[...] our technology and our economic system seem to produce the present bad situation: millions of people feel themselves poor and powerless; millio… - Pete Seeger

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[...] our technology and our economic system seem to produce the present bad situation: millions of people feel themselves poor and powerless; millions feel that music is something to be made only by experts.

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About Pete Seeger

Peter Seeger (3 May 1919 – 27 January 2014) was a U.S. musician, political activist, and author; usually known as Pete Seeger.

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Birth Name: Peter Seeger
Alternative Names: Pete
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I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it. But if by some freak of history communism had caught up with this country, I would have been one of the first people thrown in jail.
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