I learned about Bob Crow from the song named after him by Fit and the Conniptions, from their 2017 album Old Blue Witch;
https://bandwagon.fm/677c2a9b5cd233fafccd3b8c
This is a fun album, full of piss and vinegar. Reminding me in parts of the some of David Rovics, especially his more tongue-in-cheek songs like Burn It Down, and rabble-rousing songs like The Commons and Black Flag Flying.
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"He squandered a massive landslide from an electorate hungry for change, poured billions of public pounds into private pockets and accelerated the growing gap between rich and poor"
Crow was speaking about Tony Blair. But he could have been talking about Sir Stammer, Albanese in Australia, or in Aotearoa, Jacinda Ardern and Chris Hipkins. Seems there's a pattern here.
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next up at #musicBeforeBedtime another favourite of mine, #TheMessWereIn by #PJharvey & #ThomYorke which is such a fuckin understatement for #TheStateWeAreIn 🌎 & me personally 😆, but seriously best
#GifsArtidote i can give right now is look after your self, & try to enjoy as many moments of life with the ppl you #love - the strongest #WeaponOfMassReConstruction we have. "together we can drown the bastards" said #BobCrow
lets #organise a tsunami of 🖤☮️& 🏴
next up at #musicBeforeBedtime another favourite of mine, #TheMessWereIn by #PJharvey & #ThomYorke which is such a fuckin understatement for #TheStateWeAreIn 🌎 & me personally 😆, but seriously best
#GifsArtidote i can give right now is look after your self, & try to enjoy as many moments of life with the ppl you #love - the strongest #WeaponOfMassReConstruction we have. "together we can drown the bastards" said #BobCrow
lets #organise a tsunami of 🖤☮️& 🏴
#expell the #US out of the #UN - please sign & share.
what's the point? by signing & donating a few bob you put pressure on power to change because you talk about it, it changes more ppls mind that we have to collectively take direct action.
#educate #organise #resist
don't burn yourself out, but as #BobCrow said:
"when we all spit together, we can drown the bastards".
i'm talking about the global #BillionaireClass
#press #media #PeoplePower #GlobalCallOut
#expell the #US out of the #UN - please sign & share.
what's the point? by signing & donating a few bob you put pressure on power to change because you talk about it, it changes more ppls mind that we have to collectively take direct action.
#educate #organise #resist
don't burn yourself out, but as #BobCrow said:
"when we all spit together, we can drown the bastards".
i'm talking about the global #BillionaireClass
#press #media #PeoplePower #GlobalCallOut
Remembering Bob Crow on this, the tenth anniversary of his passing.
I wrote a song about him, which is here: https://fitandtheconniptions.bandcamp.com/track/bob-crow
More on the blog: https://www.conniptions.org/2024/03/11/bob-crow.html
from the album Old Blue Witch
Strypey
poison punk
Gif's Artidote
Wayne Myers
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