I'll be presenting my live documentary, "All You Jim Crow Fascists! Woody Guthrie's Freedom Songs" on Sunday, 22 August, at the Green Note, Camden, London, at 8 pm.

"All You Jim Crow Fascists" explores Guthrie's anti-racist songs and activism. Conventionally known for his championing of the poor white Dust Bowl migrants, Guthrie also left an extensive body of songs condemning Jim Crow segregation, race hatred and racial fascism. Most of these songs were never recorded, but they are the legacy of Guthrie's own personal transformation from a casual Oklahoma racist in his youth to a committed civil rights activist working and singing with the likes of Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Paul Robeson in the 1940s and 50s.

"Listen up all you Jim Crow fascists and you race-hate mongers too:
Will Kaufman is a-comin' and he's got his eye on you.
Won't brake for no excuses, won't stand no messin' round -
Your bigot ways can't save you 'cause
Will Kaufman's gonna run you down!"
— Ry Cooder

If you're in London, hope to see you there!