This #AntiWar song is about consequences of USA war on #Vietnam.
#USmilitary used #AgentOrange, a chemical herbicide defoliant. Killing full ecosystems. Killing & disabling people, to this day.
We're still trying to get US govt to pay for human damages reparations, decades later.
Harry Patch was the last surviving combat soldier who fought in the trenches during World War I. He died in 2009 at the age of 111.
Patch compared the experiences of war to seeing “hell upon this Earth.”
This is about the disconnect between US govt’s #AntiWar propaganda & fugly realities that soldiers & civilians faced in US war on #Vietnam.
"Come on Wall Street, don't be slow
Why man, this is war au-go-go
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of its trade"
This song condemns the horrors of the genocidal ethnic cleansing of Indigenous peoples in USA; the colonialism & how Native peoples ran, trying to find refuge from the brutalities of violent colonial forces.
This song is about the universal shared sentiment of soldiers who are deployed to wars, far away & the longing to return, to their families.
It's an upbeat track with very somber messages.
PE's fierce call out on mass media's propaganda, the MSM false narratives & how it influenced groupthink.
"Anybody who knows me really well or cares knows I wrote Don’t Believe The Hype a bit influenced by Noam Chomsky Manufacturing Consent in the 80s,” Chuck D said in a tweet from 2021.
This was released during the US invasion on Iraq & Afghanistan. It's about how US Govt continues to sacrifice its citizens in their ongoing bloodthirsty wars in foreign countries.
This song is #AntiWar - it asks people to think long & hard about what/who they're fighting for, when it comes to war & to think about fighting harder for things that help humanity, more than sacrificing your life for corrupt, warmongering governments.
1st time I saw GD was in a basement in Fernwood here in Victoria
This energetic #AntiWar song is about how millions of men in #WWI went to fight in a war that was supposed to end all wars. They discovered one fact about it, and that was that #WarIsHell.
Inspired by a book set in #WWI - “Johnny Got His Gun”. That was made into a movie in 1971 & that film inspired this metal track. Focused on a war veteran who lost all of his limbs in addition to most of his senses & confined to a hospital bed. Despite all of this he is still very much alive; while he desires to die.
This song's a rallying cry for unity, strength & standing up against oppression.
It speaks to the human desire for freedom & justice, encouraging listeners to rise above their fears & face the challenges that surround them. It encourages fierce, radical resistance against state imposed abuses & oppression.
He faced mass #racism - despite serving, loyally, for #USAmilitary & protecting white soldiers - who treated him like he wasn't even a human being. He had more #courage than whole lot of them.
This song's about the inner battles that we all fight, on a daily basis. Speaking to the universal experience of confronting challenges, whether personal or societal in nature.