(originally posted to livejournal - 2006-09-22 22:40:00)
"We got Muslims, we got Christians, we got pagans, we got Jews, we got atheists, anarchists, socialists, we even got a Liberal or two, we got pensioners, we got pushchairs, we got the actress & the bishop, we got respectable housewives from suburbia who've never done this sort of thing before, with the International Sex Workers of the World united, on the day we all said Stop The War." (can't find the full lyrics online)
making me feel sad because of his/the songs belief of the power of all these diverse people coming together to achive something
instead the day we (I couldn't go but wanted to - now I'm glad I didn't) all got totally fucking ignored & exploited/used by the SWP and religious fundamentalists.
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amazon links: Robb Johnson - The Day We All Said Stop the War
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also on the cds Tony Blair: My Part in His Downfall
* & Peace Not War Vol.2
*
"We got Muslims, we got Christians, we got pagans, we got Jews, we got atheists, anarchists, socialists, we even got a Liberal or two, we got pensioners, we got pushchairs, we got the actress & the bishop, we got respectable housewives from suburbia who've never done this sort of thing before, with the International Sex Workers of the World united, on the day we all said Stop The War." (can't find the full lyrics online)
making me feel sad because of his/the songs belief of the power of all these diverse people coming together to achive something
instead the day we (I couldn't go but wanted to - now I'm glad I didn't) all got totally fucking ignored & exploited/used by the SWP and religious fundamentalists.
----
amazon links: Robb Johnson - The Day We All Said Stop the War
*also on the cds Tony Blair: My Part in His Downfall
* & Peace Not War Vol.2*
