Pete Seeger : Still sane in Bush's armed madhouse after so many years ?.

offaly | rights, freedoms and repression | other press Tuesday September 05, 2006 02:17 by Naomi Murphy - Weather Underground

He has overcome?.

In the 1950s, he opposed Senator Joseph McCarthy's witch hunt and was almost jailed for refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee

In the 1960s, he was a vocal critic of the Vietnam War and inspired a generation of protest singers. He was later at the center of the environmental and anti-nuclear movements. At the age of 87, Pete Seeger continues to perform and be politically active (see full Democracy Now story on link?).