[Fiji Hill]

When the Commies threw a shindig in New York in 1949, some locals objected and a fracas known as the "Peekskill Riot" ensued. The Weavers, Paul Robeson and Howard Fast provide a look at the event through Red-colored glasses (no, I don't mean Red as in Red State). I own a 78 rpm version of this disc.

Howard Fast, the narrator, would later turn against Stalinism (but not leftism) in his book The Naked God (New York: Praeger, 1957)

Our Song Will Go On--The Weavers, Paul Robeson, et al (1950)

[Impala64ssa]

I heard of the Peekskill Riot. It happened at a park near where the Beach Shopping Center was built around 12 years where my aunt and uncle had a housewares store.