Author Tony Smith
Genesis and Genocide
Lawyers might argue but you can make up your mind
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2024/10/2 - 03:42
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Lalzawmi (Zomi) Frankcom
Zomi Frankcom has prompted these words bespoke
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2024/4/6 - 23:07
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust, Truth and Lie
Children Drumming in Gaza
Children drumming in Gaza
© 2024 Tony Smith
© 2024 Tony Smith
I cannot even begin to understand how governments can fail to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. They know - absolutely know - that Palestinian children are dying in droves. The children are killed by bombs, maimed, traumatised, experience amputations without anaesthesia, and they are starving. I chose a tune which has been around since about 1710. Children should sing this happily but we are destroying childhood.
My school had a percussion band
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2024/3/24 - 04:04
Anonimo Toscano del XXI Secolo, 24-3-2024 07:27
"Non ce la faccio neanche minimamente a capire come i governi possano non chiedere un cessate il fuoco a Gaza. Sanno – e lo sanno benissimo – che i bambini palestinesi stanno morendo in massa. I bambini vengono uccisi dalle bombe, mutilati, traumatizzati, subiscono amputazioni senza anestesia e muoiono di fame. Ho scelto una melodia risalente a circa il 1710. I bambini dovrebbero cantarla allegramente, ma stiamo distruggendo l'infanzia." [Tony Smith]
I tamburini di Gaza
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Women, Life and Liberty
Choose! women life and liberty
- Or man-made catastrophe
(For Narges Mohammadi)
Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize but her children received it on her behalf. This courageous woman has been imprisoned in Iran by 'old male Imams' who are determined to crush dissent.
- Or man-made catastrophe
(For Narges Mohammadi)
Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize but her children received it on her behalf. This courageous woman has been imprisoned in Iran by 'old male Imams' who are determined to crush dissent.
One sad note about this song: the Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice competition has come to an end. The late great Alistair Hulett, is immortalised by many fine compositions, some of which have been posted on this site.
I entered this song in the last competition
I entered this song in the last competition
Choose! women life and liberty
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2024/2/11 - 05:43
Song Itineraries:
Violence on Women: just like and worse than war
The Donkeys of Palestine
The donkeys of Palestine
© 2023 Tony Smith
Donkeys have a reputation for being stubborn. Surely a situation which causes the deaths of thousands of children in Gaza shows powerful adults at their most unfeeling and unmoveable.
© 2023 Tony Smith
Donkeys have a reputation for being stubborn. Surely a situation which causes the deaths of thousands of children in Gaza shows powerful adults at their most unfeeling and unmoveable.
As Christmas draws near consider the donkey
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2024/1/13 - 21:44
Song Itineraries:
Antiwar (and Antiwork) Donkeys, The Palestinian Holocaust
Not My King
Monarchy is an outdated institution. Mature political systems do not require paternalistic figures – they consist of societies of people of equality. Democracy cannot exist without this equality.
Australians have had mixed histories when it comes to royalty. The Indigenous peoples have suffered dreadfully from colonialism and continue to feel its effects. People of Irish descent resent the division of their homeland. Those with Scottish ancestry are bitter about the British government’s refusal to allow an independence referendum. Those of us whose convict origins give us the status of what one prominent actor called ‘Australian royalty’ have no illusions about the motivations of ‘transportation’.
In 1975 ‘the crown’ dismissed our lawfully elected government. Since sycophantic media have maintained the monarchy as an easy means of selling their dubious products. At the end of the twentieth... (Continues)
Australians have had mixed histories when it comes to royalty. The Indigenous peoples have suffered dreadfully from colonialism and continue to feel its effects. People of Irish descent resent the division of their homeland. Those with Scottish ancestry are bitter about the British government’s refusal to allow an independence referendum. Those of us whose convict origins give us the status of what one prominent actor called ‘Australian royalty’ have no illusions about the motivations of ‘transportation’.
In 1975 ‘the crown’ dismissed our lawfully elected government. Since sycophantic media have maintained the monarchy as an easy means of selling their dubious products. At the end of the twentieth... (Continues)
Not my king
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2023/8/15 - 00:55
The Peace Angel
The Peace Angel
© Tony Smith 2015
Gene sings this one.
A truly remarkable young woman, Margaret Thorp, known for her involvement in the contribution of the Women’s Peace Army (WPA) to the anti-war movement during World War 1. The WPA took aprominent role in opposing conscription for overseas military service which was rejected by a relatively narrow majority vote in the two referenda held in 1916 and 1917, a process which exposed deep divisions in Australian society.
© Tony Smith 2015
Gene sings this one.
A truly remarkable young woman, Margaret Thorp, known for her involvement in the contribution of the Women’s Peace Army (WPA) to the anti-war movement during World War 1. The WPA took aprominent role in opposing conscription for overseas military service which was rejected by a relatively narrow majority vote in the two referenda held in 1916 and 1917, a process which exposed deep divisions in Australian society.
They called her the ‘Peace Angel’
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2016/1/23 - 00:02
Song Itineraries:
World War I (1914-1918)
The Death of Rachel Corrie
An article by Tony Smith:
No bulldozer can bury the truth: Remembering Rachel Corrie - Pearls and Irritations
In another echo of early 2003, the twentieth anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie on 16 March went largely unreported.
2023/4/13 - 16:10
Thomas O'Halloran
Thomas the Martyr © 2022 Tony Smith
On 16 August 2022, elderly busker Thomas O'Halloran was murdered as he sat on his mobility scooter. This must have shocked buskers everywhere. Thanks to my partner Gene for her rendition of this song. [Tony Smith]
On 16 August 2022, elderly busker Thomas O'Halloran was murdered as he sat on his mobility scooter. This must have shocked buskers everywhere. Thanks to my partner Gene for her rendition of this song. [Tony Smith]
Ennistymon’s a township in west County Clare
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2022/10/1 - 02:24
Volodymyr the Brave
Volodymyr the Brave
© 2022 Tony Smith
While the song mentions the President of Ukraine specifically, it is meant as praise for all Ukrainians in their resistance against the illegal and brutal Russian invasion. President Zelensky stands for Ukraine in a way which few politicians could claim to do in their countries.
© 2022 Tony Smith
While the song mentions the President of Ukraine specifically, it is meant as praise for all Ukrainians in their resistance against the illegal and brutal Russian invasion. President Zelensky stands for Ukraine in a way which few politicians could claim to do in their countries.
There are some things I’d like to know
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2022/5/3 - 01:47
Song Itineraries:
Wars in Ukraine
I don't agree at all with Tony. President Zelensky cannot be portrayed as a hero, he is not Allende. His appeals for escalation are not helping any peace process.
President Zelensky suspends 11 opposition political parties in Ukraine
Zelensky has suspended 11 Ukrainian political parties because of their alleged links with Russia - including one party that holds 44 of the 450 seats in the national parliament.
Zelensky unchained: What Ukraine’s new political order means for its future
Introduction Volodymyrska Hill, Kyiv, on a June evening in 2019. Kyivans and tourists stroll along the riverside park’s newly relaid paths, many wending their way to the brand new footbridge and across to the People’s Friendship Arch monument; stunning views of the Dnipro abound. Suddenly, a young passer-by answers his…
Lorenzo 2022/5/3 - 09:07
Sunflowers of Ukraine
Sunflowers of Ukraine
© Tony Smith 2022
© Tony Smith 2022
Let a million sunflowers bloom in peace
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2022/4/6 - 07:51
Song Itineraries:
Wars in Ukraine
Tears of Blue, Tears of Gold
Tears of Blue, Tears of Gold
© Tony Smith 2022
© Tony Smith 2022
In early 2022, the world was shocked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. What else can we do but write songs in support of those suffering?
All over the world tears are being shed
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2022/3/15 - 02:28
Song Itineraries:
Wars in Ukraine
Song for Julian
Julian Assange has been imprisoned without trial for over a decade. His treatment is a shame for England, the USA and for Australia, which should be protesting about the mistreatment of one of its citizens. - Soundcloud: Song for Julian
In a democracy
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2022/1/23 - 01:03
Misty Eyed
Misty Eyed
© Tony Smith 2017
Although politicians have little respect in Australia, this does not prevent them lecturing other people about their behaviour. This song is in response to a warning that we should not become 'misty eyed' about asylum seekers.
Gene joins me in the chorus.
© Tony Smith 2017
Although politicians have little respect in Australia, this does not prevent them lecturing other people about their behaviour. This song is in response to a warning that we should not become 'misty eyed' about asylum seekers.
Gene joins me in the chorus.
You claim compassion for refugees
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2021/2/1 - 04:32
Song Itineraries:
Exiles and exilees
Boats Have No Rights
Boats Have No Rights
Copyright Tony Smith 2015
When the Australian Government decided on its cruel policy towards asylum seekers, its slogan was that it was stopping the boats. Boats are impersonal and have no rights. It could not be honest and describe its policy as stopping the people in distress, could it?
Copyright Tony Smith 2015
When the Australian Government decided on its cruel policy towards asylum seekers, its slogan was that it was stopping the boats. Boats are impersonal and have no rights. It could not be honest and describe its policy as stopping the people in distress, could it?
As I sailed out in the Indian Ocean
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2021/1/29 - 02:37
Song Itineraries:
The War of Labour: Emigration, Immigration, Exploitation, Slavery
A Convict Love Token
A Convict Love Token
© Tony Smith 2018
Notes for A Convict Love Token
David Brown of West Sussex came across a coin etched by a convict ‘CG to SG’ in late 1830. He was able to trace a descendant of Charles Green because Warren Read had contributed research on his ancestor to the Hungerford Virtual Museum, In late 2017, Mr Brown came to Australia and presented the coin to Mr Read. It is now in the Camden Museum. The museum of Australia has a collection of similar coins – some 120 – which they call ‘leaden hearts’.
Charles, of Kintbury Berkshire, was in prison for his part in the rural protest movement known as the Swing Riots. Their leader’s nom-de-guerre was Captain Swing. These protestors, like the Luddites in urban areas, took direct action against the machines which threatened their way of life. They smashed threshing machines and burnt haystacks.
Charles etched the coin while awaiting... (Continues)
© Tony Smith 2018
Notes for A Convict Love Token
David Brown of West Sussex came across a coin etched by a convict ‘CG to SG’ in late 1830. He was able to trace a descendant of Charles Green because Warren Read had contributed research on his ancestor to the Hungerford Virtual Museum, In late 2017, Mr Brown came to Australia and presented the coin to Mr Read. It is now in the Camden Museum. The museum of Australia has a collection of similar coins – some 120 – which they call ‘leaden hearts’.
Charles, of Kintbury Berkshire, was in prison for his part in the rural protest movement known as the Swing Riots. Their leader’s nom-de-guerre was Captain Swing. These protestors, like the Luddites in urban areas, took direct action against the machines which threatened their way of life. They smashed threshing machines and burnt haystacks.
Charles etched the coin while awaiting... (Continues)
When my love this coin you see
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2021/1/24 - 03:00
Song Itineraries:
The Luddites
Witness K
I have written thousands of letters to foreign governments and embassies about cases which Amnesty International has identified as issues of concern. I wish that the Australian government had a better record on human rights so that I might not be accused of inconsistency.
Oh tell me Witness K
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2021/1/18 - 22:45
Song Itineraries:
#freeAssange
Home Schooling
This is dedicated to all the teachers - and parents - who devote their time to getting children through the pandemic.
Home schooling my children
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2020/4/14 - 05:21
Song Itineraries:
2020-2023: COVID-19 Songbook
Floating Hell
Floating Hell
© 2020 Tony Smith
In Australia we are very conscious of the many infectious cases which are attributable to overseas travel.
© 2020 Tony Smith
In Australia we are very conscious of the many infectious cases which are attributable to overseas travel.
My darling daughter Annabel
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2020/4/6 - 04:02
Song Itineraries:
2020-2023: COVID-19 Songbook
The Lament of the Last Tissue
The Lament of the Last Tissue
© 2020 Tony Smith
Thorough hand washing and sneezing into your elbow are among the instructions for stopping the pandemic.
© 2020 Tony Smith
Thorough hand washing and sneezing into your elbow are among the instructions for stopping the pandemic.
Someone on the wireless
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2020/3/30 - 23:59
Song Itineraries:
2020-2023: COVID-19 Songbook
Riding Shotgun
Riding shotgun
© 2020 Tony Smith
"When people began panic buying in response to the corona virus, Australian authorities asked people not to hoard. Some greedy people have ensured that toilet paper of all things disappears from supermarket shelves. Some appalling people have even organised bus trips to regional towns to raid local shops. They then sell the merchandise at inflated prices. That is the capitalist spirit!" [Tony Smith]
© 2020 Tony Smith
"When people began panic buying in response to the corona virus, Australian authorities asked people not to hoard. Some greedy people have ensured that toilet paper of all things disappears from supermarket shelves. Some appalling people have even organised bus trips to regional towns to raid local shops. They then sell the merchandise at inflated prices. That is the capitalist spirit!" [Tony Smith]
Well here I am Mum you’d be proud of your son
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2020/3/21 - 07:46
Song Itineraries:
2020-2023: COVID-19 Songbook
Statement Uluru
© Tony Smith 2019
Australian governments ask Indigenous people to tell them how to address the issues caused by dispossession. Patiently, Indigenous Australians consult widely and then make specific suggestions. Inevitably governments procrastinate and fail to act on these proposals. The latest of these the Statement from the Heart, delivered at Uluru, which emphasised the need for a Treaty, Truth and a Voice, is suffering the same fate as previous reports.
Australian governments ask Indigenous people to tell them how to address the issues caused by dispossession. Patiently, Indigenous Australians consult widely and then make specific suggestions. Inevitably governments procrastinate and fail to act on these proposals. The latest of these the Statement from the Heart, delivered at Uluru, which emphasised the need for a Treaty, Truth and a Voice, is suffering the same fate as previous reports.
There came a statement from the heart
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2019/11/8 - 04:26
All You Do Is Deny
David Attenborough recently told a British parliamentary inquiry that we need to do more to address climate change. He singled Australia out for particular criticism.
The weather is melting the polar ice
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2019/7/18 - 01:18
Song Itineraries:
War on Earth
Water Cannon
In 2007 the government of New South Wales bought a water cannon. That it had never been used by 2019 shows that the purchase was unnecessary. The money could have bought two fully equipped emergency ambulances. The water cannon is a toy of the police state. The tune is Rosin the Bow.
It’s away with your batons and tasers
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2019/1/3 - 04:42
Pushed
Historians have barely begun to document the terrible effects on Aboriginal people of the European invasion of Australia since 1788. One problem is that the European approach to evidence relies heavily on written documents. Indigenous memory on the other hand is found in oral narratives. This song tells the story of a massacre in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales and of the conflict over what counts as evidence. It is time we abandoned our patronising attitudes and acknowledged the validity of Indigenous epistemology.
Some young men escaped
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2018/12/29 - 22:20
Offshore Detention
Offshore Detention
© 2018 Tony Smith
© 2018 Tony Smith
Australia's policy on asylum seekers and refugees has been condemned by experts in the law, medicine, psychiatry, economics, politics and ethics. It is possible that our inhumanity could one day make us liable to criminal prosecution and to pay compensation to its victims. I thought I had best record this song before the dozen is outdated. [Tony Smith]
Australia plays a deadly game
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2018/6/28 - 04:46
Song Itineraries:
Exiles and exilees
Coloured Bows
Poem by Nina Murdoch
Music by Tony Smith
Just before Christmas 2017, explorers discovered the wreck of the AE1. This submarine was the first vessel lost by the Australian navy in September 1914. It was patrolling waters off the German held territory of New Guinea. The local Tolai people had a legend about a 'devil fish'.
When a group of us put together a CD about voices opposed to or questioning Australia's role in the war of 1914-18 we called it 'Silent Centenary'. Protestors were silenced then as they are now. Even grieving mothers were told they should be proud to have made a sacrifice and that instead of crying they should want to give more sons.
This makes all the more remarkable any attempts to note the horror and waste of the war.
Nina Murdoch was a great poet of the time. Her 'Coloured Bows' describes the way women at the naval base in Sydney wore ribbons to identify with the ships of their loved ones. I set the poem to music and Gene sings it.
Music by Tony Smith
Just before Christmas 2017, explorers discovered the wreck of the AE1. This submarine was the first vessel lost by the Australian navy in September 1914. It was patrolling waters off the German held territory of New Guinea. The local Tolai people had a legend about a 'devil fish'.
When a group of us put together a CD about voices opposed to or questioning Australia's role in the war of 1914-18 we called it 'Silent Centenary'. Protestors were silenced then as they are now. Even grieving mothers were told they should be proud to have made a sacrifice and that instead of crying they should want to give more sons.
This makes all the more remarkable any attempts to note the horror and waste of the war.
Nina Murdoch was a great poet of the time. Her 'Coloured Bows' describes the way women at the naval base in Sydney wore ribbons to identify with the ships of their loved ones. I set the poem to music and Gene sings it.
The cruisers and destroyers have borne our men away
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2017/12/21 - 21:21
Song Itineraries:
World War I (1914-1918)
Già, c'è voluto di meno per ritrovare Santiago Maldonado. Anche lui sommerso, ma in un fiumiciattolo.
Tutta l'umana pietà per i sommergibilisti. Però non glielo aveva ordinato il dottore di andare a fare il glu glu militare.
A proposito, proprio dall'Argentina arriva questa fotografia:
Dos mil comerían por un año con lo que cuesta un minuto militar...
In questo caso, beberían. Salud.
Tutta l'umana pietà per i sommergibilisti. Però non glielo aveva ordinato il dottore di andare a fare il glu glu militare.
A proposito, proprio dall'Argentina arriva questa fotografia:
Dos mil comerían por un año con lo que cuesta un minuto militar...
In questo caso, beberían. Salud.
Riccardo Venturi 2017/12/22 - 00:36
This Heroes' Land
This Heroes’ Land
© Tony Smith 2017
During war time, Indigenous Australians have served gallantly in the armed forces. Until recently they were barely recognised. But an even greater injustice occurred when the children of some serving soldiers were forcibly removed to institutions.
© Tony Smith 2017
During war time, Indigenous Australians have served gallantly in the armed forces. Until recently they were barely recognised. But an even greater injustice occurred when the children of some serving soldiers were forcibly removed to institutions.
Barney and Jess were teenage friends
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2017/9/23 - 06:19
Wiradjuri Country
Wiradjuri Country
© Tony Smith 2013
I live on land in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales. The land was taken by force from the Wiradjuri people.
The song is my attempt to acknowledge the history of dispossession.
I used the tune to 'Joe Hill' after hearing Paul Robeson sing this union song.
© Tony Smith 2013
I live on land in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales. The land was taken by force from the Wiradjuri people.
The song is my attempt to acknowledge the history of dispossession.
I used the tune to 'Joe Hill' after hearing Paul Robeson sing this union song.
The place I live in has a past
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2017/9/22 - 02:48
Incident, Wallis Plains, 1826
Incident, Wallis Plains, 1826
© Tony Smith 2017
John Eckford, brother of my 3 x great grandmother Jane, had an eventful life. Born in 1801, he was involved in the mistake which led to his father William being condemned to death for sheep stealing. He was appointed Constable at Wallis Plains (Maitland) in 1825.
Following violence between settlers and Aboriginal people, Governor Darling despatched Lt Lowe to the ‘frontier’. Colonial Secretary Bathurst issued orders that the raids of the locals should be repelled just as would raids by any other ‘state’. Aboriginal people were to be considered invaders in their own land.
Lowe was committed for trial following the summary execution of a prisoner ‘Jacky Jacky’. He was quickly found not guilty by the jury which consisted mainly of army officers. During the trial, the question arose of whether Aboriginal people were subjects of the crown and... (Continues)
© Tony Smith 2017
John Eckford, brother of my 3 x great grandmother Jane, had an eventful life. Born in 1801, he was involved in the mistake which led to his father William being condemned to death for sheep stealing. He was appointed Constable at Wallis Plains (Maitland) in 1825.
Following violence between settlers and Aboriginal people, Governor Darling despatched Lt Lowe to the ‘frontier’. Colonial Secretary Bathurst issued orders that the raids of the locals should be repelled just as would raids by any other ‘state’. Aboriginal people were to be considered invaders in their own land.
Lowe was committed for trial following the summary execution of a prisoner ‘Jacky Jacky’. He was quickly found not guilty by the jury which consisted mainly of army officers. During the trial, the question arose of whether Aboriginal people were subjects of the crown and... (Continues)
Come hearken to my story, the saddest of tales
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2017/9/20 - 23:30
The Slaying and the Paying
When the Australian government wanted to introduce conscription to boost recruitments in 1916, the editor of the Australian Worker pointed out that workers volunteered in much greater numbers than either politicians or members of the Chambers of Commerce. Workers, whose wages were frozen, made double sacrifice in the war. They did the slaying and the paying, while their 'masters' stayed home and increased their profits.
In this bloody war my boys
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2017/4/26 - 10:50
Song Itineraries:
World War I (1914-1918)
When Can I Marry
When can I marry?
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2016/4/13 - 23:56
Song Itineraries:
LGBTQIA+ community and homophobia: love against violence and prejudice
Let's Hear It for the Politicians
Let’s hear it (for the politicians)
Tony Smith 2015
Tony Smith 2015
When relations with our neighbours are really tense
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2016/3/31 - 23:16
Song Itineraries:
World War I (1914-1918)
The Soldier's Dream
The Soldier’s Dream
© Tony Smith 2015
© Tony Smith 2015
Oh once there was a desert war and it was a time of joy
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2016/1/27 - 10:11
Song Itineraries:
Heroes
The Human Shields
The human shields © Tony Smith
2016
2016
Early in the century and early in the year
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2016/1/26 - 04:27
War to End All Wars
War to end all wars © Tony Smith 2014
In nineteen hundred and fourteen
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2016/1/25 - 23:16
Song Itineraries:
World War I (1914-1918)
Domestic Terror
Domestic Terror
© Tony Smith 2015
© Tony Smith 2015
In Martin Place with Christmas looming
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2016/1/25 - 03:07
Song Itineraries:
Violence on Women: just like and worse than war
Sallys Flat
Sallys Flat
© Tony Smith 2016
Sallys Flat
A SMALL town 260km west of Sydney could become the dumping ground for two Olympic-size swimming pools of nuclear waste under a Federal Government proposal.
Sally’s Flat in central west NSW is one of six towns short-listed to house a national radioactive waste management facility.
The town is just 15km from the historic gold mining village of Hill End, a popular tourist site near Bathurst that draws thousands of visitors every year, including school groups.
© Tony Smith 2016
Sallys Flat
A SMALL town 260km west of Sydney could become the dumping ground for two Olympic-size swimming pools of nuclear waste under a Federal Government proposal.
Sally’s Flat in central west NSW is one of six towns short-listed to house a national radioactive waste management facility.
The town is just 15km from the historic gold mining village of Hill End, a popular tourist site near Bathurst that draws thousands of visitors every year, including school groups.
At Sallys Flat the people are rising
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2016/1/24 - 21:20
Song Itineraries:
No Nukes
The White Feather Brigade
The White Feather Brigade
© Tony Smith 2015
© Tony Smith 2015
The enemy troops use bayonets and gas
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2016/1/24 - 04:06
Song Itineraries:
World War I (1914-1918)
Conscription of Wealth!
Conscription of wealth
© Tony Smith 2015
© Tony Smith 2015
Do you remember what happened that night
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2016/1/24 - 00:37
Song Itineraries:
World War I (1914-1918)
The Last Man and the Last Shilling
With war looming in Europe in 1914 Australian political parties competed to outdo one another in expressing loyalty to Britain in what was essentially a 'khaki election'. Labor Party leader Fisher promised that Australia would support Britain to the last man and the last shilling.
A bloodied young digger lay dying
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Contributed by Tony Smith 2016/1/22 - 10:44
Song Itineraries:
World War I (1914-1918)
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Telephone call 1 April 2024. An inauspicious date in Australia.
In their own words (almost):
Australian politician: You have killed an Australian!!
Israeli spokesperson: You gave us weapons and told us to go for it after the Hamas attack.
Australian politician: Yes, but we thought you were only going to kill Arabs!
Israeli spokesperson: Yes and we have done a pretty good job of it. Over 30,000 at last count.
Australian politician: But an Australian! And an aid worker for World Central Kitchen at that!
Israeli spokesperson: Aid workers. We have killed over 100 of those. And a few media workers. These things happen in war.
Australian politician: I am very, very angry. (Hangs up).
Israeli spokesperson: (Sigh). Oh dear, how sad. Never Mind.
Voice off: Seems very moralistic for a politician. These Austrians.
Israeli spokesperson: And gullible. How is the big man’s hernia?