Editing George Harrison (section)

==Humanitarian work==
[[File:George Harrison Sculpture at Shadhinotar Shangram Triangle.jpg|thumb|upright=1|George Harrison sculpture in [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh]]
Harrison was involved in humanitarian and political activism throughout his life. In the 1960s, the Beatles supported the [[civil rights movement]] and protested against the [[Vietnam War]]. In early 1971, Ravi Shankar consulted Harrison about how to provide aid to the people of Bangladesh after the [[1970 Bhola cyclone]] and the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref name="theconcertforbangladesh1">{{cite web|url=http://www.theconcertforbangladesh.com/|title=The Concert For Bangladesh|publisher=The Concert For Bangladesh |access-date=13 October 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012112816/http://www.theconcertforbangladesh.com/|archive-date=12 October 2011}}</ref> Harrison hastily wrote and recorded the song "[[Bangla Desh (song)|Bangla Desh]]", which became pop music's first [[charity single]] when issued by Apple Records in late July.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=112}}{{sfn|Frontani|2009|pp=158–59}} He also pushed Apple to release Shankar's ''[[Joi Bangla]]'' EP in an effort to raise further awareness for the cause.<ref name="Dooley/Gibson">{{cite web|url=http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/spotlight-0801-2011.aspx|title=This Day in Music Spotlight: George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh|date=1 August 2011|last=Dooley|first=Sean Patrick|access-date=1 January 2013|publisher=[[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131153846/http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/spotlight-0801-2011.aspx|archive-date=31 January 2013}}</ref> Shankar asked for Harrison's advice about planning a small charity event in the US. Harrison responded by organising the Concert for Bangladesh, which raised more than $240,000.<ref>{{harvnb|Doggett|2009|pp=173–174}}; {{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944505,00.html|title=Cinema: Sweet Sounds|magazine=Time|access-date=13 October 2011|date=17 April 1972|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125201707/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944505,00.html|archive-date=25 November 2011}}</ref> Around $13.5&nbsp;million was generated through the album and film releases,{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=137}} although most of the funds were frozen in an [[Internal Revenue Service]] audit for ten years, due to Klein's failure to register the event as a [[UNICEF]] benefit beforehand.{{sfn|Lavezzoli|2006|p=193}} In June 1972, UNICEF honoured Harrison and Shankar, and Klein, with the "Child Is the Father of Man" award at an annual ceremony in recognition of their fundraising efforts for Bangladesh.{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=274}}

From 1980, Harrison became a vocal supporter of [[Greenpeace]] and [[CND]].{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=214}} He also protested against the use of nuclear energy with [[Friends of the Earth]],{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=248}}{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=85}} and helped finance ''[[Vole (magazine)|Vole]]'', a [[Green politics|green]] magazine launched by Monty Python member [[Terry Jones]].{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=388}}{{refn|group=nb|In 1985, Harrison contributed a new version of his ''Somewhere in England'' track "[[Save the World (George Harrison song)|Save the World]]" to the fundraising compilation ''[[Greenpeace – The Album]]''.{{sfn|Huntley|2006|p=196}}}} In 1990, he helped promote his wife Olivia's [[Romanian Angel Appeal]]{{sfn|Harry|2003|pp=99–100}} on behalf of the thousands of [[Romanian orphans]] left abandoned by the state following the [[fall of Communism]] in Eastern Europe.{{sfn|Tillery|2011|p=135}} Harrison recorded a benefit single, "[[Nobody's Child (Hank Snow song)|Nobody's Child]]", with the Traveling Wilburys, and assembled a [[Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal|fundraising album]] with contributions from other artists including Clapton, Starr, [[Elton John]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Donovan]] and [[Van Morrison]].{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=424}}{{sfn|Tillery|2011|pp=135–36}}

The Concert for Bangladesh has been described as an innovative precursor for the large-scale charity rock shows that followed, including [[Live Aid]].{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=135}} The George Harrison Humanitarian Fund for UNICEF, a joint effort between the Harrison family and the [[U.S. Fund for UNICEF|US Fund for UNICEF]], aims to support programmes that help children caught in humanitarian emergencies.<ref name="unicefusa1">{{cite web|url= http://www.unicefusa.org/news/news-from-the-field/the-george-harrison-fund-for-u.html|title= The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF|publisher= UNICEF|access-date= 13 October 2011|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110929203513/http://www.unicefusa.org/news/news-from-the-field/the-george-harrison-fund-for-u.html|archive-date= 29 September 2011}}</ref> In December 2007, they donated $450,000 to help the victims of [[Cyclone Sidr]] in Bangladesh.<ref name="unicefusa1"/> On 13 October 2009, the first George Harrison Humanitarian Award went to Ravi Shankar for his efforts in saving the lives of children, and his involvement with the Concert for Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.georgeharrison.com/#/news/archive/200910/ravi-shankar-receives-first-ever-george-harrison-humanitarian-award|title=Ravi Shankar Receives First-Ever George Harrison Humanitarian Award|publisher=georgeharrison.com|access-date=13 October 2011|date=13 October 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012000351/http://www.georgeharrison.com/#/news/archive/200910/ravi-shankar-receives-first-ever-george-harrison-humanitarian-award|archive-date=12 October 2011}}</ref>