It is fashionable for certain folkie snobs to pan music from the Popular Front that have an agitprop tinge. Dylan's earlier work were agitprop such as Masters Of War and Blowing in the Wind. Also, The Times They Are A-Changin'.

All music is agitprop in that it reflects the social, political and or religious mind of the composer or performer. That includes Paul Robeson, The Dixie Chicks, Finian's Rainbow,
The Cradle Will Rock and other works that tell a social message. Picasso's Guernica was agitprop in its Anti-Franco message.

Berlatsky is not a valid commentator on folk music despite the rarified attitude of
Atlantic.