The power you give authorities to purge your enemy is harder to take back.
Oh Mexican Brother, how clouded it's grown!
The Right chose a bloody retreat from the throne.
The housebroken Left are no solution,
Just the unjust tyrant's substitut…
The power you give authorities to purge your enemy is harder to take back.
Oh Mexican Brother, how clouded it's grown!
The Right chose a bloody retreat from the throne.
The housebroken Left are no solution,
Just the unjust tyrant's substitution.
In the hope of power, you tolerate theirs,
While wrecking your country, they offer up prayers.
The traitor swindlers, green and blue,
The Traitor swindlers, white and blue.
Dress as priests or soldiers; you'll feel protected,
But never let shiny boots make you forget this:
Their hypocrisy and vulgar mediocrity,
Their fascist oratory and vast frivolity.
Exploiters use demagogue tricks to win you,
Repression, looting and abuses continue,
They're from the exploiter class they lay into!
Remember Paulina Jacinto defiled,
Priests pressurizd that 13-year-old child,
“No abortion or else you'll be jailed by police.”
But other scandals won't be released,
See how the shameless have robbed us all blind!
With our tax bail-outs, their pockets are lined.
The list of offenses grows more than inflation.
But you, quit your bitching, what good's lamentation?
To fight for the people takes organization.
Study revolutionary theory without distraction,
Working class practice, collective action.
If, after this warning, our rights are ignored,
Just sit back and wait 'til we even the score.
Berta Cáceres: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Berta-Caceres
Dilan Cruz: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50557496
Inocencio Tucumbi: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/11/world/social-issues-world/indigenous-protesters-hold-police-five-killed-ecuador-clashes/
Digna Ochoa: https://rfkhumanrights.org/work/teaching-human-rights/lessons/digna-ochoa
Yesenia Zamudio: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-09-09/growing-more-radical-mexican-feminists-seize-control-of-a-federal-building
Paulina Jacinto: https://uniteforreprorights.org/resources/paulina-ramirez-v-mexico/
Comandanta Ramona: http://narconews.com/Issue40/article1542.html
