Ku sii qor faqradan - 1950-yadii, heesaayayaasha garabka bidix sida Paul Robeson iyo The Weavers waxay bilaabeen inay ogaadaan in noloshu ay adkeyd sababtoo ah saameynta McCarthyism. Seeger waxay booqatay Shiinaha oo ay ka dhalatay in baasaboorkeedii Mareykanka lagala noqday. Sanadkii 1957, Waaxda Arrimaha Dibadda ee Maraykanku waxay ka soo horjeesteen Seeger ka qaybgalka Bandhigga 6aad ee Dhallinyarada iyo Ardayda Adduunka
waxaa lagu qabtay magaalada Moscow (halkaas oo ay CIA-du ku kormeeri jirtay weftiga Maraykanka), waxayna si adag u dhaleeceysay in ay tagtay Shiinaha intii lagu jiray safarkaas, iyada oo ka soo horjeeda "talooyinka" rasmiga ah.