To add a little to the post below...A few years back Franti went to middle east to meet with locals and see first hand how the new American occupation of Iraq and older Israeli occupation of Palestine effects the lives of citizens. He filmed his encounters and assembled them into the documentary, "I Know I'm Not Alone." It's an extremely well done, powerful piece of film. While Franti lyrics are almost always politically charged the purpose of this film is just to document how occupation effects the lives of "normal" humans. He talks with peace workers, taxi drivers, military personal, school children... and while he's obviously anti-war, the film does a great job of avoiding any sort of bias. This trip was also the major inspiration for "Yell Fire!"