On the 104th anniversary of James Connolly’s deathLeanne Geaney It is belief in the working people that will tear down this sham democracy It is belief in the working people that must be our philosophy It is belief in the working people that martyred James Connolly who believed that without a socialist state 1916 was for nothing who believed that if it wasn’t the Brits ruling us the capitalists, the imperialists, would be governing The USA uses Shannon Airport where was the people’s vote for that? Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in government again? Pretty sure we voted against that Our lives are not our lives when our choice has been taken away What more do we have to say We want it our way Not under the pretence of some “democracy” A load of richies beg for your vote, then blatantly display their hypocrisy and serve their own interests and the interests of the US and the EU And pe-ew the stink of taking on their debt and feck you if you think we’re doing that again These are our lives too and we’re not playing the same game 104 years ago James Connolly was shot, what a shame We still haven’t kicked the crappiest system away Where all the rich get richer While the working poor have to pay Many are aware that pretty soon comes the day Where we stand united and refuse to be exploited any more and shake off the propaganda you’ve been spouting since the cold war Take back what was stolen from the hands that built it Knock down the ones that took our planet and killed it They have held us down for so long with violence with oppression with stories, with lies, they got better at hiding their weapons Like the ones that shot James Connolly right here in Kilmainham Gaol for an idea that still stands, for an idea that has not gone stale To rip down the system that poisons our souls Put in place for the minority to achieve their goals To stay powerful, when they know we are the ones with the real power A majority, and hundreds of years of working hour to hour Living from week to week on a shitty wage And they make all the decisions, and we are enraged Slaves to capitalism and forced to carry the burden And austerity will only get worse, of that I am certain “And our demands most moderate are: we only want the earth” We wouldn’t murder her for profit, we know what she’s worth So when this is all over we won’t forget We won’t work twice as hard to pay off this debt The day has passed for patching up the capitalist system, it must go Less slow and just throw Just shove Just rip them down from above And we’ll take authority as the majority with the ability to right a monstrosity a monopoly thriving on inequality a tyranny that has no place in our economy in the actual sustainable economy that we can build where the ordinary working people’s needs are fulfilled and don’t think it’ll never happen because it’s been done before it’s not folklore and we’ll no longer just ignore because we’re reaching the end of our tether and guess what, we know better how to run our own lives in a system that won’t deprive “Governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class” Take a look at your hourglass Time’s running out “The day has passed for patching up the capitalist system it must go” Wise words from a wise man, it’s time to overthrow. James Connolly believed in the working class It cost him his life but he was right We’ve taken all that we can clasp Capitalism’s given all it can give “Men perish but principles live” |
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