I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
BILLY BRAGGI’m still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I’m much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that’s because they’ve moved, not me.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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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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At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society.
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A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.
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You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn’t mean that you are not held accountable.
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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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The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.
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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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The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you’re an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level.
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All the things about ‘the ugly American’ that we worry about and which the Americans see in themselves, it’s all of that. This is a politics of egotistical display.
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I’m still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I’m much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that’s because they’ve moved, not me.
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You have to believe that if the majority of people had their way, they would make a society that would be fair for everyone. If you don’t believe that, and if you think that the glass is always half empty, then you’re never going to have that sensibility.
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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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Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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