• Episode 28 | Pete Seeger: Singing for change

  • May 2 2025
  • Length: 5 mins
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Episode 28 | Pete Seeger: Singing for change

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  • Folk musician. Banjo player. Singer of songs of unity. He sang songs of joy. He sang for the unions. He sang for the people. For the workers and the downtrodden. He sang songs for change. Civil Rights songs. Folk songs. Despite the Red Scare and McCarthy’s witch hunt, Pete Seeger sang on, helping to inspire the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s. And he would continue to sing and play throughout his life.

    Pete Seeger died at the age of 94, in 2014.

    This is episode 28 of Stories of Resistance — a podcast co-produced by The Real News and Global Exchange. Independent investigative journalism, supported by Global Exchange's Human Rights in Action program. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark times.

    If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share, comment, or leave a review. You can also follow Michael’s reporting and support at patreon.com/mfox.

    Written and produced by Michael Fox.

    Here is a great 2007 PBS documentary about Pete Seeger’s life. It’s called "The Power of Song.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czk2hj4VISg

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