My friend Coleen Rowley just posted an article in The Huffington Post that voices her outrage at a prominent Minnesota university that recently banned the appearance of Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu. It opens with the following:

"Last Tuesday, a couple of friends and I went to see the fantastic movie biography "Pete Seeger: the Power of Song". It featured great musical clips that told the unique life story of the folksinger and songwriter whose rendition of "We shall Overcome" inspired the civil rights movement (and anti-war movements). The inspirational movie also served as a timely reminder of the painful repression and vicious backstabbing that resulted from Joseph McCarthy's communist witch hunt back in the early 1950's. For a huge chunk of Seeger's life--17 years! -he was blacklisted. It was not until late in 1967 that the repression finally ended when the Smothers Brothers (courageous Comedy Hour) invited Seeger to perform on their TV show. And even then one of Seeger's songs, "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy," was censored. Only months later was he allowed to sing it on TV. No wonder the 88 year old Seeger has come to appreciate so much-as reflected in his lyrics-"the right to sing my song" that exists in America."