Track 3. Woody Guthrie – This Land is Your Land

Guthrie, Woody. “This Land is Your Land." This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings. Smithsonian Folkways, 18 Feb. 1998.

Gandhi waged war differently than other revolutionists. He utilized non-violent means of resistance within oppressive circumstances. One of his first was the mobilization of the Dandi Salt Flat March in 1930 (Brinkley). In protest of the British viceroy’s impingement of a small tax on salt, Gandhi set out on a march across India. Before reaching the sea, Gandhi had met, spoken, and rallied tens of thousands of Indians to the cause. “[They] roamed and rambled and follered [their] footsteps / To the sparklin' sands of her diamond deserts / All around me, a voice was sounding / This land was made for you and me.” Through the mobilization and unification of his people, Gandhi was able to send a clear message to Britain.