“…Today a Democracy Now! special on the life, politics and music of Woody Guthrie, the “Dust Bowl Troubadour.”
Born a hundred years ago on July 14, 1912, in Oklahoma, Guthrie wrote hundreds of folk songs – and became a major influence on countless musicians, including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger and Phil Ochs.
While Guthrie is best remembered as a musician he also had a deeply political side -
- speaking out for labor and civil rights at the height of McCarthyism…”
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