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Billy Bragg

I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren’t very political, at all.
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Band Political Records
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
A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.
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Dancing Politics Sleep
I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
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Racism Racist Rocks
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
Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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Accountability Freedom Paradox Seem
The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.
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Aspiration Key Proportional Representation Society Sort
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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About Country Display Egotistical Themselves
Baptists burn more slowly.
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Baptists Burn More Slowly
The evil lot who did that thing on September 11 did it because they wanted to create a war between America and Islam. And by invading Iraq, we gave them what they hoped for.
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Country Disaster Month September War
I’m just saying that we need to find a better way to manifest the broader society’s aspirations, politically.
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Aspiration Better Just Saying Need Party Politician
I’d like to think that in a generation or two we’ll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.
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People Thinking Voting
Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we can achieve.
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Achieve Bread Politics
If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
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Ibacklist Life Want
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
We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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Country Dream Nightmare Ugly Worry

War what is it good for? It’s good for business.

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