Pete Seeger 
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SOURCE: PJ Media
7-21-14
New York City has a Seegerfest, Celebrating Pete Seeger and his Reprehensible Politics
by Ronald Radosh
"Seeger’s blind spot was his persistent Stalinism, his decades-long love affair with the American Communist Party and his tendency to endorse and support almost every far left campaign that asked him to sign on."
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4-14-14
Sharecropper’s Troubadour
by Robin Lindley
University of Washington historian Michael Honey on John Handcox, African American singer and labor activist in the Jim Crow South.
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2-10-14
Pete Seeger: The Red Warbler
by Ronald Radosh
A great folk singer who contributed much to the American story, he was fatally flawed by the leftism he imbibed with his mother’s milk.
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2-3-14
Pete Seeger: Singing Out To Seek a Better World
by Ron Briley
Born into a life of privilege, Pete Seeger turned his back on classical music and embraced the music of the people.
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SOURCE: National Review
1-29-14
Totalitarian Troubadour
by John Fund
We shouldn’t forget that Pete Seeger was Communism’s pied piper.
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SOURCE: Al Jazeera America
1-28-14
In Defense of Pete Seeger, American Communist
by Bhaskar Sunkara
Like his party associates, Seeger was consistently on the right side of history.
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SOURCE: New York Times
1-29-14
Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94
Seeger was no stranger to controversy over his multi-decade career.
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3-25-13
Pete Seeger: "That Was the First Time I Met Reverend King..."
by Kris Wood
Pete Seeger died Tuesday at 94 -- in this interview with HNN from 2013, the legendary singer reflects on his legacy.
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