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While I am sure I am not as learned as Mr.Radosh about the timeline of Pete Seegers life I believe... [MORE] |
Vinnie Cangemi |
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"Time for Pete Seeger To Repent." In my youth it was a communist's duty to openly "confess" his sins against the... [MORE] |
Alan II |
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In my younger years I was a Seegerholic. I couldn't get enough of the man. I loved his music, his... [MORE] |
E.M. Bennatan |
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Like Ron Radosh, I grew up admiring Pete Seeger and--as a folksinger myself--deplored the fact that the blacklist limited his... [MORE] |
John B. Sprung |
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Hi Ron, forgive my ignorance, but have you vocally denounced Bush for the atrocities committed in Cuba and Iraq? [MORE] |
James |
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It takes a true son of the Party to equivocate Guantanamo with the GuLag: Guantanamo, whose inmates gain weight while... [MORE] |
Ed |
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This is why I read The Sun... Ed, please run for office... the higher the better! [MORE] |
alan |
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Folks, Pete never advocated for a violent overthrow of the US government. He did support a socialist agenda and working... [MORE] |
Lou Farrell |
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...and intellectual honesty to see that you have been wrong about something and to actually admit it. Kudos to Mr.... [MORE] |
Audrey |
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all the self-righteous people of course will put down Pete for not having spoken up earlier--even though he is know... [MORE] |
dvid still |
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Mr. Seeger has, however tardy the revelation, come to see the light. Ours is not to wonder why now but... |
Trotting Mercury |
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Seeger had hoped... that both Khrushchev and later Gorbachev would "open things up." RD. Krushchev tried in his erratic half-hearted way,... [MORE] |
Roger DesMoulins |
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I had the opportunity awhile back to work with Pete S. on a project. Although I disagreed with almost all... [MORE] |
Tim Idd. |
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A friend in Estonia told me once that during the years of Soviet Occupation, twenty percent of the population disappeared,... [MORE] |
George French |
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When the Conservatives of this country apologize for rolling into bed with Mussolini, Franco, and Hitler, then I'll look to... [MORE] |
Grif |
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Seeger is, if nothing else, a mover, who throughout his life keeps moving right. And while he is way to... [MORE] |
Ignatiur R Grace |
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Seeger may have been the most visible of a number of folksingers who dedicated themselves to criticising an imperfect West... [MORE] |
Doug Huggins |
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It is wonderful, not to mention surprising, that Mr. Seeger will allow to criticism. Good for you, Mr. Seeger, and... [MORE] |
Dan Davis |
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While Seeger is to be commended for his belated admission of remaining silent about Stalin's horrors, read more carefully, he... [MORE] |
Mike Perry, Inkling Books, Seattle |
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Better late than never. Thumbs up to Mr. Seeger [MORE] |
Sean |
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Dear Ron,Thanks for the update on Pete. As is occurring in my own life, as we get older it's important... [MORE] |
George Fletcher |
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Total nonsense. Like a true aparatchik, he kept his mouth shut when it could have done any good, and only... [MORE] |
tom |
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The song is a worthy effort. But the chance that Stalin had was when he took the wheel of Lenin's... [MORE] |
Ed |
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When I was a kid in the 60's I learned to play the guitar with one of his books and... [MORE] |
Don |
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I hate to ruin part of the premise of Ron Radosh's criticism, but Pete Seeger had, in fact, apologized for... [MORE] |
Andy Buck |
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I find this moving. I have only met Pete Seeger once - at the Institute of Western American Culture in... [MORE] |
Rob Perelli-Minetti |
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Had been living under communism through 1982 I've never dreamt that one day I'll have a warm feeling toward Pete... [MORE] |
Tibor Csipan |
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I have always loved Pete's music, agree with his desire for social and civil rights, agreed with his right,... [MORE] |
Steve Dickey |
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When ii first became a student at the High School of Music and Art in the early fifties I encountered... [MORE] |
leo solomon |
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