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Friday Nite Videos | June 21, 2024

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Jordan Klepper at First Post-Conviction Rally. Jesus Christ | Woody Guthrie. William Barber | “White Poverty” & Poor People’s Campaign March. A Time for Choosing. Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown | Hulu.

A Patriot’s Fourth of July

Victor Grossman Berlin Bulletin #213
The world needs millions to join in this fight, this fight back! In the United States, there have been models enough of genuine patriots. There is a need for U.S. patriots who are at the same time “world patriots.”

Tidbits – Nov. 10, 2022 – Reader Comments: Elections – No Red Wave; Dangerous Turn in Israel; No Black Players in World Series; Enola Holmes; Resistance Revival Chorus With Rhiannon Giddens “All You Fascists Bound To Lose”

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Reader Comments: Midterm Elections - No Red Wave; Dangerous Turn in Israel; No Black Players in World Series Linked to Decades of Cuts in Public Education; Enola Holmes; Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens "All You Fascists Bound To Lose"

Was Folk Music a Commie Plot?

Mat Callahan Monthly Review
U.S. music was shaped to a considerable extent by people the government sought to destroy. Even as it mounted an effective attack on the Communist Party, the government was unable to erase the influence of musicians with which it was associated.

Tidbits - Jan. 21, 2021 - Reader Comments: He's Gone, Trump is GOP Past, Present and Future; 'Tax the Rich' to Raise State Revenue; DC Statehood; Trump as Citizen Kane; Rosenberg Children; Woody Guthrie; Student Activist Scholarship Applications;

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Reader Comments: He's Gone, Trump is GOP Past, Present and Future; 'Tax the Rich' to Raise State Revenue; DC Statehood; Trump as Citizen Kane; Rosenberg Children; Woody Guthrie's 'This Land Is Your Land'; Student Activist Scholarship Applications;

Folk Singer Arlo Guthrie Reflects On A Life Spent Making Music

Lauren Daley WBUR
Born in Brooklyn in 1947, the oldest son of folk icon Woody Guthrie and professional dancer Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, Arlo grew up surrounded by folk legends — Pete Seeger, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, to name a few.

The Radicalism of Woody Guthrie

Arvind Dilawar Jacobin
Legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie is best known for his anthem “This Land Is Your Land,” which can come off as an innocuous ode to America if you aren’t listening closely. But the singer-songwriter was a lifelong socialist.
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