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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.
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