Kammala wannan magana: A cikin shekarun 1950, mawaƙa masu ra'ayin hagu kamar Paul Robeson da The Weavers sun fara ganin cewa rayuwa ta zama da wuya saboda tasirin McCarthyism. Seeger ta ziyarci Kwaminisanci na kasar Sin kuma a sakamakon haka an janye fasfo dinta na Amurka. A shekarar 1957, Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka ta yi adawa da halartar Seeger a
Bikin Duniya na 6 na Matasa da Dalibai a Moscow (inda CIA ta sa ido kan tawagar Amurka), kuma ya soki ta sosai game da tafiyarta zuwa China a lokacin wannan tafiyar, akasin "shawarwarin" na hukuma.