This is the anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor. On at
7:55 a.m. Dec. 7, 1941, Japan bombed the US Naval base in an attempt to keep
the US from getting involved in their battle to expand their empire. The effort
backfired and the US isolationist movement collapsed. The next day the US declared
war. Several leftist leaders at the time were already pushing to go to war with
the fascist movements of the time including folk singer Woody Guthrie. The 90
minute attack killed 2,386 Americans. -សតិវ អតុ
This was one of Guthrie’s more political songs:
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