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Billy Bragg

Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we’d all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away
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Cutting Middleman Reality Somemroom Struggle
Money maketh man a tory, don’t fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea
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Assumption Fire Men Money Tea Toast
Just because you’re gay, I won’t turn you away. If you stick around, I’m sure we can find some common ground.
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Common Gay Ground Sticks
I’ve had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.
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Country Islands Soldier Song War
Certainly, the international image of the United States today is a lot less positive than 10 years ago. And that really shouldn’t be, because you have been the victims of this awful terrorist attack, and I think America deserves the sympathy of the world.
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Images International States Thinking Today World
You can have an argument with someone who’s a sceptic. When I say ‘cynic’, I mean someone who has given up, and they want you to give up too, so it makes them feel better about themselves.
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Feel Makem Sceptic Someone Themselves
If I can entertain people and get them to open up a little bit, then they’re much more conducive to any ideas I might have, whether they’re about relationships or politics. The most interesting songs, I think, are the ones where the two overlap.
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Interesting Song Thinking
Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
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Mixing Use Usual
What happened on September 11 wasn’t the first act of war, it was the most unspeakable act of murder and terrorism. But it was construed by a very small group of people – there is no army out there in the dark waiting to take over America.
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Army Dark Unspeakable War
Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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Enjoyed Freedom Privilege
Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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Generations Jobs Worst
I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
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Racism Racist Rocks
Whether we like it or not, we live in a post-ideological world. That’s how a Donald Trump can get through. He has no ideology at all: in that sense, he’s a bit like Mussolini.
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Ideology Party Post Sense Thinking Whether World
You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you’re waiting for the Great Leap Forwards.
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Activist Sleep Sleeper Waiting
Baptists burn more slowly.
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Baptists Burn More Slowly
What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
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Argument Consumers Corporations

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