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global extinction forecast
sectarianism again a monkey on our backs
and we march on
to the shopping mall
we do not seek community
we do not shout for unity
all we have on the left is scrutiny
a capitalist dichotomy for equal opportunity
because we all
we all forgot the class war
no war but the class war
no war but the class war
no war but the class war
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Please note:
”No War But The Class War (NWBTCW) is a motto expressing opposition to capitalism used by anarchist and communist groups.[1] It is also the name for a number of anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist groups… As a slogan, "No War But The Class War" has been used by people not necessarily linked to any of the above groups. It is widely used by diverse Marxist groups as a means of underlining the priority of class struggle above other political aims and as a general anti-militarist slogan.” - wikipedia
Ignoring the "above other political aims" part, I feel the word "priority" can and should hold more nuance as it does have a plural form. Someone can understand the importance of something and have that help inform their actions without having it dictate a hierarchy. This song, by intention, aims at alluding to the necessity of divorcing struggles from neo-liberal politics... This song does not intend any delegitimisation of struggles against racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, nationalism, speciesism, and so on.
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Xenophobic Dystopia
02:11
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we've got xenophobic violence
we can't make it stop
class division here
is ridiculously aloft
and South Africa
your rage makes your neighbour bleed
and those to blame are locked
in their ivory towers
laughing
there's Nkandla but
Zuma wants a shopping mall
while people do not have homes
or electricity at all
and the politician
ate all the money
and all of them are locked
in their ivory towers
laughing
turn your rage on the state
in 2015 kings are still a bad idea
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I have been trying to write a song about Abahlali baseMjondolo and a 17 year old girl that got shot by police. ...but it feels so fake. It feels so false to be sitting writing words that I know nothing about. ...and In Durban and Cape Town there have been forced removals in informal settlements. Apartheid like measures captured on iPhones. Wounded protesters murdered in their hospital beds... and does anybody care? ...Maybe It's too far from home
“Nqobile Nzuza a 17 year old girl, a grade 9 learner at Bonella High School and an Abahlali baseMjondolo supporter was gunned down at around 5:00 a.m. this morning. Nqobile was shot twice from behind with live ammunition. Luleka Makhwenkwana was also shot in her arm with live ammunition and she is in King Edward Hospital. Thulisile Zide fainted and went unconscious, she is also in hospital. This is shoot to kill policing. This is the crackdown that the police and politicians promised on protests. This is policing that is willing to murder to suppress the struggle for real justice and real freedom. This is policing that is used to oppress the people in the interests of the ruling party… ANC members openly threaten us with death and the police never act against them… The police are claiming that they had to shoot with live ammunition to save their lives. This is a simple lie. We note that some media are repotting the police statement on this matter as if it is the truth. We would like to remind the media that the police in Durban have a long history of lying. Remember Marikana! Remember how they lied about the attack on our movement in the Kennedy Road settlement in 2009! Remember how in 2006 they lied and said that they had shot Monica Ngcobo, a 19 year old woman, in the stomach with rubber bullet at a protest in Umlazi and yet the autopsy showed that she was shot in the chest with a shotgun. We have exposed police lies in court on many occasions. We will expose today’s lies in court too. The police are not to be trusted.” - Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement, 30 September 2013
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02:01
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Occupy Cape Town
02:25
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the kids wanted an Occupy
they had seen it on tv
and thought it a riot
oh what a riot
oh what a riot
Cape Town had an Occupy
but the kids
didn't want to stay out late
I saw photographs
red and black flag in hand
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Noisy Song
04:12
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it feels like my heart
was cut out with a small spade
i don't know by who
they really wedged it in
what are we going to drink
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