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Pete Seeger

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• Originally published 07/22/2014

  New York City has a Seegerfest, Celebrating Pete Seeger and his Reprehensible Politics

  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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• Originally published 03/25/2014

  Sharecropper’s Troubadour

  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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• Originally published 02/07/2014

  Pete Seeger: The Red Warbler

  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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• Originally published 02/02/2014

  Pete Seeger: Singing Out To Seek a Better World

  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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• Originally published 01/30/2014

  Totalitarian Troubadour

  John Fund

  We shouldn’t forget that Pete Seeger was Communism’s pied piper.

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• Originally published 01/30/2014

  In Defense of Pete Seeger, American Communist

  Bhaskar Sunkara

  Like his party associates, Seeger was consistently on the right side of history.

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• Originally published 01/28/2014

  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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• Originally published 03/18/2013

  Pete Seeger: "That Was the First Time I Met Reverend King..."

  Kris Wood

  Pete Seeger died Tuesday at 94 -- in this interview with HNN from 2013, the legendary singer reflects on his legacy.