My Song is My Weapon: People's Songs, American Communism, and the Politics of Culture, 1930-1950A revealing exploration of the origins and development of People's Songs, Inc., "My Song Is My Weapon won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. Robbie Lieberman brings to life the hootenannies, concerts, and rallies of the time, paying special attention to the politics of culture of the Old Left. Her analysis of the communist movement culture, coupled with interviews with former members of People's Songs, sheds new light on Cold War America, the American Communist movement, and the experience of left-wing cultural workers. |
Contents
The American Communist Movement Culture | 14 |
From the Final Cornflakes to the Ballad for Americans Communist Musical Culture in the 1930s | 25 |
This Machine Kills Fascists Communism Antifascism and Peoples Music during World War II | 50 |
My Song Is My Weapon Peoples Songs the CPUSA and the Cold War | 67 |
Songs of Labor and the American People | 85 |
We Were Close to Changing the World The Peoples Songs Hootenanny | 115 |
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activities aesthetic Alan Lomax Almanac Singers American Communism American Communist anticommunism audience Ballad became began broader Bulletin camp Charles Seeger civil rights collective commitment Communist Party concern CPUSA created critical cultural workers David Sear democratic Dobbs dominant Dorothy Healey Dunaway Earl Robinson Ernie Lieberman example expressed fascism February Film folk-style folksingers Fred Hellerman Guthrie's hoot hootenanny Ibid ideas important internal Interview with Ernie Interview with Pete Irwin Silber Isserman issues Jackie Gibson January 25 Jerry Silverman labor movement Lee Hays Left left-wing Mario Casetta mass culture ment munist organizations outlook Paul Robeson peace People's Artists People's Songs People's World performers Pete Seeger played political Popular Front postwar Press Progressive party proletarian Reuss revolutionary role Ronnie Gilbert sang sectarian singing social socialist Songbook Soviet Union tion topical songs tradition tunes unity Waldemar Hille Wallace campaign weapon Weavers Woody Guthrie writers York
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