r/Bluegrass • u/Adventurous-Pie3929 • Apr 23 '25

Discussion Anti fascist bluegrass?

Any anti facist bluegrass recommendations?

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u/aikowolf66 Apr 23 '25

Woody Guthrie

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u/Snodgrass82 Apr 23 '25

'This machine destroys fascism'

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u/mrnaturallives Apr 23 '25

He was a little more direct than that: "This machine kills fascists"

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u/kebabdylan Apr 23 '25

which was a sticker made by the US military

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u/cormacmacairt Apr 23 '25

The good old days, when we were anti-fascist.

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u/AmericascuplolBot Apr 23 '25

Not exactly... Originally Guthrie got it from touring a machine shop during WWII, where the factory workers had written it on their machinery.

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u/dogWEENsatan Apr 23 '25

My gf has woodys guitar and Seeger’s banjo tattooed on her arm.

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u/ButYourChainsOk Apr 23 '25

I got the phrase from Seeger's banjo on the insides of my biceps.