[lbo-talk] Paul Robeson

Mike Beggs mikejbeggs at gmail.com
Mon Sep 14 02:24:01 PDT 2009


There's a cool fictional portrayal of the aftermath of this Robeson concert in E. L. Doctorow's 'Book of Daniel', about the Rosenbergs.

Cheers, Mike scandalum.wordpress.com

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:45 PM, John E. Norem <jnorem at cox.net> wrote:
> On September 4, 1949, an angry crowd surrounded the 20,000 friends of Paul
> Robeson who had come to hear him in an open-air concert at Peekskill, New
> York. After the event right-wing, anti-communist inspired mobs attacked
> supporters who were leaving the event. These attacks included smashing the
> windows of Pete Seeger’s automobile with several family members inside.
> Sixty years later we remember the great progressive Paul Robeson, his
> struggles for justice, and his refusal to bow to the politics of reaction.
>
> http://links.org.au/node/1234
> ___________________________________
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
>



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list