Click on the headline to link to a YouTube film clip of Bob Dylan performing his classic Generation of "68 song, Blowin' In The Wind
Markin comment:
Several years ago in reviewing a PBS presentation on the legendary folklorist and folksinger Peter Seeger I asked, after observing that he had won the Medal Of Freedom (from President Clinton), "Pete, where did you go wrong?" Probably with less reason (less reason after the first blush Greenwich Village folk heyday and change the world right now time) I ask the same question today of Medal of Freedom winner Bob Dylan.
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In this series, presented under the headline “Songs To While Away The Class Struggle By”, I will post some songs that I think will help us get through the “dog days” of the struggle for our communist future. I do not vouch for the political thrust of the songs; for the most part they are done by pacifists, social democrats, hell, even just plain old ordinary democrats. And, occasionally, a communist, although hard communist musicians have historically been scarce on the ground. Thus, here we have a regular "popular front" on the music scene. While this would not be acceptable for our political prospects, it will suffice for our purposes here. Markin.
Markin comment:
Several years ago in reviewing a PBS presentation on the legendary folklorist and folksinger Peter Seeger I asked, after observing that he had won the Medal Of Freedom (from President Clinton), "Pete, where did you go wrong?" Probably with less reason (less reason after the first blush Greenwich Village folk heyday and change the world right now time) I ask the same question today of Medal of Freedom winner Bob Dylan.
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In this series, presented under the headline “Songs To While Away The Class Struggle By”, I will post some songs that I think will help us get through the “dog days” of the struggle for our communist future. I do not vouch for the political thrust of the songs; for the most part they are done by pacifists, social democrats, hell, even just plain old ordinary democrats. And, occasionally, a communist, although hard communist musicians have historically been scarce on the ground. Thus, here we have a regular "popular front" on the music scene. While this would not be acceptable for our political prospects, it will suffice for our purposes here. Markin.
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