So much real history of the people's movement in this interview. RIP Pete Seeger.

Workers of the world, unite!

I would love to see all this interview. What clarity and recall Mr. Seeger had.

@margarethamilton1562

3 жыл бұрын

Agree. It's not just his memory but the intellect to describe the political forces in the world is extraordinary. It takes a brilliant mind to distill world history to the essential idea that can be expressed in song. Truly he loved people. We speak now of the power of love but he believes He worked also so others could. He was with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee who everyone in the audience enjoyed but Woodbridge come on their own This analysis is sho e band stunning b

The living god of folk music speaks . Thanks for posting

Thank you for sharing this. Love the music and the song and stories. Miss Pete so much. Took him and others for granted when I was younger. Passed opportunities to see them. I was so much younger than them and hadn’t lost any grandparents yet so it just seemed like nothing would ever change.

He still has his wonderful, unique ring to his voice, like not a day has passed since his prime

last sentence in the interview is so important as the war in Europe made USA rich and kept the rich wealthy

The last sentence in the interview is so important - and prescient.

such a happy sounding voice

thanks for uploading this!

Coming down from the recent UAW strike is there anyone around like this today? Why not?

@ZodiacEntertainment2

2 жыл бұрын

I think we're going to start seeing this type of thing return as Unions start to return to prominence. I strongly believe we are in the beginnings of a new worker's movement in the United States and it will only continue to gain steam as the Cold War generations die and leave power. There is a very real cultural scar left by the Cold War that has prevented workers from maintaining the power people like Pete fought so hard for.

What an amazing man!

brilliant stuff. Thanks for this.

An American Icon and Treasure'

Is there more?

Seeger was ALWAYS A union man and robust anti fascist let's not denature him or water him down.

"So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the fashion at the time"

Allegiance to Stalin.

@raak4070

2 жыл бұрын

Are you just going to every video about him you can find to complain? If you don't know he changed his mind after everyone learned how fucked up the ussr was you are lazy. Its real easy to talk shit in hindsight, but information was alot slower moving then. I shouldn't need to tell you not every socialist wants anything to do with stalin.

@SandfordSmythe

2 жыл бұрын

@@raak4070 My rant is that Seeger should be presented with his Communist background as appropriate. Not to say anything against him, but to acknowledge the reality of the times and what came out of the Great Depression. As a political figure singing protest songs, it's not very accurate to just label him a "social activist" in historical reviews of his art. In the Communist Party USA [under Stalin], membership was serious stuff. I think he has in some selected interviews given a decent enough "apology"

@raak4070

2 жыл бұрын

@@SandfordSmythe he was a communist in favor of stalin, and when he realised stalin was not democratic or for the people, he was a communist against stalin. He was anti war with germany until the world learned about what hitler did, then he changed his mind, it happens. Is being a communist, or other forms of leftist that arent authoritarian a problem to you? I think the only problem is authoritarianism. communist advocates, socialist advocates, lgbt advocates, racial justice advocates, are all social advocates. You keep commenting on videos as though they all need a disclaimer that he was wrong before like he was some murderer. Being a communist party member in the us was only so serious because of the red scare getting people killed, its just labor advocacy, and economic democracy.

@SandfordSmythe

2 жыл бұрын

@@raak4070 My concern is that the Communist Party USA was a well-disciplined, authoritarian organization in it's self, and Seeger knew this. He was a pacifist until Germany invaded Russia. He had no problem with Fascism when there was a Non-aggression Pact between them. Then the word came down to have a "United Front" with others to fight against the "Fascists", and so he changed his art. And I can enjoy watching the video, but the Comments are there for opinion and discussion purposes. Don't personalize my historic perspectives on a very political person. He is fair game.

@raak4070

2 жыл бұрын

@@SandfordSmythe I'm not personalizing your historical prospective i just think its wrong.