Author Peter Hicks
Hold That Line
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
Hold that line!
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/11/26 - 11:06
Sweet Breath of Freedom
"This song is dedicated to the people of East Timor who, it seems, are finally getting the opportunity to taste the sweet breath of freedom. The song recalls the massacre of Dili (by Indoinesian troops) in November 1991." Peter Hicks
Early one November morning,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/11/26 - 10:55
No People in This Land
Written in 1992, this song is sadly even more topical today.(Peter Hicks)
No people in this land,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/11/26 - 10:06
Faces In The Dark
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
To heed the war hawks' cry?
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 16:45
Unsung Heroes
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
There's a factory outside Redfern,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 16:21
Song Itineraries:
Heroes
My Own Two Hands
"This song commemorates the framing and murdering by the state of two US activists, Sacco and Vanzetti." Peter Hicks
To you beloved comrade, we make this solemn vow,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 15:55
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
Ordinary People
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
They treat us as flotsam and jetsam,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 14:04
Beyond The Charcoal Graveyard
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
"Here in Tasmania, as in Brazil, as in New Guinea, and as across the world, our magnificent life-giving old growth rainforests are being destroyed at record rates - for greed and plunder. We have to make them stop." Peter Hicks
"Here in Tasmania, as in Brazil, as in New Guinea, and as across the world, our magnificent life-giving old growth rainforests are being destroyed at record rates - for greed and plunder. We have to make them stop." Peter Hicks
Beyond the charcoal graveyard, where the black stumps stand in rows,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 13:51
Mumia Abu-Jamal Was Framed
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
"The African American journalist, broadcaster and political activist, Mumia Abu-Jamal is currently on death row after being framed for the murder of a Philadelphia policeman. This is probably the most monstrous judicial conspiracy to happen in USA since the framing of Saccho and Vanzetti over 70 years ago." Peter Hicks
"The African American journalist, broadcaster and political activist, Mumia Abu-Jamal is currently on death row after being framed for the murder of a Philadelphia policeman. This is probably the most monstrous judicial conspiracy to happen in USA since the framing of Saccho and Vanzetti over 70 years ago." Peter Hicks
There's a man on death row in the frame,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 11:16
Moura Mine
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
"This song was written after the Moura mining disaster in central Queensland, Australia, in 1985. The premier of the day, in his headline-grabbing visit to the site of the tragedy, made sure that there was room on his private jet for his media entourage - at the expense of not carrying vital rescue equipment. The subsequent enquiry turned out to be a pure cover up. Less than a decade later, following another similar preventable pit tragedy, Moura Mine was to be permanently closed." Peter Hicks
"This song was written after the Moura mining disaster in central Queensland, Australia, in 1985. The premier of the day, in his headline-grabbing visit to the site of the tragedy, made sure that there was room on his private jet for his media entourage - at the expense of not carrying vital rescue equipment. The subsequent enquiry turned out to be a pure cover up. Less than a decade later, following another similar preventable pit tragedy, Moura Mine was to be permanently closed." Peter Hicks
Working man gets up each morning
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 11:05
The Man With The Pink Triangle
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
"This song tells the true story of how a young Jewish girl survived Auschwitz because of the sacrifices made by a fellow prisoner, a gay man." Peter Hicks
"This song tells the true story of how a young Jewish girl survived Auschwitz because of the sacrifices made by a fellow prisoner, a gay man." Peter Hicks
You were just a child, too young to know,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:58
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
Daughters of the Taliban
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
"How come that almost nobody seems to give a damn about the most basic human rights of women in Islamic countries like Pakistan, Afganistan, Iran and Iraq - like not even being allowed to phone a relative or leave the house without your husband's permission for fear of death at the hands of a jealous husband? Maybe it's because, as Madelein Albright said (in the context of China), 'We don't want to mix human rights with trade.'" Peter Hicks
"How come that almost nobody seems to give a damn about the most basic human rights of women in Islamic countries like Pakistan, Afganistan, Iran and Iraq - like not even being allowed to phone a relative or leave the house without your husband's permission for fear of death at the hands of a jealous husband? Maybe it's because, as Madelein Albright said (in the context of China), 'We don't want to mix human rights with trade.'" Peter Hicks
Sleep your sleep, my precious child,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:52
Let Them Be
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
"Another day ... another "incident" at one of the desert concentration camps where refugees coming to Australia are kept isolated from their communities, in temperatures of 40o plus, deprived of even the most basic creature comforts, and subject to routine degradation and humiliation. Why can't we just let them be?" Peter Hicks
"Another day ... another "incident" at one of the desert concentration camps where refugees coming to Australia are kept isolated from their communities, in temperatures of 40o plus, deprived of even the most basic creature comforts, and subject to routine degradation and humiliation. Why can't we just let them be?" Peter Hicks
Let them be, let them be, let them be, let them be,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:44
Jabiluka, No!
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
"As if there aren't already too many nuclear weapons and not enough environmental protection in the world, the Australian government, unbelievably, wants to go ahead with uranium mining at Jabiluka, in the Kakadu National Park. This mining is contrary to the wishes of the Mirrar people, traditional owners of this land." Peter Hicks
"As if there aren't already too many nuclear weapons and not enough environmental protection in the world, the Australian government, unbelievably, wants to go ahead with uranium mining at Jabiluka, in the Kakadu National Park. This mining is contrary to the wishes of the Mirrar people, traditional owners of this land." Peter Hicks
Jabiluka, No! Jabiluka, No!
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:39
If It Weren't For The Union
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
Our union's story is there to be seen,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:33
For this Apartheid
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
They call you a coon or a kaffir
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:15
The Bottom Line
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis
They're closing down our factories
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:08
Fire in Manilla
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis
The hours are long and the work exhausting,
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Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 09:55
So Many Tears, So Many Flowers
[2002]
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
da: http://unionsong.com
Many thanks to Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.
You can visit Peter Hicks website at: http://home.austarnet.com.au/glazfolk/
In the two weeks immediately following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on New York, a prominent psychiatrist interviewed many of those who had lost loved ones in that tragedy, and many more who had not. The results might surprise you. Those who had lost loved ones were unanimous in issuing a plea to their government that there must be no reprisals against innocent civilians. "How will it help my grief by making others suffer the same?" was how one woman put it.
But those who had experienced no personal loss reacted in a dark and different way. "They didn't worry about our civilians," said one. "Why should we worry about theirs?".
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
da: http://unionsong.com
Many thanks to Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.
You can visit Peter Hicks website at: http://home.austarnet.com.au/glazfolk/
In the two weeks immediately following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on New York, a prominent psychiatrist interviewed many of those who had lost loved ones in that tragedy, and many more who had not. The results might surprise you. Those who had lost loved ones were unanimous in issuing a plea to their government that there must be no reprisals against innocent civilians. "How will it help my grief by making others suffer the same?" was how one woman put it.
But those who had experienced no personal loss reacted in a dark and different way. "They didn't worry about our civilians," said one. "Why should we worry about theirs?".
So you tell me, my friend, that the answer lies in war,
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/6/12 - 21:40
Drive the Yankee from Your Door
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
Dedicated to all victims of colonialism across the world who are fighting back.
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
Dedicated to all victims of colonialism across the world who are fighting back.
From Guatamala to Honduras,
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/4 - 11:38
Another War Out There
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
From the CD The Times We've Been Through.
When George Bush declared war on the women, men and children of Iraq, so eager was Bob Hawke to get his tongue all the way up Georgie Porgie's arse that he offered the help of the Australian navy before he was even asked! Jeff Pattersen was the first of what was to become many US marines who refused to fight. Some of them are still political prisoners in Bill Clinton's jails, even today.
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
From the CD The Times We've Been Through.
When George Bush declared war on the women, men and children of Iraq, so eager was Bob Hawke to get his tongue all the way up Georgie Porgie's arse that he offered the help of the Australian navy before he was even asked! Jeff Pattersen was the first of what was to become many US marines who refused to fight. Some of them are still political prisoners in Bill Clinton's jails, even today.
You hide behind your desk
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/4 - 11:34
Boris Yeltsin
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
"Boris Yeltsin must be surely be one of the nastiest pieces of slime to emerge from the bog of post socialist Russia." -Peter Hicks.
Una canzone dedicata alla fulgida figura dell'ex "presidente" (=zar) russo Boris Yeltsin (il cui cognome è traslitterato in innumerevoli modi: Yeltsin, Jeltsin, Ielzin, El'cin, Yeltsine...la grafia russa nell'alfabeto cirillico è Бopис Eльцин.) A Yeltsin è succeduto, come tutti sanno, Vladimir Putin. Di "scuola" KGB, è il grande "uomo di pace" che vediamo ai G8, grande amico di Bush, Berlusconi e di tutti i potenti della terra, nonché massacratore del popolo ceceno...
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
"Boris Yeltsin must be surely be one of the nastiest pieces of slime to emerge from the bog of post socialist Russia." -Peter Hicks.
Una canzone dedicata alla fulgida figura dell'ex "presidente" (=zar) russo Boris Yeltsin (il cui cognome è traslitterato in innumerevoli modi: Yeltsin, Jeltsin, Ielzin, El'cin, Yeltsine...la grafia russa nell'alfabeto cirillico è Бopис Eльцин.) A Yeltsin è succeduto, come tutti sanno, Vladimir Putin. Di "scuola" KGB, è il grande "uomo di pace" che vediamo ai G8, grande amico di Bush, Berlusconi e di tutti i potenti della terra, nonché massacratore del popolo ceceno...
Some sing about Tsar Nicholas, or Catherine the Great,
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/4 - 11:47
You Can't Stop the Sun
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
When our friends in America warned us about the unspeakable horrors that would follow a George W Bush election victory we thought they were exaggerating. We humbly apologise. Howard, Blair and co are bad enough but this ... especially as his brilliant strategy for dealing with global warming seems to be to simply go into denial.
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
When our friends in America warned us about the unspeakable horrors that would follow a George W Bush election victory we thought they were exaggerating. We humbly apologise. Howard, Blair and co are bad enough but this ... especially as his brilliant strategy for dealing with global warming seems to be to simply go into denial.
You can do with your missiles whatever you please,
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/4 - 15:08
Waltzing my Timor
"This adaptation of Waltzing Matilda by Eric Bogle was sent to us by Richard Mills. Sadly, the words tell their own story." -Peter Hicks.
Once a jolly Digger
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/4 - 15:05
Operation Visit Myanmar
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
The brutal and murderous military regime in Burma is one of the worst in the world. How sad it is to see Australia's own Bob Hawke taking blood money to go in to bat for them...
http://coranet.radicalparty.org/pressr...;par=13451
(Dall' "Unità" - 19/06/2005)
San Suu Kyi, una donna sola contro il regime birmano
19/06/2005 | L'Unità | BURMA |
Seth Mydans
La leader dell'opposizione agli arresti domiciliari compie 60 anni. Si moltiplicano gli appelli per la sua liberazione
Diciassette anni fa quando i birmani si riversarono in massa per le strade per protestare contro la dittatura militare, una donna dotata di una compostezza quasi spiazzante si rivolse alla folla presso la grande pagoda dorata di Shwedagon. All'epoca nessuno si rese conto che si trattava di un gesto di martirio. La donna, Aung San Suu Kyi, era in visita... (Continues)
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
The brutal and murderous military regime in Burma is one of the worst in the world. How sad it is to see Australia's own Bob Hawke taking blood money to go in to bat for them...
http://coranet.radicalparty.org/pressr...;par=13451
(Dall' "Unità" - 19/06/2005)
San Suu Kyi, una donna sola contro il regime birmano
19/06/2005 | L'Unità | BURMA |
Seth Mydans
La leader dell'opposizione agli arresti domiciliari compie 60 anni. Si moltiplicano gli appelli per la sua liberazione
Diciassette anni fa quando i birmani si riversarono in massa per le strade per protestare contro la dittatura militare, una donna dotata di una compostezza quasi spiazzante si rivolse alla folla presso la grande pagoda dorata di Shwedagon. All'epoca nessuno si rese conto che si trattava di un gesto di martirio. La donna, Aung San Suu Kyi, era in visita... (Continues)
You can step on board a jumbo jet, you'll be there in a few short hours.
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/4 - 12:55
It's Always the Other Side
[1999]
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
Does the stunning silence from people in western countries and their lack of opposition to NATO's savage war against the people of Yugoslavia mean that all but a lunatic fringe of Serb nationalists have swallowed the imperialist warmakers lies hook, line and sinker? We hope not.
Does anyone believe that the psychopathic Clinton gives a toss for the people of Kosovo, or, for that matter, for anything at all other than his own dick? Surely not.
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
Does the stunning silence from people in western countries and their lack of opposition to NATO's savage war against the people of Yugoslavia mean that all but a lunatic fringe of Serb nationalists have swallowed the imperialist warmakers lies hook, line and sinker? We hope not.
Does anyone believe that the psychopathic Clinton gives a toss for the people of Kosovo, or, for that matter, for anything at all other than his own dick? Surely not.
It's always the other side, it's never you and me,
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/4 - 12:49
Song Itineraries:
Balkan Wars of the 90's
The Honest Arms Merchant
[1999]
Testo di / Lyrics by Petere Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
Un'altra canzone scritta al momento della crisi di Timor Est, nella quale si accusa Tony Blair di vendere armi al governo indonesiano. Ma il buon Tony ne avrebbe combinate di ben altre, nel tempo a venire...
"Within hours of the result of the East Timorese independence ballot being announced, the evil Tony Blair had despatched an underling to Jakarta - to offer to sell the Indonesian government more arms! We're used to some evil things from reptile politicians - but can anybody cap that?"
Testo di / Lyrics by Petere Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
Un'altra canzone scritta al momento della crisi di Timor Est, nella quale si accusa Tony Blair di vendere armi al governo indonesiano. Ma il buon Tony ne avrebbe combinate di ben altre, nel tempo a venire...
"Within hours of the result of the East Timorese independence ballot being announced, the evil Tony Blair had despatched an underling to Jakarta - to offer to sell the Indonesian government more arms! We're used to some evil things from reptile politicians - but can anybody cap that?"
I am an honest merchant and the finest of my trade,
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/4 - 12:27
East Timor Betrayed
[1999]
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
"Has there ever, morally, been a worse episode in human history than the cynical betrayal of East Timor by it's so-called "friends" - Australia, the USA, the United Nations, the United Kingdom - all have played their shameful parts?
Within hours of the result of the East Timorese independence ballot being announced, UK prime minister Tony Blair had even despatched an underling to Jakarta - to offer to sell the Indonesian government more arms! We're used to some evil things from reptile politicians - but can anybody cap that?"
Così scriveva Peter Hicks, il grande cantautore australiano, ai tempi dell'invasione indonesiana di Timor Est (la parte dell'isola di Timor ex colonia portoghese, cui il Portogallo aveva concesso l'indipendenza nel 1975, ma che era stata immediatamente invasa dall'Indonesia che ne reclamava... (Continues)
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
"Has there ever, morally, been a worse episode in human history than the cynical betrayal of East Timor by it's so-called "friends" - Australia, the USA, the United Nations, the United Kingdom - all have played their shameful parts?
Within hours of the result of the East Timorese independence ballot being announced, UK prime minister Tony Blair had even despatched an underling to Jakarta - to offer to sell the Indonesian government more arms! We're used to some evil things from reptile politicians - but can anybody cap that?"
Così scriveva Peter Hicks, il grande cantautore australiano, ai tempi dell'invasione indonesiana di Timor Est (la parte dell'isola di Timor ex colonia portoghese, cui il Portogallo aveva concesso l'indipendenza nel 1975, ma che era stata immediatamente invasa dall'Indonesia che ne reclamava... (Continues)
East Timor, you are burning, and your rivers are turning to blood,
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/8/4 - 11:55
The Stench of the Swastika
Testo di / Lyrics by Peter Hicks
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
Whether its the National Front in Britain, Aryan Nation in the USA, Jean Marie Le Pen in France, the skinheads in Germany or the Hansonites in Australia, the forces of evil are gathering. And if we don't stop them, who will?
Musica di / Music by Geoff Francis
Whether its the National Front in Britain, Aryan Nation in the USA, Jean Marie Le Pen in France, the skinheads in Germany or the Hansonites in Australia, the forces of evil are gathering. And if we don't stop them, who will?
If you're travelling near Rostock, you'd better beware,
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/6/10 - 15:38
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