The Weavers-All The 1951 "videos"(In Memoriam, Fred Hellerman)

[Ken Burch]

The death of Fred Hellerman, the last surviving member of the legendary(and legendarily blacklisted) folk quartet "The Weavers", was announced Saturday.

[mothra1orbit]

1. Just lovely--thanks so much

[Hekate]

2. KnR and thank you.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. "that song came to us from that new land of Israel"

Wow..now that's some historical context.

[Ken Burch]

5. Pete later updated the song with a verse in Arabic, in an attempt to work for reconciliation

between Palestinians and Israelis(one of the writers of the original Hebrew version of the song worked with Pete on that).

And Ronnie Gilbert was a longstanding member of Women in Black, a group of Jewish and Arab women who opposed the way Palestinians were treated and worked for a peaceful and just end to the conflict).

[LongtimeAZDem]

4. If you haven't before, watch the 1982 PBS special "Wasn't That a Time"

Here's a wonderful clip of their reunion: