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Pete Seeger is on a few of those on my list. He belonged to the Almanac Singers and the Weavers. In 1941, when Stalin and Hitler were allies, the Almanacs released an anti-war album that included tunes such as "Plow Under," on my list, and The Ballad of October 16. When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, the Almanacs turned on a dime and started cranking out pro-war songs such as Reuben James (1942).

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Pete Seeger is on a few of those on my list. He belonged to the Almanac Singers and the Weavers. In 1941, when Stalin and Hitler were allies, the Almanacs released an anti-war album that included tunes such as "Plow Under," on my list, and The Ballad of October 16. When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, the Almanacs turned on a dime and started cranking out pro-war songs such as Reuben James (1942).

Here's something I had previously compiled and saved...

"[Pete] Seeger was antiwar during the period of the Nazi-Soviet Pact; pro-war after the Soviet Union was the ally of the United States; and anti-war during the years of the Cold War and Vietnam. To Nichols -a rather dense left-winger -it is good form to acknowledge that perhaps 'Stalin was a bad guy,' and then simply get over it, and move on to campaign for very American socialist causes." --Ronald Radosh (former communist)

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=01133F31-CE9A-40BC-B797-47CBB0023EF4
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"...at the time of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, the Communists suddenly transformed the 'Anti-Nazi League' into the "Hollywood Peace Forum," calling for American neutrality and using the slogan 'Let's Skip the Next War.'..."
--Ronald Radosh, from his book, Red Star Over Hollywood: The Film Colony's Long Romance With the Left
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4251
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NYT Writer Corrects Record: Pete Seeger 'Only' 40 Years Late in Denouncing Stalin
By P.J. Gladnick
2007-09-02

The New York Times has now corrected [1] a "smear" about Pete Seeger being 50 years too late in denouncing Stalin. Thanks to the intrepid research of Times reporter Daniel J. Wakin, the record has now been set straight. Pete Seeger was only about 40 years too late in criticizing Stalin.

http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2007/09/02/ny-times-writer-corrects-record-pete-seeger-only-40-years-late-denounc
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From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetwork.org:
Profile: PETE SEEGER

*Musician, folksinger, songwriter, and political activist

*Joined the Communist Party in 1942

*"I'm still a Communist" -- Pete Seeger, 2004

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1619