The Folk Singers & The Bureau: The FBI, Folk Artists, & the Communist Party USA
Rev Left Radio
Breht O'Shea
4.8 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2020
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Aaron J. Leonard returns to the show to discuss his newest book "The Folk Singers and The Bureau: The FBI, The Folk Artists, and the Suppression of the Communist Party USA (1939-1956)".
We cover a lot of fascinating history and then we link that history up with the present!
Here is Aaron's playlist mentioned in the show: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHCUjL6Jr73FNc_ak3MyOV_V-6Khic2u4
Music featured in order of appearance:
Woody Guthrie - I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore
Pete Seeger - Which Side Are You On
Paul Robeson - No More Auction Block
Woody Guthrie - All You Fascists Bound To Lose
Woody Guthrie - Tear the Fascists Down
Pete Seeger - Solidarity Forever
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| 0:00.0 | I ain't got no home, I'm just a Roman round. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm just a Roman round, and I'm just a Roman round. |
| 0:30.5 | I ain't got no home, I'm just a Roman round. |
| 0:38.3 | My brothers and my sisters are stranded on this road, |
| 1:00.4 | A hot and dusty road at a million feet of trot. |
| 1:05.7 | Rich man took my home and drove me from my door, |
| 1:09.5 | And I ain't got no home in this world anymore. |
| 1:15.7 | Was a farm in all the shares, and always I was poor, |
| 1:38.1 | My crops I lay into the banker's store. |
| 1:44.0 | My wife took down and died up on the cabin floor, |
| 1:48.1 | And I ain't got no home in this world anymore. |
| 2:13.5 | Now as I look around, it's mighty plain to see. |
| 2:17.8 | This world is such a great and a funny place to be. |
| 2:23.6 | All the gambling man is rich, and the working man is poor, |
| 2:27.8 | And I ain't got no home in this world anymore. |
| 2:43.9 | Hello everybody, and welcome back to RevLeftRadio. |
| 2:52.8 | We have a very special treat for you today, and that is an interview with Aaron J. Leonard |
| 2:58.3 | on his new book, The Folk Singers and the Bureau, The FBI, The Folk Artists, |
| 3:03.2 | And the suppression of the Communist Party USA from 1939 to 1956. |
| 3:09.3 | We talk about so much fascinating stuff, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Paul Robeson. |
| 3:14.9 | We talk about the FBI's crackdown on these folk artists, |
| 3:18.3 | Their connection with the Communist Party, |
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