Woody Guthrie wrote of freedom . . . when was this written? 1930-something? [1941, it turns out.]
Ronnie Gilbert and Holly Near combine on one of my favorite arrangements of the song.
This film must be at least ten years old, maybe more. The song is more than 60 years old [71 years -- from 1941].
It’s still a powerful indictment of corporate greed, heartless and oppressive immigration policies, and it’s a case for a strong labor movement.
Be sure you vote in the November 6 elections. Sing this song on the way to the polls.
More:
- Woody Guthrie’s 100th birth anniversary came earlier in 2012
- The post in which the comments got me thinking about this song, about the farm disaster in apples in 2012 (oddly, a bumper crop in a few places cannot stave off higher prices and disaster elsewhere); see comments with two Woody Guthrie songs
- Bragging rights for the poor (theage.com.au)
- Woody Guthrie Was No Dumb Okie (andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com)
- Jackson Browne to celebrate Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (troubadourtribune.com)
- Photos: A tribute to Woody Guthrie (wvgazette.com)
- Ron Radosh on the Woody Guthrie Tribute Concert (maverickphilosopher.typepad.com)
- Folk hero Woody Guthrie and the lost Clyde tribute (scotsman.com)
- “A song for our times: Pete and Arlo sing Woody (Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub)
- “We remember: Reuben James sunk October 31, 1941″ (Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub)
- Kingston Trio’s 1961 version
