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Another World is Possible (Demos, March 2015)

by Ross Pollard

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I need to work for little or for nothing For little or for nothing No choice at all I don’t want to be a commodity Undervalued, expendable Low pay, no pay, cycle Forced to be meek and docile So the rich can get richer, while the poor get poorer The damp from the walls is clinging to my lungs Sticking to my lungs The moisture aggravates The eczema which covers my legs, which covers my legs Is bright red and stinging Low pay, no pay, cycle Forced to be meek and docile So the rich can get richer, while the poor get poorer In flexible labour markets, in flexible labour markets
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Odd corpses and carved bits of wood Float to Europe on the West wind Storms hurl ships into monster’s jaws On route to their place of origin Gold, silver, spices, and pearls Encouraged conquistadors To cross sinister seas To extend God’s reign over earth and men Open Veins, open veins, open veins Lush trees of such beauty An earthly paradise The Garden of Eden resides here The banana’s the forbidden fruit Christ and slavery were imposed On those who knew nothing of swords Indigenous peoples beaten by terror Terror, horses and bacteria Open Veins, open veins, open veins The sign of the cross on the hilt of the sword A lust for riches and raw materials The hacking of blades; the breathing of pestilence Bred unequal development Conquest brings joy Lights up hearts Fattens bodies Satisfies desires Open Veins, open veins, open veins
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Only diamonds mined by the most impoverished African children will do, to show, to prove, my undying love for you Only a dress stitched by ill-treated garment workers in Bangladesh will do, to state my desire to possess you Surface appearances mask exploitation, alienation, dehumanisation This illustrious decay: affluence, debt, subjecting a periphery Only a meal cooked with food grown on stolen peasant land will do to express my passing interest in you Only wine made with grapes picked by abused migrant labour will do to help fulfil my dreams of sleeping with you Surface appearances mask exploitation, alienation, dehumanisation This illustrious decay: affluence, debt, subjecting a periphery Opulence can only exist, side by side abject poverty
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This World 02:34
This is still the predatory phase of human development Capitalist class power has been restored The forward march of labour has been halted But we have not yet reached the end of history It took Rome centuries to martyr Christ It may take as long for this world to become civilised Privatisation is the theft of common property Legalised fraud forms the basis of free markets We, the public, are always told that there’s no money left When, in fact, money is plentiful just highly concentrated It took Rome centuries to martyr Christ It may take as long for this world to become civilised
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1945 02:47
Farewell Winston Churchill You’re no hero The war was won but not with your blood We’d rather elect a party that states in its manifesto that: ‘This party is a socialist party and proud of it’ No more austerity; social ills can be cured If we alter our conceptions of the world Like in 1945 This was no road to serfdom It was a democratic revolution And recompense for the suffering of two world wars No more austerity; social ills can be cured If we alter our conceptions of the world Like in 1945

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These demos were recorded live by Martyn at Playing Aloud Recording Studios and Rehearsal Rooms, Lincoln, UK, in early 2015.

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released June 28, 2015

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Ross Pollard Lincoln, UK

Punk-folk singer from Lincoln, UK. I'm 'the Real Deal' according to BBC 6 Music's Tom Robinson.

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