This musical poem I (Steve Wallis) wrote describes some important events in my life, including the influence of some women I have met!
It starts with the anti-poll tax campaign of mass non-payment (that eventually defeated the tax and was the main factor leading to the ousting of iron lady Margaret Thatcher as UK prime minister), including the People's March Against the Poll Tax (that I took part in from Liverpool to London), a Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE) camp in Germany, the 1998 European School of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) at which I was the only speaker from England or Wales to support the establishment of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) in the debate, followed by the circumstances that led to my first incarceration as a political prisoner.
This poem is dedicated to Paula Mitchell, Naomi Byron, Susan (a revolutionary socialist from Dublin), Sinéad Daly, Whatsername (a Polish anti-racist), Dorotca (a Polish woman who was a lodger of my former best friend Julian Beard), Morag Allen and Cath Bann.
My father recorded me performing it in the Rusholme (curry alley) area of Manchester on the 29th of May 2009. He messed up the recording at the start (so details about the miners' strike and Bogle Stroll are omitted) and the end of the poem is missing too due to a printer running out of paper and me not having the sixth of five sheets of paper ! This actually made the musical poem better than it would otherwise have been!!!
You can find the lyrics of (a slightly out-of-date version of) the poem at http://socialiststeve.me.uk/lyrics/my-life-part1.html and more of my musical poems at http://socialiststeve.me.uk/poetry.htm. You may also like to browse my YouTube videos at http://youtube.com/galaxiasteve. I have also been in two bands - Red Day in Glasgow (http://red-day.net) and Galaxia in Manchester (http://galaxiamusic.org).
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This musical poem I (Steve Wallis) wrote describes some important events in my life, including the influence of some women I have met!
It starts with the anti-poll tax campaign of mass non-payment (that eventually defeated the tax and was the main factor leading to the ousting of iron lady Margaret Thatcher as UK prime minister), including the People's March Against the Poll Tax (that I took part in from Liverpool to London), a Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE) camp in Germany, the 1998 European School of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) at which I was the only speaker from England or Wales to support the establishment of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) in the debate, followed by the circumstances that led to my first incarceration as a political prisoner.
This poem is dedicated to Paula Mitchell, Naomi Byron, Susan (a revolutionary socialist from Dublin), Sinéad Daly, Whatsername (a Polish anti-racist), Dorotca (a Polish woman who was a lodger of my former best friend Julian Beard), Morag Allen and Cath Bann.
My father recorded me performing it in the Rusholme (curry alley) area of Manchester on the 29th of May 2009. He messed up the recording at the start (so details about the miners' strike and Bogle Stroll are omitted) and the end of the poem is missing too due to a printer running out of paper and me not having the sixth of five sheets of paper ! This actually made the musical poem better than it would otherwise have been!!!
You can find the lyrics of (a slightly out-of-date version of) the poem at http://socialiststeve.me.uk/lyrics/my-life-part1.html and more of my musical poems at http://socialiststeve.me.uk/poetry.htm. You may also like to browse my YouTube videos at http://youtube.com/galaxiasteve. I have also been in two bands - Red Day in Glasgow (http://red-day.net) and Galaxia in Manchester (http://galaxiamusic.org).
Events in the world don't just happen by accident; conspiratorial organisations use artificial intelligence (AI) software and infiltration, and people's free will decisions combine together to influence what sort of societies we have in the world.
I recited this musical poem on the 2009 May Day demonstration in Manchester (on the 4th rather than 1st of May as is traditional due to the public holiday).
More of my musial poems can be found on my socialist website at www.socialiststeve.me.uk/poetry.htm. You may also like to visit my MySpace page at www.myspace.com/galaxiasteve or those of my bands Red Day (www.myspace.com./reddayband) or Galaxia (www.myspace.com/galaxiamusic).
I (Steve Wallis) advocate a form of socialism based on proportional representation, where everybody (including middle class as well as working class people) is in control. I am rather middle class myself and think of myself as a sort of hero!
This poem touches on the most important points I think socialists should be advocating in the credit crunch - PR, democratising banks already nationalised and forcing the rich to pay tax (abolishing tax loopholes and tax havens).
I recited this musical poem at the end of the 2009 May Day demonstration in Manchester (on the 4th rather than 1st of May as is traditional due to the public holiday). As viewers will see, there weren't many there, perhaps largely due to the failure of the left to put forward relevant demands and the out-of-date nature of "Workers of the world unite"!
More of my musial poems can be found on my socialist website at www.socialiststeve.me.uk/poetry.htm. You may also like to visit my MySpace page at www.myspace.com/galaxiasteve or those of my bands Red Day (www.myspace.com./reddayband) or Galaxia (www.myspace.com/galaxiamusic).
I (Steve Wallis) wrote this poem about the encroaching surveillance state, including CCTV, ID cards and infiltration, hinting at mind reading and mind control - but pointing out that the state is not all powerful because socialists infiltrate too!
I recited this poem on the 2009 May Day demonstration in Manchester (on the 4th rather than 1st of May as is traditional due to the public holiday).
More of my musial poems can be found on my socialist website at www.socialiststeve.me.uk/poetry.htm. You may also like to visit my MySpace page at www.myspace.com/galaxiasteve or those of my bands Red Day (www.myspace.com./reddayband) or Galaxia (www.myspace.com/galaxiamusic).
I, Steve Wallis, sang this song at the Put People First demonstration (opposing/influencing the G20) in London on March 28, 2009. It is dedicated to warcry, an Indian anarchist living in New York, who I met at an Earth First Gathering in England. This version corrects a serious error in an early version, in which I thought she was a political prisoner in a psychiatric institution that she had compared to Auschwitz concentration camp.
I did a version of the song with my Glasgow band Red Day, but I reckon I can sing it better nowadays. Listen and decide for yourself! I suppose I should have remembered the words!
I couldn't resist adding in a call to participate in further G20 demonstrations in London on April 1 or 2 (see http://g-20meltdown.org or http://stopwar.org.uk).
For more of my songs/musical poetry, go to http://www.red-day.net or http://www.socialiststeve.me.uk/poetry.htm.
I, Steve Wallis, sung/spoke the lyrics of this musical poem I wrote, at the Put People First demonstration in London on Saturday 28 March 2009. I modified the lyrics slightly when I sung them, urging people to join further G20 demonstrations in London on April 1 or 2 (see http://g-20meltdown.org or http://stopwar.org.uk).
Go to http://www.socialiststeve.me.uk/poetry.htm for more of my musical poetry.
I, Steve Wallis, sung/spoke the lyrics of this musical poem I wrote, at the Put People First demonstration on March 28, 2009. Demonstrate in London on April 1 or 2 (see http://g-20meltdown.org or http://stopwar.org.uk).
For more of my musical poetry, go to http://www.socialiststeve.me.uk/poetry.htm.
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