith and other American musicians at the Polish National Home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The concert was a fundraiser for a local group fighting a proposed power plant on Greenpoints waterfront.
Building a power plant on someones backyard is just another form of terrorism, Smith told Nowy Dzienniks reporter. Smith, known as the number one poet of the punk rock movement, played for free. So did the bands Hammil on Trial, Vic Thrill and Hugh Pool, all of which performed at the benefit.
The Greenpoint-Williamsburg Waterfront Task Force raised $21,000 at the Saturday concert. It was the first of a series of events planned to support the Task Force, which is working to stop an independent developer from building a power plant in Williamsburg.
The audience loved Pattis performance and enthusiastically applauded at the singer-activists remarks. Smith expressed her opposition to the treatment of American Talib John Walker Lindhs case, and called for a fair verdict in his trial. The artist did have some nice things to say about the Polish National Home and its tenant, Club Warsaw, established in 2001 by Antoni and Mark Chroscielewski and Steve Weitzman.
Building a power plant on someones backyard is just another form of terrorism, Smith told Nowy Dzienniks reporter. Smith, known as the number one poet of the punk rock movement, played for free. So did the bands Hammil on Trial, Vic Thrill and Hugh Pool, all of which performed at the benefit.
The Greenpoint-Williamsburg Waterfront Task Force raised $21,000 at the Saturday concert. It was the first of a series of events planned to support the Task Force, which is working to stop an independent developer from building a power plant in Williamsburg.
The audience loved Pattis performance and enthusiastically applauded at the singer-activists remarks. Smith expressed her opposition to the treatment of American Talib John Walker Lindhs case, and called for a fair verdict in his trial. The artist did have some nice things to say about the Polish National Home and its tenant, Club Warsaw, established in 2001 by Antoni and Mark Chroscielewski and Steve Weitzman.
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2002-02-04
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Polish
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Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News
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Patti Smith performs in fundraiser opposed to Greenpoint power plant
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Lukasz Bulka
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“Patti Smith performs in fundraiser opposed to Greenpoint power plant,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/1424/.