The Folk Singers and the Bureau explained

The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, the Folk Artists and the Suppression of the Communist Party, USA-1939-1956
Language:English
Country:United States of America
Author:Aaron J. Leonard
Published:September 8, 2020
Publisher:Repeater Books
Genre:Historical Nonfiction
Isbn:1-913-46200-5
Pages:323
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Location:London, England

The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, the Folk Artists and the Suppression of the Communist Party, USA-1939-1956 is a book written by Aaron Leonard.

Background

The book focuses on musicians such as Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, and Josh White who associated with the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) as well as musicians such as Burl Ives and Oscar Brand who later turned on the party and its members.[1] [2] The 323 page book was written by Aaron J. Leonard and published by Repeater Books on September 8, 2020 in London, England.[3] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was invested in close surveillance of the CPUSA and people associated with the party, especially after the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and throughout the era of McCarthyism.[4] [5] Leonard used the FBI's archives of surveillance data as source material for the book, which included a file on Pete Seeger that was more than 5,800 pages long.[6] [7] Gustavus Stadler's book, Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life, suggested that perhaps FBI surveillance of Woody Guthrie stopped when he was diagnosed with Huntington's Chorea and admitted to the Brooklyn State Hospital in 1955, but Leonard's research found that the surveillance continued.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jacobs . Ron . October 27, 2020 . A Timely Warning From an Ominous Past: This is a Pertinent Reminder of What the Government is Capable of Doing to Those Who Popularise a Vision That Runs Counter to a Capitalist Economy, Its Wars and Its Racism, Writes Rob Jacobs . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324193309/https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/timely-warning-ominous-past . March 24, 2022 . March 21, 2022 . . . en-GB.
  2. Web site: Pecinovsky . Tony . September 18, 2020 . Book review: Folk singers, the Communist Party, and the FBI, 1939-1956 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324193312/https://peoplesworld.org/article/book-review-folk-singers-the-communist-party-and-the-fbi-1939-1956/ . March 24, 2022 . March 21, 2022 . . Longview Publishing . en-US.
  3. Web site: Callahan . Mat . April 1, 2021 . Was Folk Music a Commie Plot? . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324193325/https://monthlyreview.org/2021/04/01/was-folk-music-a-commie-plot/ . March 24, 2022 . March 21, 2022 . . Monthly Review Foundation . en-US.
  4. Web site: Billet . Alexander . November 22, 2020 . The FBI's War on Folk Music . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324193444/https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/fbi-folk-singers-bureau-cpusa-communism-guthrie . March 24, 2022 . March 21, 2022 . . en-US.
  5. Web site: Pagetta . Joe . January 21, 2021 . Review: In the Crosshairs of the F.B.I. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324193435/https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2021/01/21/aaron-leonard-book-review-fbi-music-239782 . March 24, 2022 . March 21, 2022 . . America Media . en-US.
  6. Web site: Costen . Scott . October 24, 2020 . Red Scare in the Music Scene – 'The Folk Singers and the Bureau' by Aaron J. Leonard . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324193322/https://redactionpolitics.com/2020/10/24/red-scare-in-the-music-scene-the-folk-singers-and-the-bureau-by-aaron-j-leonard/ . March 24, 2022 . March 21, 2022 . Redaction Report . en-GB.
  7. Web site: Buhle . Paul . December 20, 2020 . New Book Digs Into Government Files to Keep Alive Memory of Radical Folk Artists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324193432/https://truthout.org/articles/new-book-digs-into-government-files-to-keep-alive-memory-of-radical-folk-artists/ . March 24, 2022 . March 21, 2022 . . en-US.
  8. Robles . Francisco E. . September 1, 2021 . Review: The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, the Folk Artists and the Suppression of the Communist Party, USA-1939-1956, by Aaron J. Leonard, and Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life, by Gustavus Stadler . Journal of Popular Music Studies . 33 . 3 . 194–198 . 10.1525/jpms.2021.33.3.194 . 1533-1598 . free .

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