tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998867759586853536.post5765020227339749217..comments2024-03-08T06:19:34.837-08:00Comments on Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox: Kaepernick and the Blood Splattered Banner by Cindy SheehanCindy Sheehan's Soapboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17978116636437776423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998867759586853536.post-60553557701204142742016-09-23T05:56:22.521-07:002016-09-23T05:56:22.521-07:00Instead of a national anthem, such as "The St...Instead of a national anthem, such as "The Star Spangled Banner" (which is for cannon fodder and sheeple) they should have an International Anthem.<br /><br />Here is a popular ditty.<br /><br />The Internationale<br /><br />Words by Eugene Pottier (Paris 1871) <br />Music by Pierre Degeyter (1888)<br /><br />Written to celebrate the Paris Commune of March-May 1871<br /><br /><br />"Arise ye workers from your slumbers<br />Arise ye prisoners of want <br />For reason in revolt now thunders <br />And at last ends the age of cant. <br />Away with all your superstitions <br />Servile masses arise, arise <br />We'll change henceforth the old tradition <br />And spurn the dust to win the prize.<br /> <br />So comrades, come rally<br />And the last fight let us face <br />The Internationale unites the human race. <br />So comrades, come rally <br />And the last fight let us face <br />The Internationale unites the human race.<br /> <br />No more deluded by reaction<br />On tyrants only we'll make war <br />The soldiers too will take strike action <br />They'll break ranks and fight no more <br />And if those cannibals keep trying <br />To sacrifice us to their pride <br />They soon shall hear the bullets flying <br />We'll shoot the generals on our own side.<br /> <br />No saviour from on high delivers<br />No faith have we in prince or peer <br />Our own right hand the chains must shiver <br />Chains of hatred, greed and fear <br />E'er the thieves will out with their booty <br />And give to all a happier lot. <br />Each at the forge must do their duty <br />And we'll strike while the iron is hot."<br /><br /><br />Here are two variants of it. The first by the late Pete Seeger the second by Billy Bragg.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v85NWc0RIKc<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2MpX2GhPZAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998867759586853536.post-33432500314560736912016-09-22T15:24:01.561-07:002016-09-22T15:24:01.561-07:00I've had you on my mind Cindy. Awesome to rea...I've had you on my mind Cindy. Awesome to read you're still writing passionately about the USA and ITS' criminally insane manifestation of Earth Hell. Roberta Kelly www.artof12.blogspot.com www.artdailyprayer.wordpress.com and auggiecoupdblog.wordpress.com I birthed two (2) sons and they did not go to war because they're older than your Casey. Be that as it may, I am truly beyond words in the department of living in the USA. Again, THANK YOU. xo/rkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07667059914458248898noreply@blogger.com