Pete Seeger

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Panic, Anyone?

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Economy, John McCain, Herbert Hoover George W. Bush, Bear Market, Panic, Pete Seeger, Franklin Roosevelt, Depression, Barack Obama, Recession, Herbert Hoover, Politics News

While President Bush continues to toss around such euphemisms as "rough patch" and "tough times," most Americans have clearly felt the effects of a recession for the past few months.

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You Can't Call Yourself a Progressive Until You've Seen Pete Seeger and Majora Carter

Robert Greenwald | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Pete Seeger, Majora Carter, Bronx, Activism, New York City, This Brave Nation, Ssbx, Media News

At 89, Pete Seeger is not only a reminder of our nation's history of turbulence and triumph, he is also an inspiration for our vibrant future.

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Hillary Supporters: Which Side Are You On?

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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Every time I visit an unabashedly pro-Hillary website and read the comments posted thereon, I keep thinking: Which side are you on?

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Utah Phillips, A Good Man Gone

Toby Barlow | Posted 05.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Springsteen, Homeless, Pete Seeger, Folk Music, Neil Young, Woody Guthrie, Grammy, Tom Waits, Utah Phillips, Music, Entertainment News

Utah Phillips was a great American artist who never stopped thinking, laboring, and singing for the hard-working and the long-suffering of the world.

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Come Stand (And Sing) With Us--Peace Island 2008!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Republican National Convention (RNC), Larry Long, Peace Island Conference, March on the RNC, Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Peace Island.us, Waist Deep in the Big Muddy, Peace Island Picnic, Norman Learn, TC Peace Vigils, Pete Seeger, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, Home News

No one will mistake our homemade production of "If I had a banner" for something out of Hollywood. In Hollywood, you don't have to work around the ...

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George W. Bush: "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, The Big Muddy, Pete Seeger, And the Big Fool Said to Push On, George W. Bush, Politics News

What can be said about President George Walker Bush's remarks about the Iraq War? Forty-one years ago, Pete Seeger put it better than anyone else eve...

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Friday Talking Points [24] -- Which Side Are You On?

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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Like the hapless characters in Waiting For Godot, America sits and watches in fascination as the Democratic nomination race grinds into yet another ca...

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Cross Your Fingers for our "Peace Island" Picnic Permit!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: St. Paul, John McCain, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Power of Song, Pete Seeger, Winter Soldier, Minnesota, Republican National Convention, Iava, Peace Protest, Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Rnc, RNC Convention, RNC Protest, Republican National Convention Protest, Politics News

Let's hope a miracle occurs and the St. Paul Park officials grant the permit request to hold our "Peace Island" picnic on the final day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Mark Klempner | Posted 02.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Pbs, Pete Seeger, Documentaries, Folk Music, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, Music, Clearwater, Entertainment News

Pete Seeger is our homegrown musical Gandhi demonstrating that as our voices harmonize, so can our lives, and so can our world.

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Happy Valentines! If I Had a Banner,...

Coleen Rowley | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Pete Seeger, Leahy, Congressman Robert Wexler, Feingold, Condi Rice, Senators Dodd, Home News

I'd banner on this Valentines Day, and I'd banner about the love (needed) between my brothers and my sisters all over this land. The similar song b...

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In Honor of Henrietta Yurchenco

Carol Hoenig | Posted 12.15.2007 | Living

Read More: Pete Seeger, Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Henrietta Yurchenco, Ethnomusicologist, Publishing, MRI Press, Protest, Jones Beach Theater, Living News

My dilemma is wondering under what category I should post this blog. See, Henrietta Yurchenco was more than just an ethnomusicologist. She was also a ...

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Banning Desmond Tutu is NOT Minnesota Nice. It's Downright Icky.

Coleen Rowley | Posted 10.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: University of St. Thomas, Ann Coulter, Blacklisting, Free Speech, Pete Seeger, Juan Cole, Dixie Chicks, McCarthey, Desmond Tutu, Politics News

How in the heck could we have gotten so quickly to this dark place of blacklisting and suppression of academic freedom?

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