Revenge of the Atom Spies – The Flames of Discontent

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Hidden Agenda Records (2007)

“John Pietaro, Laurie Towers, and company have recreated the mood of the 1950s Witchhunt… and just in time for the newest waves of intended repression. While a large swath of liberal opinion, a half century or so ago, joined the Cold War crusade, eager to grab a share of the swag that would be handed out to cooperative intellectuals and artists, a larger number of dedicated activists held to their positions and took the blows, determined not to give the McCarthyites the satisfaction of wiping out dissent entirely. Pietaro and Towers recall the fight-back that looked ahead to the revival of social movements during the 1960s. Likewise now, with musical verve and lively lyrics, the Flames of Discontent call us to the colors of the future… in hopes that they will be Red.”—Paul Buhle, author of Marxism in the United States

1. Stung Right
2. Sixteen Tons
3. September’s Divide
4. I Cannot and Will Not Cut My Conscience to Fit This Year’s Fashions
5. Contrasts
6. Revenge of the Atom Spies
7. Who’s to Blame?
8. Ballad of the Big Wind
9. Walls
10. Joe Hill
11. Song of the Translucent Liberal
12. You Are the UnAmericans and You Should Be Ashamed of Yourselves
13. Injustice
14. Viva La Quince Brigade