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A protest folk song from 1971 that summarizes the history of US settler-colonialism and imperialism. lyrics Oh, many, many ages ago Red people lived alone At peace with the buffalo Oh, they’re living on stolen goods.

To make money they came The Anglos and their slaves For housework they had their dames Oh, they’re living on stolen goods.

And they brought with them their guns And whipped and shot Black ones They brainwashed their children Oh, they’re living on stolen goods.

And westward ho! they marched And shot down the reds who tried to resist And this whole land they robbed Oh, they’re living on stolen goods.

And they cramped the red people in camps And they ghettoized the Blacks And now they’re into Asia Oh, they’re living on stolen goods.

Amerika, your riches Are based on your robbery You rich fascists are doomed ‘Cause you’re living on stolen goods.

A protest folk song from the Vietnam War Era that was written in late 1970 or early 1971. lyrics Oh, I’m waitin’ for the people to strike at my foes And I’m hopin’ that the students will change the world well So in our parks we’ll dance And on our streets we’ll kiss.

And I’m down on professors who try to put me down And I think it’s so stupid to always strut around Just give me some peace to play And someone to love today.

Their careers are wastelands, they live selfishly I’m working to make ideals realities As long as one baby is murdered To bull-shit in class is wrong.

chorus) Michael Brown was gunned down In a Missouri town And the grand jury refused to indict. So the people did protest For they could not find justice And they vowed to continue the fight.

(verses) Without a warrant The cop ordered him to stop And cursed him For walking in the street. Although he was unarmed Six shots from the cop's gun Killed the 18-year-old youth Illegally. How can we let these things happen? We've got to stop these things happening. (chorus)

Without any trial The cop sentenced him to die On Canfield Drive In Ferguson. His black hands were in the air But the white cop did not care For he knew he'd get away With murder. How can we let these things happen? We've got to stop these things happening. (chorus)

☮︎ ★ “it's always the old to lead us to the wars

always the young to fall

now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun

tell me is it worth it all?”