The Anarchist
I feel the calling in my blood
To raise aloft the banner black
No dull restraint can quench the flame
No worldly fear can hold me back
Inspired by tales of times now gone
When spirits soared and tyrants fell
My will is watered by the hope
Drawn up from Revolution’s well
I yearn to be what I could be
To find the moment best to strike
At that foul foe of many names –
The State, The Thing, The System, Reich
Oh what I’d give to join the throng
That storms the halls of power and greed
Rips up repression by its roots
And plants instead Sweet Freedom’s seed
But in the meantime I’ll keep on
Against the odds, against the crowd
I’ll speak the words that can’t be spoken
Dream the dreams that aren’t allowed
My rebel days are flying fast
And glory may still pass me by
But born anew and ever true
The Anarchist will never die
Paul Cudenec
(The author formally retains copyright over this work but permits non-commercial reproduction or distribution)
I feel the calling in my blood
To raise aloft the banner black
No dull restraint can quench the flame
No worldly fear can hold me back
Inspired by tales of times now gone
When spirits soared and tyrants fell
My will is watered by the hope
Drawn up from Revolution’s well
I yearn to be what I could be
To find the moment best to strike
At that foul foe of many names –
The State, The Thing, The System, Reich
Oh what I’d give to join the throng
That storms the halls of power and greed
Rips up repression by its roots
And plants instead Sweet Freedom’s seed
But in the meantime I’ll keep on
Against the odds, against the crowd
I’ll speak the words that can’t be spoken
Dream the dreams that aren’t allowed
My rebel days are flying fast
And glory may still pass me by
But born anew and ever true
The Anarchist will never die
Paul Cudenec
(The author formally retains copyright over this work but permits non-commercial reproduction or distribution)
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state approved?
03.08.2010 19:32
Read Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. Wikipedia says: 'Although a member of an anarchist cell, Verloc is also secretly employed by Vladimir as an agent provocateur. Vladimir informs Verloc that he is far from an exemplary model of a secret agent and, in order to redeem himself, must carry out an operation - the destruction of Greenwich Observatory by a bomb explosion. Verloc later meets with his friends, who discuss politics and law, and the notion of a communist revolution.'
research into the origins of Anarchism, and not just as an ideology, and you will find that it was created by the State. It was to be deployed against enemy nations. Today, Anarchists are used by the police in demonstrations to justiy a police clampdown. Look at the G20 protests in Seatle.
Don't be duped!
insidejob
Thanks for the poem...
03.08.2010 21:14
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ffs
03.08.2010 21:21
FiSH
is this really suitable for Indymedia?
04.08.2010 02:47
And insidejob, you post is even more idiotic that usual. So because someone once wrote a story about an anarchist being used as an agent provocateur, that means anarchism as a whole was created by the state. Riiiight... So everyone should carry on consuming, behave themselves and stay at home.
Since you seem to like being bossed around by other people, perhaps you'd tell us who your choice of superior is?
anon
what's the problem?
04.08.2010 05:09
Alex
instead of squabbling
04.08.2010 09:38
insidejob = fuck off, you moron
the poem was ok, some of it was written for the likes of me, so its good to see.
fran