This is Woody talking to "Weaver's" Fred Hellerman and Lee Hayes, who asked how he was doing -- while being hospitalized for Huntington's Chorea during the Second Red Scare. (From my book Folksingers & the Bureau)
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This is Woody talking to "Weaver's" Fred Hellerman and Lee Hayes, who asked how he was doing -- while being hospitalized for Huntington's Chorea during the Second Red Scare. (From my book Folksingers & the Bureau)
A great review from Ron Jacobs at CounterPunch:
www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/09/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/09/t...
The Communists Defended Free Speech, Not the Feds
The Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) has been oft-maligned by those to its left and to its right. To the casual observer the attacks from the
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September 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A great review from Ron Jacobs at CounterPunch:
www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/09/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/09/t...
My latest in Truthout:
truthout.org/articles/how...
truthout.org/articles/how...
How a Century of Anti-Communism Cleared the Way for Trump’s Authoritarianism
This trope has long been used to justify repression of anarchists, communists, liberals, immigrants, and unions.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My latest in Truthout:
truthout.org/articles/how...
truthout.org/articles/how...
Aaron Libson, a closeted gay communist was a target of the FBI’s COINTELPRO-CPUSA. When they facilitated publicizing his arrest on sodomy charges, he tried to kill himself but was thankfully unsuccessful. For the FBI... it was a win, he was driven out of the CP, and the group was “embarrassed.”
August 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Aaron Libson, a closeted gay communist was a target of the FBI’s COINTELPRO-CPUSA. When they facilitated publicizing his arrest on sodomy charges, he tried to kill himself but was thankfully unsuccessful. For the FBI... it was a win, he was driven out of the CP, and the group was “embarrassed.”
Coming... September 9, 2025.
August 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Coming... September 9, 2025.
[From my upcoming book].The period of imminent revolution the Comintern declared in 1928 ended abruptly when Adolf Hitler assumed power in 1933. To their peril, the communists & social democrats of Germany held to the idea that the Nazis were a temporary phenomenon... #stopfacsism #resist #handsoff
April 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
[From my upcoming book].The period of imminent revolution the Comintern declared in 1928 ended abruptly when Adolf Hitler assumed power in 1933. To their peril, the communists & social democrats of Germany held to the idea that the Nazis were a temporary phenomenon... #stopfacsism #resist #handsoff
A generous endorsement from Professor Roberts: "The sordid story of the intense and prolonged repression of American communists has never been told better. Aaron J. Leonard’s compelling and highly illuminating book is a must-read for everyone interested in US political history."
February 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A generous endorsement from Professor Roberts: "The sordid story of the intense and prolonged repression of American communists has never been told better. Aaron J. Leonard’s compelling and highly illuminating book is a must-read for everyone interested in US political history."
Pasadena high school students walking out to protest deportations
February 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Pasadena high school students walking out to protest deportations
Rutgers just sent me the cover for the new book—coming September 9, 2025.
January 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Rutgers just sent me the cover for the new book—coming September 9, 2025.
I've not yet seen the Dylan film, though Elijah Wald's book, which it is somewhat based on was helpful in working through my own analysis. For a sample you can see the Literary Hub excerpt.https://lithub.com/how-bob-dylan-became-a-counterculture-icon/
How Bob Dylan Became a Counterculture Icon
“A song satirizing the John Birch Society was barred from Ed Sullivan’s television show on Sunday night by the Columbia Broadcasting System, which said it was controversial.” –New York Times, May 1…
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December 30, 2024 at 8:34 PM
I've not yet seen the Dylan film, though Elijah Wald's book, which it is somewhat based on was helpful in working through my own analysis. For a sample you can see the Literary Hub excerpt.https://lithub.com/how-bob-dylan-became-a-counterculture-icon/
In "Meltdown Expected" I write, that while Jimmy Carter came into office as a champion of human rights, by the end of 1979 he had begun funding Islamist guerillas in Afghanistan, developed the MX missile, embraced the despised Shah of Iran, and tacitly supported the Pol Pot regime against Vietnam.
December 30, 2024 at 1:15 AM
In "Meltdown Expected" I write, that while Jimmy Carter came into office as a champion of human rights, by the end of 1979 he had begun funding Islamist guerillas in Afghanistan, developed the MX missile, embraced the despised Shah of Iran, and tacitly supported the Pol Pot regime against Vietnam.
I have just been given a publication date from Rutgers University Press for my next book, Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism. It will be on the streets starting September 9, 2025. Get ready! @rutgersupress.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 6:41 PM
I have just been given a publication date from Rutgers University Press for my next book, Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism. It will be on the streets starting September 9, 2025. Get ready! @rutgersupress.bsky.social
If the new Dylan movie (A Complete Unknown) has your interest - personally I find biopix problematic, they project a twisted view of things, that the uninformed then internalize as the truth- I found some pretty fascinating stuff in the FBI files on him last year.
truthout.org/articles/new...
truthout.org/articles/new...
Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal the FBI’s Campaign Against Bob Dylan
The US impulse toward repression didn’t die with the Cold War, as current attempts to suppress support for Gaza show.
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December 12, 2024 at 3:28 PM
If the new Dylan movie (A Complete Unknown) has your interest - personally I find biopix problematic, they project a twisted view of things, that the uninformed then internalize as the truth- I found some pretty fascinating stuff in the FBI files on him last year.
truthout.org/articles/new...
truthout.org/articles/new...
Thanks for this @rutgersupress.bsky.social !
Read a great new piece on the state of the US economy by Aaron J. Leonard, author of MELTDOWN EXPECTED: CRISIS, DISORDER, AND UPHEAVAL AT THE END OF THE 1970s:
December 12, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Thanks for this @rutgersupress.bsky.social !
I had a great conversation with Dick Price & Sharon Kyle, of the LA Progressive, about the FBI's sordid history, the state of the US economy, and what the future may portend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOWj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOWj...
Trump Harris Battle Ignored Real Economic Crisis Like most Campaigns
YouTube video by LA Progressive
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December 6, 2024 at 5:40 PM
I had a great conversation with Dick Price & Sharon Kyle, of the LA Progressive, about the FBI's sordid history, the state of the US economy, and what the future may portend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOWj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOWj...
Looking forward to speaking at LA's All Power Books w/All Power Musicians Org, on December 3, 7pm (about Folk Singers & the Bureau). The image of Woody Guthrie is from his NY FBI file, taken by an informant in Spokane, Washington. All Power Books 7pm—4749 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles
November 28, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Looking forward to speaking at LA's All Power Books w/All Power Musicians Org, on December 3, 7pm (about Folk Singers & the Bureau). The image of Woody Guthrie is from his NY FBI file, taken by an informant in Spokane, Washington. All Power Books 7pm—4749 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles
I don't know what the [Trump] years ahead hold--though I'm inclined to think they will be more crisis racked, and contentious, than some are projecting. Regardless, I thought this was worth a repost-reread.
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Understanding the Rise of Fascism
Popular accounts of Nazism often claim that Hitler rose to power democratically. But, historian Richard J. Evans argues, German fascism relied on armed militias, made up of disaffected veterans inspir...
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November 24, 2024 at 5:19 PM
I don't know what the [Trump] years ahead hold--though I'm inclined to think they will be more crisis racked, and contentious, than some are projecting. Regardless, I thought this was worth a repost-reread.
jacobin.com/2024/08/nazi...
jacobin.com/2024/08/nazi...
Excellent graphics from
allpowerbooks.org
Looking forward to speaking on Dec 3.
#woodyguthrie #peteseeger #folkmusic
allpowerbooks.org
Looking forward to speaking on Dec 3.
#woodyguthrie #peteseeger #folkmusic
November 23, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Excellent graphics from
allpowerbooks.org
Looking forward to speaking on Dec 3.
#woodyguthrie #peteseeger #folkmusic
allpowerbooks.org
Looking forward to speaking on Dec 3.
#woodyguthrie #peteseeger #folkmusic
Looking forward to this!
allpowerbooks.org
allpowerbooks.org
November 22, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Looking forward to this!
allpowerbooks.org
allpowerbooks.org
Recently talked with ABC Radio (Australia) about Folk Singers & the Bureau. You can listen here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
(Photo is from Guthrie's FBI file, for a vagrancy arrest in Ohio)
#woodyguthrie #peteseeger
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
(Photo is from Guthrie's FBI file, for a vagrancy arrest in Ohio)
#woodyguthrie #peteseeger
November 21, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Recently talked with ABC Radio (Australia) about Folk Singers & the Bureau. You can listen here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
(Photo is from Guthrie's FBI file, for a vagrancy arrest in Ohio)
#woodyguthrie #peteseeger
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
(Photo is from Guthrie's FBI file, for a vagrancy arrest in Ohio)
#woodyguthrie #peteseeger