Pete Seeger did anything and everything he could
If we could only be like that
I am not like that - I am lukewarm, when it comes to action, at best
But I would bet most of you are too, in your own ways
Pete Seeger showed up and showed US our better selves
He taught us how to play banjo and sing, at the least
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Let's let 2012 be a year when we allow the best of ourselves to thrive
Let's let 2012 be the year when we, the people, take charge
Seeger is getting old
Soon he won't be with us
If you can't die for something, you must live for something
This is the spirit of Steinbeck, Hemingway, and of course Pete Seeger
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The Paris Commune and the Second Spanish Republic had two things in common. The first, was the fact that they sought the opinion of everyone. Anarchism, Socialism, Communism, Social Democracy, and Republicanism all were encouraged, invited and made the decisions.
The idea is that the workers should make decisions about their conditions.
We could all learn, and succeed with that.
Yes, these attempts were quelled, but we will always want this.
A fair deal.
We just want a fair deal, that is all.
And if we band together, we can get it.