Plow Under (original Mix) -

: The official line of the American left flipped instantly from isolationism to a fierce demand for American intervention to defeat fascism.

: On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany broke the pact and invaded the Soviet Union. Plow Under (Original Mix)

: In August 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact. : The official line of the American left

: To avoid hypocrisy and align with the new reality, The Almanac Singers and their associates physically raced to record shops to pull Songs for John Doe from the shelves. They even asked people who bought the records to return them. : To avoid hypocrisy and align with the

"Remember when the AAA, Killed a million hogs a day? Instead of hogs it's men today, Plow the fourth one under." The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

The Almanac Singers weaponized this New Deal memory to attack the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (the peacetime draft). They argued that just as the government callously destroyed every fourth row of crops to stabilize the economy, it was now preparing to sacrifice every fourth American young man to feed the military-industrial complex. 3. Examining the Drastic Shift and Legacy

The central hook of "Plow Under" relies on a biting, satirical agricultural metaphor: