Dylan the American Left, and What We Have Lost

[David Morris]

What idiot doesn't know Dylan was a major voice of the Left in the 60's?

On Saturday, October 15, 2016, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
wrote:

> Am 15.10.2016 um 20:14 schrieb ish mailian:
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> Since the mass media won’t tell you Dylan was in his youth a leftist
>> or that some of his greatest work came out of a critique of our
>> corporation-dominated, unequal, militaristic and racist society, it is
>> important to underline it lest the celebration of his masterpieces
>> become merely maudlin (and he would hate that outcome, too).
>>
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> Yes. And this cold war chestnut is becoming more apropos by the minute:
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> I've learned to hate the Russians
> All through my whole life
> If another war comes
> It's them we must fight
> To hate them and fear them
> To run and to hide
> And accept it all bravely
> With God on my side
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