Seeger, Guthrie join Wall Street protest

[Shireling]

Seeger, Guthrie join Wall Street protest
Cristian Salazar/ Associated Press

New York— Folk music legend Pete Seeger and '60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie joined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators Friday in their campaign against corporate greed while residents near the protest park encampment pushed to regain some peace and quiet in their neighborhood.

Seeger joined in the Occupy Wall Street protest Friday night, replacing his banjo with two canes as he marched with throngs of people in New York City's tony Upper West Side past banks and shiny department stores.

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At Columbus Circle, Seeger and friends walked to the chant of "We are the 99 percent" and "We are unstoppable; another world is possible." Seeger stopped to bang a metal statue of an elephant with his cane — to cheers from the crowd.

At the center of the plaza, Seeger and Amram were joined by Guthrie in a round of "We Shall Overcome," a protest anthem made popular by Seeger.


From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111022/ENT09/110220379/Seeger--Guthrie-join-Wall-Street-protest#ixzz1c1X6kiIw

[TexasProgresive]

1. Pete and Arlo-that's great

Some here were dising Arlo saying he was a turn coat. But I still like him, and Pete, what's not to like.

[Doctor_J]

2. I thought arlo was a teabagger

:shrug:

[Matilda]

3. You're kidding, right?

"Alice's Restaurant" will live forever in anti-war history.

[Doctor_J]

4. that was more than 40 years ago

more recently he has declared himself a libertarian, which basically means Republican

[Matilda]

5. Sad.

But he walked the walk with Occupy.

[craticdemo]

7. Can't believe he'd do that 180.

Libertarians do tend to be anti-war, so maybe it's about that.

[OneBlueSky]

6. Pete is an American treasure . . .

he's been part of every major progressive movement of the past 70 years or so -- unionization, free speech, civil rights, anti-war, environmental, and now OWS -- and he's done it with his music . . . at 92 his voice is mostly gone, and he needs canes to get around, but he's still out there raisin' hell and kickin' ass . . . he's one of my heroes, and someone I'm proud to call a friend . . .

[Hotler]

8. kicking n/t