'This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender': Pete Seeger at 90
Source: http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=3127
He’s “outlasted the bastards” said Springsteen in a moving tribute at the gig, “a stealth dagger through the heart of our country’s illusions about itself.”
Seamus Heaney wrote this dedication for Seeger’s nine-decade milestone:
"Pete Seeger's singing has fulfilled the high classical expectation that poetry be both sweet and helpful. His art managed to take the strain of his activism, the banjo in his hand was his hammer of justice, and his music was more than equal to the music of what happened."
I’ll put it more simply. Pete Seeger is a human rights hero. Happy Birthday.
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