This Machine Still Kills Fascists

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In Guthrie's opposition to fascism, he conceptualized the ideology "as a form of economic exploitation similar to slavery," straightforwardly denouncing the fascists – particularly their leaders ( dictators) – as a group of gangsters who set out to "rob the world." [3] This recalled a protest strategy he had used "during the Great Depression, when social, political, and economic inequality had been engendered by a small rich elite." [3] During that era, Guthrie had "romanticized the deeds of outlaws such as Jesse James, Pretty Boy Floyd, Calamity Jane or the Dalton Gang both as legitimate acts of social responsibility and as 'the ultimate expression of protest,' thus transforming the outlaw into an archetypal partisan in a fight against those who were held responsible for the worsening social and economic conditions." [3] The words fascist, communist, anti-semite, racist, etc., are way over used in an attempt to *cancel* out, or evade a discussion… and guess who prompts that behavior? Projectionist, that’s who. I believe in unions, have been in a union for over 30 years. We need far more of them. Have some unions taken advantage and used the people they were serving, sure, but that’s one reason why we need more, better choices. The dates may change but the times never really do, the plight of the common worker stays the same. ” Pereira, Sydney (September 13, 2019). "Local Legend: Colin 'The Piano Guy' Plays Washington Square Park". Patch. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021 . Retrieved November 7, 2021. The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie”– it doesn’t matter what stripe he wears- an empty suit is a devil without a soul- authentic, I will add…

It is the age-old adage of ‘the rich are getting richer, while the poor are getting poorer’. The musical stylings are pure country, but almost take on zydeco rhythm and stylings. Musically, it will have you bopping your head and tapping along.Leitch, Donovan (2007). The Autobiography of Donovan: The Hurdy Gurdy Man. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p.69. ISBN 9780312364342. Archived from the original on 2023-03-05 . Retrieved 2022-07-14. Moreover though, This Machine Still Kills Fascists it’s just a fun record. It’s a good driving record, a good listening record, it gets the blood pumping, the foot pounding, and the fist waving. It has the perfect attitude for blowing off steam, and a populist message in a period that just like Woody’s, the gulf between the haves and the have nots is completely out of kilter, despite the ease of modernity. Some of the words and modes may be a little deprecated, but the passion cuts through and delivers a punch. Circa 1943, in the midst of World War II, Guthrie wrote the war song "Talking Hitler's Head Off Blues." This was printed in the Daily Worker, a newspaper published by the Communist Party USA. Then, according to biographer Anne E. Neimark, "In a fit of patriotism and faith in the impact of the song, he painted on his guitar THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS." [2] Guthrie's stance against fascism [ edit ] By using Guthrie's guitar phrase for their album title, [Ken] Casey said in an WBUR interview the band wanted to show that Guthrie's music remains relevant today. What confuses Casey, though, is how the word fascism still triggers some people. [3]

Brown, Jennifer M. (2008-09-12). "Shelf Awareness for Friday, September 12, 2008". Shelf Awareness. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16 . Retrieved 1 August 2022. How can you take a working-class person and turn them into someone who would argue on behalf of the ultra-rich, over standing shoulder to shoulder with their fellow worker? But that’s what the people in power and wealth always wanted to do: Divide. Their biggest fear is the voice of the people and the voice of the worker united,” Casey says. “Those people in power, the elite and the wealthy, are really just laughing at us. And no one in my opinion sums that up more than Donald Trump. Pretending that he would actually spend a second of his life with the average Make America Great Again supporter that comes to his rally? Not a chance. If he didn’t look at that person as someone he could scam five dollars out of, or a vote, he would literally taser that guy.”Rea, Steven (2015-07-26). " 'Paper Towns': Romantic teens trying to catch on". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16 . Retrieved 1 August 2022. The title of the album comes from " This machine kills fascists", a slogan that Guthrie used to write on his guitars. This is a special ACOUSTIC ALBUM we wrote around previously unpublished lyrics by one of our idols, WOODY GUTHRIE !! That’s right – there’s not a guitar amplifier on this album!! PLUS we’re doing our FIRST EVER ACOUSTIC THEATER TOUR to bring these new songs – plus all yourDKMfaves – straight to you in your hometown. That’s not to say that workers don’t deserve better rights, and that the robber barons of yore don’t have comparative counterparts to today’s business and tech oligarchs controlling obscene amounts of wealth and power. But some of the verbiage and inflammatory attitude found in these songs comes across as a bit archaic, especially some of the sloganeering around unionization for anyone who’s watched a Martin Scorsese film, or episodes of The Sopranos that illustrate how some unions don’t stop the exploitation of workers, they just place it in the hands of a different set of sleazeballs.

Boy Ian, those are such grossly incorrect and wild-eyed assumptions you have made about me, they’re not even worth dignifying with the laundry list of hard labor jobs I have done in my life, and for extended periods. You don’t know me, and you couldn’t illustrate that any better than with your comment. Pittsburgh-based Punk band Anti-Flag's 2001 album Underground Network includes a song entitled "This Machine Kills Fascists" [14] Donovan put the message "This machine kills" on his guitar, leaving off the word "fascists"; he explained in his autobiography, "I dropped the last word, thinking fascism was already dead." [12] Newsdesk. "Tom Morello regretted Rage Against the Machine's naked Lollapalooza protest 'when the police arrived' ". Music-News. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023 . Retrieved 23 February 2023.

The idea for this album has been something mulled by the band for quite some time, with Woody's daughter Nora curating a collection of her father's never-published lyrics for the band over the years. With Al Barr taking a leave of absence to tend to his ailing mother, the group did not want to press forward with a normal band album and felt the timing was right to dig into the the Guthrie project.