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18. Song of the Leaders

Sat Jul 5, 2025, 08:02 PM

Jul 2025

... Upon the fourteenth day of June the king rode to Mile End
And he spoke softly to us all, "I am the poor man's friend
Your wrongs shall all be righted, all bondsmen be made free"
Oh curse the day we trusted him, for he lied wickedly

To Ball and Tyler, Wraw and Lister, Grindcobbe and Jack Straw

At Smithfield next we met the King, the nobles gathered round
The Lord Mayor struck a killing blow, Wat Tyler struck the ground
Our masters bared their teeth and smiled to see our hero slain
"You have been slaves since you were born, and slaves you'll now remain"

Ball and Tyler, Wraw and Lister, Grindcobbe and Jack Straw

The men of England rose to demand their rights
Though they've been dead six hundred years remember them tonight
They raised a flag of liberty, they fought the battle well
They died but others will arise to ring the freedom bell ...

https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?lang=en&id=57606

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Modern day slavery: [View all] applegrove Jul 2025 OP

Slaves by any other name The Blue Flower Jul 2025 #1

Indentured servants which is how many English and other emigrants were able to survive yellowdogintexas Jul 2025 #5

"Survive." Igel Jul 2025 #12

Duh! We saw this coming malaise Jul 2025 #2

Those that participate better be ready...not for protests or boycotts...but lots and lots of Luigis. pecosbob Jul 2025 #3

Either slaves or livestock. milestogo Jul 2025 #4

This is why they were against CRT and celebrating black history. rogue emissary Jul 2025 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Jul 2025 #7

Sorry, corrected the error. rogue emissary Jul 2025 #9

Deleting. applegrove Jul 2025 #10

That's what I've been saying for a long time. This is the return of the Confederacy, in other words slavery. Clouds Passing Jul 2025 #8

Other phrases can be used, also. Indentured servitude. Tenant farmers. Serfs. erronis Jul 2025 #11

It has always been about slavery. cksmithy Jul 2025 #13

The ironic thing is electricmonk Jul 2025 #16

I knew there would be slavery from the beginning. ananda Jul 2025 #14

It's clear what he's not talking about, because some of those things are entirely anathema to him. Igel Jul 2025 #15

He is already engaged in the slave trade indusurb Jul 2025 #17

Song of the Leaders struggle4progress Jul 2025 #18

Trump is a racist, no doubt Waterguy Jul 2025 #19