When we see fascists marching on the streets again, strutting around and shouting their arrogant hatred it is hard to imagine that Britain and America fought a war in which millions died to rid ourselves of these Nazis. Are we going to have to fight another?
We have Trump supporting neo-Nazis and retweeting fascist propaganda.
Now is the time for protest!!
It is also hard to remember when Russia and China were allies against the evils of fascism. How quickly memory dims.
One thing I am clear on and that is that fascism can never win. There are more decent people on the planet than selfish, arrogant elitists with their racist nastiness.
Tear The Fascist Down – Woody Guthrie
There’s a great and a bloody fight ’round this whole world tonight
And the battle, the bombs and shrapnel reign
Hitler told the world around he would tear our union down
But our union’s gonna break them slavery chains
Our union’s gonna break them slavery chains
I walked up on a mountain in the middle of the sky
Could see every farm and every town
I could see all the people in this whole wide world
That’s the union that’ll tear the fascists down, down, down
That’s the union that’ll tear the fascists down
When I think of the men and the ships going down
While the Russians fight on across the Don
There’s London in ruins and Paris in chains
Good people, what are we waiting on?
Good people, what are we waiting on?
So, I thank the Soviets and the mighty Chinese vets
The Allies the whole wide world around
To the battling British, thanks, you can have ten million Yanks
If it takes ’em to tear the fascists down, down, down
If it takes ’em to tear the fascists down
But when I think of the ships and the men going down
And the Russians fight on across the Don
There’s London in ruins and Paris in chains
Good people, what are we waiting on?
Good people, what are we waiting on?
So I thank the Soviets and the mighty Chinese vets
The Allies the whole wide world around
To the battling British, thanks, you can have ten million Yanks
If it takes ’em to tear the fascists down, down, down
If it takes ’em to tear the fascists down
What about Pete Seeger’s “Where Have All The Flowers Gone” sung by The Kingston Trio, or “Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes” written by and sung by Rod McKuen – these are my two favourite.
How would all those men who fought in the Wars feel about Great Britain today, they would not recognise it. Cities and Towns taken over, people born here being driven out. Home grown Terrorists cannot be denied, All those young men fighting now, being injured watching their “mates ” being blown apart, all to protect us, and look what has been allowed in here? We need more than protest songs.
I like them too Anna. So many good protest songs about war.
Yes Britain has changed enormously since the two world wars. Some things for the better and some things for the worse. The grinding poverty, poor health care and a lot of the class structure have gone. Better education and care of the old too. The welfare system. A lot of the racism and that cold unemotional stiff upper lip has gone too. On the downside we the immense environmental destruction, overpopulation and still have the damn aristocracy and inequality.
I don’t agree about the terrorists though. They are not really much of a threat in the big picture. Most immigrants are very respectful, helpful and integrated. We just took too many in too quickly and they have formed enclaves. It will settle. Like over waves of immigrants before them they will become British.