Friday, August 31, 2007
Pete Seeger's latest:
The Big Joe Blues
I'm singing about old Joe, cruel Joe,
He ruled with an iron hand
He put an end to the dreams
Of so many in every land
He had a chance to make
A brand new start for the human race
Instead he set it back
Right in the same nasty place
I got the Big Joe Blues
(Keep your mouth shut or you will die fast)
I got the Big Joe Blues
(Do this job, no questions asked)
I got the Big Joe Blues.
Ron Radosh (a strident anti-Communist) recounts how, after writing a review criticizing the old Red, he received a friendly letter from Seeger, admitting that Radosh may be right. Nice stuff: Seeger Speaks — and Sings — Against Stalin
Via Power Line, who have other links.
So it took him 50 years after Stalin's death to figure out that mass murder is not necessarily a good idea? I wonder why he bothered.