This song is ripe with themes of revolution; indeed, it is a lingering message for those of our time who would dare to pick up that banner and run with it. Ultimately, it is a message for everyone because this system will rip all of us apart one by one. Once, I heard someone say: We hang together, or they'll hang us separately. Here are some of the profound lines in the song:
...What are we running for? We've got the right to be angry! What are we running for? When there's no where we can run ...
I heard this song @the end of episode 3 season 2 of Stargate Universe (SGU). It was very moving episode. Unfortunately, one of the main characters was left behind trying to make sure his fellow soldiers could leave safely while at the same time trying to restore vital ship functions. He was surrounded by hostiles and there was absolutely no way to retrieve him in time.
If you like the cinematic version of this song, consider to the original; it's just as good (Click here).
Posted by Lamont Cranston on Tuesday, September 21, 2010,
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Book & Movie Reviews
The Revolution will not come by PowerPoint. It will not begin at a workshop in one of a thousand hotels where bored delegates pin badges to their lapels and practice civil-society speak. PowerPoint is a power grab. there millions of slides may create as much poverty, insecurity and befuddlement as any militia or dictator. PowerPoint poses as dry objectivity in the face of corrupt violent politics, but it cleaves apart the political from the economic. By a curious alchemy, human life on the Po...
Posted by Tarus on Saturday, September 11, 2010,
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Brothas & Sistahs
This first blog is heartily dedicated to you Jess. Of our great family, you are most like me. Maybe, cuz you sat still long enough to listen. Now that you've ascended into the heavenly realms of the collegiate experience as a bonafide ivy-leaguer <a claim even I can't boast> you will undoubtedly gain new perspective. Surrounded by an infinite sea of ambitious young minds with more questions than hubris(hopefully), you will start to become what you will become. Realize: that some of these...
