There was one good alternative rock station on the
FM dial. The station had been around for years and seemed to have a steady
format and advertising success.
That station played songs such as Muse’s and
Pennywise’s “Fuck Authority.” See lyrics at the very bottom of this post.
Punk at its best is political and we’ve had a lot of
good political punk recently.
Maybe it was getting too popular, this alternative,
political punk?
Maybe the powers that be don’t want people listening
to political music because they know what role music has played in social
movements in the past.
Well, this alternative rock station was replaced for
about 1 month with a “soft rock” station and now that replacement is gone.
Nothing is at that station anymore.
The entire station was taken down, not sold. After 1
month?
Clear Channel excerpted censorship on music lyrics
after 9-11. I had a student who did research on the topic and what he found was
amazing, even in that context.
I think some experts might be concerned that a youth
rebellion might occur; perhaps like the one in Britain in the 1970s, which was
very distinct from the 1960 era US rebellion.
This time they may be anticipating quite a big
rebellion given how bad things have become, despite lots of propaganda to the
contrary.
One Rand Corp document actually
encouraged policy makers to promote “micro-enterprise” as a career path to
compensate for the lack of jobs available to younger people. That hasn’t worked
out very well in the developing world according to some research I did on the
topic.
I know also that strategic
US policy makers at the Army’s Strategic Studies Institute http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/about/strategic-studies-institute.cfm
have been anticipating civil unrest in the U.S. because of growing inequality,
lack of opportunity, and outright desperation and have pre-emptively
militiarized the police. The Strategic Studies Institute
laid out the rationale for using US military force against US civilians.
Other documents produced by the Rand
Corp and the Dept of Homeland security have “documented” the potential for returning
veterans to be, quote, "radicalized.”
And some returning veterans have
been radicalized for good reasons. Many return to an economically depressed
society whose efforts at demonstrating dismay and disgust are being met with
repressive police forces.
The strategic documents
anticipated all of these developments and their proposed solution is to
MILITIARIZE DOMESTIC POLICE through training by the Departments of Defense and
Homeland Security.
This is why I believe police came down so brutally on the OWS demonstrators, even when they were college students on college campuses sitting down in subordinate positions.
And this is why the scale and severity of Fukushima are going to be kept silent by political and corporate authorities no matter how bad it gets.
References
ACLU. “ACLU Challenges Defense Department Personnel Policy To Regard Lawful
Protests As ‘Low-Level Terrorism.’”ACLU. 10 June 2009. 24 June 2009 http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/39822prs20090610.html.
Freier, Nathan. “Known Unknowns: Unconventional ‘Strategic Shocks’ in Defense Strategy Development.” Strategic Studies Institute November 2008. 12 December 2008 http://www.StrategicStudiesInstitute.army.mil/.
Hsu, Spencer S., and Ann S. Tyson. “Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security.” The Washington Post 1 December 2008: A1.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security. “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment” U.S. Department of Homeland Security 7 April 2009. 3 May 2009 http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf.
LYRICS
•
Uprising lyrics
Songwriters: Bellamy, Matthew;
The paranoia is in bloom, the PR
Transmissions will resume, they'll try to
Push drugs, keep us all dumb down and hope that
We will never see the truth around, so come on
Another promise, another scene, another
Package not to keep us trapped in greed with all the
Green belts wrapped around our minds and endless
Red tape to keep the truth confined, so come on
They will not force us
And they will stop degrading us
And they will not control us
We will be victorious, so come on
Interchanging mind control, come let the
Revolution take its toll, if you could
{ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/muse-lyrics/uprising-lyrics.html }
Flick a switch and open your third eye, you'd see that
We should never be afraid to die, so come on
Rise up and take the power back, it's time that
The fat cats had a heart attack, you know that
Their time is coming to an end, we have to
Unify and watch our flag ascend, so come on
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious, so come on…
The paranoia is in bloom, the PR
Transmissions will resume, they'll try to
Push drugs, keep us all dumb down and hope that
We will never see the truth around, so come on
Another promise, another scene, another
Package not to keep us trapped in greed with all the
Green belts wrapped around our minds and endless
Red tape to keep the truth confined, so come on
They will not force us
And they will stop degrading us
And they will not control us
We will be victorious, so come on
Interchanging mind control, come let the
Revolution take its toll, if you could
{ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/muse-lyrics/uprising-lyrics.html }
Flick a switch and open your third eye, you'd see that
We should never be afraid to die, so come on
Rise up and take the power back, it's time that
The fat cats had a heart attack, you know that
Their time is coming to an end, we have to
Unify and watch our flag ascend, so come on
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious, so come on…
Fuck
Authority" Pennywise
•
Someday you gotta find another way,
you better right your mind
and live by what you say
Today is just another day unless you set your sights and try to find a way
I say fuck authority
Silent majority
Raised by the system
Now it's time to rise against them
We're sick of your treason
Sick of your lies
Fuck no, we won't listen
We're gonna open your eyes
Frustration, domination, feel the rage of a new generation,
we're livin', we're dyin' and we're never gonna stop, stop tryin'
Stop tryin'
Stop tryin', stop tryin'
You know the time is right to take control,
we gotta take offense against the status quo
No way, not gonna stand for it today, fight for your rights,
it's time we had our say
I say fuck authority
Silent majority
Raised by the system
Now it's time to rise against them
We're sick of your treason
Sick of your lies
Fuck no, we won't listen
We're gonna open your eyes
Frustration, domination, feel the rage of a new generation,
we're livin', we're dyin', we take the time and will endless try and destroy,
enjoy, you fight the world, become a new toy, dominate, eliminate,
do you feel the wrath, wrath of hate?
Fuck authority
Silent majority
Raised by the system
Now it's time to rise against them
We're sick of your treason
Sick of your lies
Fuck no, we won't listen
We're gonna open your eyes
Frustration, domination, feel the rage of a new generation,
we're livin', we're dyin' and we're never gonna stop, stop tryin'
Stop tryin'
Stop tryin', stop tryin'
and live by what you say
Today is just another day unless you set your sights and try to find a way
I say fuck authority
Silent majority
Raised by the system
Now it's time to rise against them
We're sick of your treason
Sick of your lies
Fuck no, we won't listen
We're gonna open your eyes
Frustration, domination, feel the rage of a new generation,
we're livin', we're dyin' and we're never gonna stop, stop tryin'
Stop tryin'
Stop tryin', stop tryin'
You know the time is right to take control,
we gotta take offense against the status quo
No way, not gonna stand for it today, fight for your rights,
it's time we had our say
I say fuck authority
Silent majority
Raised by the system
Now it's time to rise against them
We're sick of your treason
Sick of your lies
Fuck no, we won't listen
We're gonna open your eyes
Frustration, domination, feel the rage of a new generation,
we're livin', we're dyin', we take the time and will endless try and destroy,
enjoy, you fight the world, become a new toy, dominate, eliminate,
do you feel the wrath, wrath of hate?
Fuck authority
Silent majority
Raised by the system
Now it's time to rise against them
We're sick of your treason
Sick of your lies
Fuck no, we won't listen
We're gonna open your eyes
Frustration, domination, feel the rage of a new generation,
we're livin', we're dyin' and we're never gonna stop, stop tryin'
Stop tryin'
Stop tryin', stop tryin'
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