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Spectres Haunting
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the history of society
is a history of class struggle
free and slave, patrician pleb, serf and lord
oppressive and hostile
in our era it's the bourgeoisie
and the proletariat
from the pillage of the rest of the world
came its rapid development
all that is solid melts into air
the holy is profane
the ancient and venerable is swept away
with all fixed, fast frozen relations
a spectre is haunting Europe
the spectre of communism
the rich have aligned themselves for
holy exorcism
but the bourgeoisie's unfit to rule
it can't contain its own contradictions
in the working class that it creates it makes
it's own gravediggers
a spectre is haunting Europe
the spectre of communism
the rich have aligned themselves for
holy exorcism
workers of the world unite!
we will not conceal our views
let every master tremble!
there's only our chains to lose
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all she had to give
her strength of will
for socialism in the street
she was killed
never 'i cannot'
always 'i must'
Red Rosa, weary, worn with work
we place our trust
master of herself
leader of others
hard to the outside world
caring to caterpillars
a theoretician
but funny and sharp
thirsty for knowledge and love
and nature and art
she was the sword
she was the fire
for revolution she made a sacrifice
she was the sword
she was the fire
for revolution she gave a sacrifice
a receptive mind
erudite in words
rooted in everyday life
no suffering unheard
Rosa, forever,
the greatest of us
all that she gave
no words can express
she was the sword
she was the fire
for revolution she made a sacrifice
she was the sword
she was the fire
for revolution she gave a sacrifice
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in march 1919 was born a new body
a child conceived in the fire of revolutionary
victory and defeat and remedy in recognition that
we can't win this fight unless we unite, coordinate our plans
so off we throw the yoke of bloody capital
this body will be the third international
so honour we the martyrs of Paris
the foundations for us in that edifice
the world will fight for the rights of the working classes
sold out by the tides of nationalists
gave support to the war to restore the capitalist profits
of the rich through the blood of the frontline masses
workers betrayed, into the flames of a cataclysm
now we awake, throw out the fake leaders of socialism
turn attention to create a new third international
we grow, we overthrow, in the ground we sow the final battle
all over the world there is a turn to revolutionary struggle
like the ocean tide the working class will build atop the rubble
world we can be heard we can emerge create a new regime
in which the mighty rich no longer hitch us to their doom machine
all over the world there is a turn to revolutionary struggle
like the ocean tide the working class will build atop the rubble
world we can be heard we can emerge create a new regime
in which the mighty rich no longer hitch us to their doom machine
oh capital will fall!
this is the third, communist international
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Correct Ideas
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if correct ideas we want to find
do they drop from the skies?
are they innate in the mind?
no, if correct ideas we wanna find
they come from social practice alone
production, class struggle and science
it's our social being that determines what we know
and from that practice comes the correct ideas
the first stage is what we take from the world
the second is where we apply
and from that stage we see how the ideas worked
and from there we refine
the correct ideas don't come from a great mind
they come directly out of our lives
the correct ideas come from all of us combined
the lessons we take from the fight
if correct ideas we want to find
do they drop from the skies?
are they innate in the mind?
no, if correct ideas we wanna find
the correct ideas don't come from a great mind
they come directly out of our lives
the correct ideas come from all of us combined
the lessons we take from the fight
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at the risk of seeming ridiculous let me say,
the true revolutionary is guided by great
great feelings of love, great feelings of love
and we must idealize this love for the class struggle
we must strive every day so that this love
is acted on and transformed into acts of
living humanity and revolution to serve as a force
for justice and truth in the world we bring forth
the true revolutionary is guided by love
the true revolutionary is guided by love
the true revolutionary is guided by love
and we place nothing else ahead, nothing else above
this love must be deep enough to spam the world
for if we stop short of what is immediate and urgent
the enemy will take advantage of our drowsiness
and will tear down all we built and bring upon us our death
we know that sacrifice lie ahead, there is a price
for leading the masses to victory against the enemies of life
but we are free because in struggle we are fulfilled
and we are fulfilled because we struggle to be free
the true revolutionary is guided by love
the true revolutionary is guided by love
the true revolutionary is guided by love
and we place nothing else ahead, nothing else above
the skeleton of our freedom has been formed
the flesh and clothing we must now bring forth
but the road is long and in part unknown
and we must make ourselves new and place upon the youth our hope
all of society must be turned into a school
we can muster emotion for a moment but our consciousness is the tool
for a transformation of the way in which we live
and relate to one another and the earth and what it gives
the true revolutionary is guided by love
the true revolutionary is guided by love
the true revolutionary is guided by love
and we place nothing else ahead, nothing else above
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why is Angela Davis a communist?
cos I have a very strong love for people who are oppressed
I want to see my people free, I want to see all people free
and the only way to do that is to be a revolutionary
why is Angela Davis a communist?
I want to build a society where the needs and the interests
and the wishes of all people can be respected
I am a communist because I want to make that happen
when I was on the streets and fighting for my job
whenever I spoke to black people
very few people had hangups about communism
the word was never treated like it was evil
and I remember many times walking down the street
and having someone stop me and say 'are you Angela Davis'
and I would say yes, and they would express their solidarity
and sisters and brothers would say 'well I don't really know what communism is
but we know there must be something good about it
because the man is coming down so hard on you'
the black community is not afraid, they are not hostile
there is desire, desire and curiosity too
this country tries to keep our sisters and brothers
away from true understanding
so when people ask me about communism
it is with urgency and demanding
why is Angela Davis a communist?
cos I have a very strong love for people who are oppressed
I want to see my people free, I want to see all people free
and the only way to do that is to be a revolutionary
why is Angela Davis a communist?
I want to build a society where the needs and the interests
and the wishes of all people can be respected
I am a communist because I want to make that happen
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we must speak, if we don't, our hearts will burst
our tears shall not infiltrate the truth even if it hurts
we freedom fighters do not mourn the death of a man
not even a man who was an exemplary revolutionary and comrade
we don't mourn the people of Ghana
we are not crying for Africa betrayed
we mourn Nkrumah the greatest strategist of colonized places
but all coins in life have two faces
that we were betrayed speaks to our success
Nkrumah was killed by the cancer of betrayal, betrayal yes,
betrayal we must root out of Africa to crush the domination of the imperial
because what is man in front of the infinite being and transgression of the people?
we don't mourn the people of Ghana
we are not crying for Africa betrayed
we mourn Nkrumah the greatest strategist of colonized places
but all coins in life have two faces
we believe the dead live beside us
and Nkrumah will arise each dawn in the hearts of all African patriots
we will not forget those who betray Ghana and Africa
humanity will not forgive the betrayal of our brother, Kwame Nkrumah
we don't mourn the people of Ghana
we are not crying for Africa betrayed
we mourn Nkrumah the greatest strategist of colonized places
but all coins in life have two faces
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it's not just weapons that are our weapons
it's thoughts, the science of Marxism-Leninism
we're not simply importing theory from Russia or China
we are developing our analysis for the liberation of Palestine
we don't just copy revolution from here or there
we take what is useful and applicable anywhere
and then we adapt it to our specific conditions
and we are part of the third world, and with its struggles we build bridges
sometimes I am asked if I am a terrorist
rather than answer I have a question to pose to this
who was it who planted terrorism in our land?
came to our home? forced us to leave? threw us in camps?
this is what terrorism truly is
does the asker of that questions expect us not to resist
we use what means we can to deliver our freedom
this is the struggle against Israeli terrorism
the plane hijackings were tactical
just for a short time, just to ring a bell
the world needs to ask the question why
we are not refugees, we are the people of Palestine
I have a cause higher and nobler than myself
to this cause I subordinate everything else
I have a cause higher and nobler than myself
to this cause I subordinate everything else
we cannot call our resistance nonviolent
to do so would be to forego all our rights
what we are facing is an Apartheid state
when the balance of forces changes we can negotiate
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Prison of Grass
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the perspective of this book is Indigenous
I am Métis, to colonialism in all dimensions I am witness
I write this book of our history
and our struggle against Canadian tyranny
the struggle is long and the risk is high
it must be without respite or compromise
racism and capitalism will hold us captive
until we recognize the power in ourselves and enact it
there is no easy way out of oppression
except long, hard, bitter, violent succession
liberation is made in a state of revolution
there is no easy way out of oppression
except long, hard, bitter, violent succession
liberation is made in a state of revolution
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The Devil's Recipe
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the devil came here yesterday
it smells of sulphur still today
at this table I'm standing in front of
excuse me while I make a sign of the cross
the president of the United States
came here talking like he owns this place
and wants to preserve the domination and pillage
of every country, city, town, and village
the president is selling the devil's recipe
of global exploitation and hegemony
but we can't allow them to do that
America is the greatest threat looming over this planet
America is the greatest threat looming over this planet
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Tyler Shipley Toronto, Ontario
Tyler Shipley was the founding member of the Consumer Goods (theconsumergoods.bandcamp.com) and now performs as a solo artist.
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