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...Seeger's entourage entered into a symbiotic relationship with the people they met, drawing from their traditional folk heritage and in return writing new songs which described their circumstances and problems. All of which man help to explain Seeger's hurt at being accused of anti Americanism...
...Seeger's and his friends commitment to the country ran far deep than that of the distinguished members of HUAC. These folksingers truly loved the people they had met, owed a lot to them, a debt which would not be repayed by vague promises not to subvert the government of the United States...
...Seeger's performances still reflect this basic decency and idealism. He sings about children, migrant workers, peace and martyrs for freedom with the same fervor that has sustained him for 35 years...
...survived the McCarthy era much more intact than our generation has survived the disappointments of the civil-rights movement and the antiwar movement. Seeger was also able to resist the trend towards conservatism that claimed many of his contemporaries. Old leftists are usually today's liberals. As Phil Ochs sang in "Love Me, I'm a Liberal...
...that's why I'm turning you in... Seeger continues to be at the forefront of radical involvement, be the issue political repression in Chile or the struggle of the UFW in California...