The Iconic Folk-Singer and Balladeer of the World Working Class, Pete Seeger, passed away on 27th January 2014 at a New York hospital. He was 94.
Comrade Pete Seeger was a singer, environmentalist, anti-imperialist. He was a Communist; joined the party in 1942. He fought for civil liberties and was a hard critic of capitalism and imperialism.
His songs like “If I Had a Hammer,” ”Turn, Turn, Turn,” ”Where Have All the Flowers Gone” and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” etc. are sung over the whole world. He sang against Nazism and Hitler and also against nuclear power.
During the “Occupy Wall Street ” movement he sung powerfully, though he had to lean on two canes at his ripe age of 90. Pete Seeger popularised the International Song of Working Class “We Shall Overcome” through out the world.
Though he was victimised for his revolutionary songs, he continued his with his folk songs. He was awarded Grammy and US Rock and Roll of Fame Awards.
The Revolutionary Folk Singer has passed away. Our Revolutionary greetings to him! His songs will be making waves for many more years.
Pete Seeger, the Balladeer of the Working Class no more
28 Tuesday Jan 2014
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VAN Namboodiri's Blog 
I pay respectful homage to PETE SEEGER, myself being an ardent fan of the poet-singer. His songs will continue to encourage the working class and anti-imperialist people the world over.
Comrade Namboodiri-ji may well remember the massive foundation day meeting of BSNLEU, Kolkata Telephones in 2006 held at Mahajati Sadan, in his presence which I presided. The meeting was inaugurated with an encouraging song of PETE SEEGER in Bengali sung by our comrades. I reproduce the text of the song in English:
ONE MAN’S HANDS
One man’s hands can’t tear a prison down
Two men’s hands can’t tear a prison down
But if two and two and fifty make a million
We’ll see that day come round
We’ll see that day come round.
One man’s eyes can’t see the future clear. . .
One man’s voice can’t shout to make them hear. . .
One man’s strength can’t ban the atom bomb. . .
One man’s strength can’t roll the union on. . .
Dear Comrade Mihirdas,
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