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Defending the Land

by Ecowar

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1.
Defending the Land 02:01
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YOU WERE DEFENDING THE LAND AT GOOLENGOOK TIMBARRA WELD BLOCKADE LUCAS HEIGHTS THE OTWAYS DEFENDING THE LAND AT LAKE EYRE BADGER FOREST ROXBY DOWNS IN THE TORRES STRAIT RANGER MINE THE TENT EMABASSY ARE WE OF THE EARTH OR OF INDUSTRY? IN THE FERTILIZER IS TOXIC WASTE ARTESIAN WATER IS BEING DRAINED JUMP FROM A PLANE NO PARACHUTE IF HE GIVES YOU CASH ARE YOU GONNA DO IT THIS IS A STRUGGLE FOR OUR WHOLE LIVES BUT YOU KNOW WE GOT OUR ACTIVIST PRIDE DON'T CONTROL THE LAND THE LAND CONTROLS YOU DON'T CONTROL THE LAND THE LAND CONTROLS YOU FOR THE ANIMALS THAT DO LIVE ON HER FOR THE GREEN OXYGEN PLANT SPECIES FOR THE CHILDREN OF OUR CHILDREN FOR YOU FOR THEM FOR HE FOR ME AND SHE WE ARE DEFENDING THE LAND AT HONEYMOON THE MIDNIGHT STAR BLACK ROSE WITH SKA TV HINDMARSH ISLAND THAT'S LIVING IN OUR HEARTS
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Black Market 02:44
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WE'RE LIVING ON THE BLACK MARKET YEAH YOU'RE LIVING ON THE BLACK MARKET HEY THIS IS HOW WE SURVIVE IT WAS YOU WITH THE TRASH AND TREASURE STALL SELLING CAKES YEAH YOUR OLD CLOTHES THEY POINT THE FINGER AT THE POOR SAME TIME THEY SHUT THE DOOR MY MATE HE'S GETTING DESPERATE THAT'S THE WAY TO BE BLACK MARKET ECONOMY THE THINGS THE TAX IS SPENT ON ARE NOT WHAT I AGREE WITH MILLIONS SPENT ON MILITARY ON RUINING THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY BLACK MARKET I FEEL NO SHAME HELPING OTHERS JUST SURVIVING I FIX YOUR BIKE FOR YOU YOU DO A LITTLE FAVOUR FOR ME THE BIGGEST BLACK MARKET OF ALL HAPPENS IN THE CORPORATE HALLS WON'T PAY NO GST WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING FROM ME GOVERNMENT SAYS WE ARE BAD WE KNOW WE'RE BEING HAD COMPANY DIRECTORS GET HALF A MILLION RISE IN THEIR PAY OLD GROWTH SEVEN DOLLARS A TON OUR BEAUTIFUL LAND IS BEING DONE COMPANIES ARE THE GANGSTERS AND WE WORK FOR THEM, NO!
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War Frenzy 03:47
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PEOPLE I USED TO THINK WERE WEAK NOW I THINK THEY'RE STRONG THE COUNTRY I USED TO THINK WAS STRONG NOW I KNOW YOU'RE WRONG WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION EVERYONE'S GOT ONE THE U.S. IS THE ONLY COUNTRY EVER TO USE THE ATOM BOMB ANYONE CAN BUILD A FERTILIZER BOMB ANYONE CAN PRESS THE BUTTON FROM AIRFORCE ONE WAR IS CRAZY WE DONT'T NEED A WAR EVERYONE SIT DOWN CHINA KOREA GUATEMALA INDONESIA CUBA CONGO LIBYA EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA PANAMA IRAQ SUDAN AFGHANISTAN YUGOSLAVIA SMART BOMB SMART BOMB PERU LAOS VIETNAM CAMBODIA GRENADA SMART BOMB USA IS FIVE PERCENT OF THE EARTHS POPULATION USING 25 PERCENT OF THE FOOD OIL AND MEDICINE AMERICA ONLY GOES TO WAR TO MAKE SOME MONEY NOW THE THIRD WORLD CIVILIANS THEY BECOME THE ENEMY WAR IS CRAZY WE DON'T NEED A WAR THE BIGGEST WAR CRIMINAL IS THE USA
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Space Race 03:19
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WE DON'T WANT THAT KINDA SPACE RACE WE DON'T WANT THAT IN OUTER SPACE WE DON'T WANT THAT KINDA SPACE RACE NO MORE MILITARY IN OUTER SPACE THEY'RE WATCHING THE NUMBER PLATE OF YOUR CAR WATCHING TO SEE WHAT CLOTHES YOU WEAR WATCHING WHEN YOU COME HOME AT NIGHT WATCHING YOU FROM OUTTA SIGHT WATCHING USE CAMERAS DIGITAL GOT NEW LAWS TO READ YOUR EMAIL WATCHING YOU FROM AFAR SATELLITE MANAGEMENT IN THE GEOSPHERE WANT TO PUT THE CORPORATIONS ON MARS USE ROBOTS PUT DOWN BORES SUCK THOSE POLAR ICE CAPS DRY DON'T WORRY IT WILL BE ECO FRIENDLY SOON THEY SAY THE EARTH IS DEAD TIME TO GET OFF TO STAY AHEAD WE MUST LEAVE THE PLANET TO SURVIVE THAT'S NASA'S SLOGAN I DO NOT LIE THE GOVERNMENT AND THE USA WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU AND ME AND IF YOU MAKE A WRONG WRONG MOVE THEY'RE GONNA ZAP ZAP ZAP ZAP YOU USING LASER LASER STAR WARS BEAMS MICROWAVES AND ROBOT PLANES SATELLITES AND NUCLEAR FUEL NOW WHAT WAS THE REASON WE HAD TO LEAVE AT ALL? I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE MASTER RACE BIG GUN TV RADIO STATION PUMPING OUT THE MAINSTREAM NEWS SUBTLY SHAPING AND CHANGING OUR VIEWS AS THEY GET MORE UPTIGHT DOWN HERE THEY WANT TO PUT MORE JUNK UP THERE GOT THEIR BASES ON SACRED AND GET OUT WE DON'T WANT YOU ON PINE GAP
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Brisbane Jam 00:31
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Goongerah Interview 02:06
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Ecowar 03:57
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ROUND THE FIRE IN A COLD COLD CAMP MUD MEDIA NOT MUCH FOOD CUTTING HOLES IN THE SECURITY FENCES DIGGING TUNNELS SMASHING MACHINES HERE COME THE CLIMBERS HERE COME THE POLICE CHIPPING THE LOCK ON HEY GRIT YOUR TEETH THE CLOTHES WE WEAR AS PROTEST BECOME THE FASHION OF THE NIGHTCLUB SET GOT THE LOOK BUT ARE YOU DOING IT SHE SITS CRIES ON THE TREE STUMP MONTHS BEFORE THE CAMPAIGN WAS WON NOT BY US THE ROAD WENT IN YOU KNOW THE BASIC FACTS BY NOW DON'T NEED MORE ROADS DON'T NEED MORE CARS TOXINS ACCUMULATE IN HUMAN FAT INSECTS DO CHANGE AND ADAPT PLANTS WITH DESIGNER GENES PASS THE MUTATION TO YOU AND ME IN THE WEST YOU'RE OUT ON BAIL THE AFRICAN ACTIVIST IS KILLED BY SHELL IT NOT ABOUT SAVING THE PLANET IT'S ABOUT FIGHTING BACK THEY SAY A HEALTHY ECONOMY EQUALS A HEALTHY LIFE THAT'S IF YOU'RE ON THE CORPORATE SIDE IT'S THE WEST MADE THE THIRD WORLD POOR USE THOSE PEOPLE FOR CHEAP LABOUR PRIVATISATION KILLED DEMOCRACY VOTE AS YOU LIKE THE CAPITALIST SURVIVE ECO SHOPPERS DON'T HELP SO MUCH WE NEED ACTION NOT FAT STOMACHS CRUSH THE UNIONS MAKE WORKERS DIVIDE PRIVATE PRISONS MAKE CASH FROM LIVES ECO FRIENDLY DOUBLE SPEAKING DON' LOOK NOW YOUR CONTINENTS SINKING YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO LIVE WITH LESS AND CARE SOME MORE OH MUMMUMMIE MUMMY DAD WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG ALL THOSE APPLIANCE YOU HAD I GOT TECHNO INTERNET STEALTH BOMBER AIDS CLONING OURSELVES AS THE EARTH DECAYS TONIGHT I'LL SLEEP AND I WILL SNORE FOR MY KIDS I LEAVE THE ECO WAR WE'RE THE GENERATION OF THE ECO WAR BIG DADDY MONKEY'S SITTING AT HIS DESK GOT A TIE AROUND HIS NECK BUT DOWN IN HIS PANTS AND IN HIS CROTCH HE'S GOT HAIR SWEAT A STINK IN HIS CROTCH 800 MILLION GO HUNGRY TODAY HE'S EATING CLEAN ORGANIC STEAK PUTTING IN A CALL TO THE RIOT SQUAD ON HIS DESK A LETTER OF COMPLAINT ARE YOU REALLY GONNA BELIEVE HIS REPLY YOU'RE NOT AS NAIVE AS THAT DON'T FORGET LITTLE PEOPLE CAUSE CHANGE IN THE HOME THE STREET OR WORK PLACE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR WEIRD CLOTHES TAKE UP THE STRUGGLE CAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS A TIME LIKE NEVER BEFORE STILL THE IDEOLOGY OF RICH VERSUS POOR NEED THE CHANGE FROM THE BOTTOM UP LEADERS AND MONEY A LITTLE BIT SUSSED GOT SOME CANCER GROWING IN YOUR GUTS IT'S NOT ABOUT SAVING THE PLANET IT'S ABOUT FIGHTING BACK WE'RE THE GENERATION OF THE ECOWAR
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Tell Me Why 03:11
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CAN SOMEBOSY PLEASE CAN SOMEBOSY TELL ME WHY CAN SOMEBOSY TELL ME WHY THAT WOMAN NVER LAUGHS OH NO SHE DOESN'T SMILE WELL SHE'S GOT FEW THINGS TO LAUGH ABOUT HER BEST FRIEND KILLED HERSELF OUT OF LONELINESS AND FEAR HER MUM IS AN ALCHOHOLIC JUST ANOTHER VICTIM OF SEXIST SOCIETY THEY TELL US FEMINISM HAS TRIUMPHED THAT WOMEN ARE EQUAL YEAH RAMBO WOMEN WITH GUNS ON TV GOT FEMALE BOSSES IN DESTRUCTIVE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES BUT THESE WOMEN ONLY MATCH THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS THESE POSITIONS OF POWER ARE NOT MATRIARCHY WE NEED A NEW WORLD NOT SIMPLY WOMEN IN MALE ROLES TOO MANY WOMEN DON'T SPEAK OUT AND DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THEIR SUPPRESSION SHE'S CRYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN SILENCE HER GIRLFRIEND IS BEING BASHED BY HER BOYFRIEND STILL SHE LOVES HIM STILL SHE COVERS UP FOR HIM IN WARS WOMEN ARE RAPED, KIDNAPPED OR STAY AT HOME WITH THE CHILDREN TO STARVE WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF ALL CULTURES HAVE BEEN TORTURED LOCKED UP CONTROLLED BURNED CASTRATED CONDITIONED STONED TO DEATH BY THE MALE RULERS OF THEIR LIVES SHE'S TIRED BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN AT WORK ALL DAY NOW SHE'S TAKING CARE OF HIM AS IF HE WERE A BABY CHORUS SHE LIVES IN AN UNPLEASANT LIVING SITUATION SHE FEELS DEPENDENT SHE'S AFRAID SHE FEELS UGLY HER GIRLFRIENDS TELL HER SHE'S FAT SHE HAS NO SEX, SHE FEELS GUILTY SHE'S GOT NO ONE TO TALK TO SHE CRIES A REAL WOMAN MUST PERFORM MIRACLES ON HERSELF DAILY TO KEEP THE VOICE OF CRITICSM THE VOICE OF MEN HER PIMP HER FATHER HER DOCTOR HER LOVER HER BROTHER OUT OF HER MIND WHO WILL PROTECT THEM WHO WILL SET THEM FREE WHO CARES ... SHE CRIES ALONE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN SILENCE
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Interview 00:27
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Getting in Their Faces 02:52
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SCREAMED NO! UPON THE STREETS NO MORE CAPITALIST SCHEMES SEATLLE L.A. MELBOURNE PRAGUE PUTTING ON OUR HOODS PAINTING OUR BANNERS FAMINE ZONE STARVES AND SCREAMS WAKING UP THE ELITE COUNTRIES NO WORLD BANK NO IMF TOO WE NEED A FAIRER WORLD COME ON LET'S GO GETTING IN THEIR FACES GETTING IN THEIR FACES NOW WITH ROCKS IN HAND PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING BACK FEEL A LOT SAFER WHEN ITS THE POLICE WHO ARE UNDER ATTACK MEDIA YOU'RE THE ENEMY THROW THAT TEAR GAS BACK DON'T RUN IN PANIC STOP! STOP! CHOOSE A RICH TARGET WE CAN SMASH GETTING IN THEIR FACES GETTING IN THEIR FACES CHIAPA ZAPATISTAS TIMOR FREEDOM FIGHTERS PEOPLE OF ESKADI NATIVE LAND RIGHTS STUDENTS INDONESIA AIM IN AMERICA LIVERPOOL DOCKERS AUSTRALIAN FORESTS MUMIA ABDUL AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WE WANT INDEPENDENCE GOT CORPORATE CONTROL WARSAW GHETTO RISING MOVE AND WACO KILLING DRILLING THE OI TALKING CLIMATE CONTROL WHEN THEY WANT TO HURT YOU WHAT YOU GONNA DO WE NEED TO FIGHT NOW ITS NOT A STUPID PROVING GROUND PROSECUTING WAR CRIMES BOMBING CIVILIANS TELL US WE'RE VIOLENT CALLING US VIOLENT NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE! FUCK THE POLICE!
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Interview 01:03
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Heal 02:54
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GOOD TIME AND HAPPINESS FOR ALL OF US WE'VE HAD SOME BAD TIMES DON'T CHA KNOW JUST FOR HALF AN HOUR GOTTA LET IT GO THE ONES WHO HURT ARE NOT HERE NOW PART OF HEALING IT MEANS MOVING ON DUMP THAT ANGER C'MON LETS HAVE SOME FUN NOT GONNA LOVE MY ENEMY IN THE CHANCE FOR CHANGE I DO BELIEVE REVENGE JUST MAKES THE VIOLENCE SPREAD CHOOSE THE PLACE AND THE WAY TO REACT SOMETIMES KEEPING YOUR COOL IS BEST C'MON MATE GOOD TIMES FOR ALL OF US BEING SO TOUGH SO HARD SO STRONG TILL THE LOVE WE TRY TO PROTECT WELL IT IS GONE HIDING YOUR HURT WON'T MAKE IT GO AWAY GOTTA GET THAT OUT IN A GOOD WAY OR TO THE BITTERNESS WE'LL BE TIED TO THAT SHIT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE SOUTH AFRICA,AUSTRALIA, TIMOR, BOUGANVILLE, CHINA, INDONESIA, TIBET, SERBIA, AFRICA, IRELAND, ERITREA, PALESTINE ... THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO HEAL GOOD TIMES AND HAPPINESS FOR ALL OF US FEEL SUN RISING AGAIN WATER HEPLS THE HEALING RE BUILD YOUR HUMAN BEING FRIENDS DON'T MIND THE CRYING RICH PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED TO FEEL THEY ALSO HAVE GOTTA HEAL THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO HEAL
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Interview 00:34
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Work 04:15
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DON'T LOOK AT THAT, BLOODY CLOCK AGAIN TRY A TOILET BREAK WANNA SEE THE WEEKEND AND THE WORDS YOU SAY, ACROSS THE LUNCHROOM NOW HEY THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN BEER AND PORN AND FOOTBALL YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, GETTING LOW YOUTH PAY EXPLOITATION STARTING WHEN YOU'RE ONLY FIFTEEN AND THE EASTERN WORKER, ONE DOLLAR AN HOUR YOU THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE? IT'S NOT FAIR THEY HAVE LESS, THEY GET LESS, THEY HAVE LESS YOU THINK THE RIGHTS WE WON, FROM THE PAST REMAIN IT'S NOT TRUE AND PRETTY SOON FORGET YOU EVER HAD THEM OFFER US CAREERS, WHILE THE PAY IS LATE PRETTY SOON YOU KNOW GONNA GET THE SACK AGAIN FEW OF US SPEAK UP YEAH BECAUSE WE'RE SCARED BUT ONE VOICE I HEAR IT SAYS WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN THINKING SO I TURN UP LATE, NO MORE NEGOTIATE TAKE A LONGER BREAK, I WANNA SEE A STRIKE NOW THEY HAVE LESS, THEY GET LESS, WE HAVE LESS YEAH WELL A LOT OF US HAVE TO DO REALLY STUPID JOBS JUST TO SURVIVE A LOT OF US ARE REALLY SMART WE END UP SERVING ICE CREAM IN A SHOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE DUMB THOUGH JUST CAUSE WE DO DUMB JOBS IT'S ABOUT TIME WE STARTED TO RECOVER THE UNION MOVEMENT THAT DOESN;T MEAN HAVING A BEAURACRATISED UNION THAT TELLS US WHAT TO DO WE NEED SOMETHING MORE LIKE THE iww WHERE EVEN IN A SMALL WORK PLACE WE CAN TAKE CHARGE ... EVEN IF THERE'S ONLY THREE OF US WORKING THERE WE CAN SAY HEY WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS AND START WRITING THEM LETTERS GET ON THE PHONE THREATEN TO STRIKE, THREATEN TO DESTROY THEIR MACHINERY OR OFFICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT GETS RESULTS AND HAPPENED IN FRANCE THIS YEAR TOO MUCH IN THE WORK PLACE WE'RE TALKING BEHIND EACH OTHER'S BACKS THIS GIVES THE EMPLOYER POWER WE GOOTA GET THAT FAMILY FEELING HAPPENING AGAIN .. WE'RE THE ONES GETTING DONE OVER WE GOOTA CONNECT TO THE PEOPLE OVERSEAS TOO ITS A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT THEY KEEP TELLING US WE'RE WORKING FOR OUR FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE THE JOBS WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW THAT'RE DESTROYING OUR FUTURE! OVERTIME OBLIGED, NO SICKNESS PAY TRAINING IS NOT PAID ON THE CASUAL STATUS HARD TO HAVE A UNION, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING BLACK WE CAN STAND OUR GROUND EVEN WHEN WE'RE GETTING CASH BE FIRENDLY, WE NEED UNITY FOR OUR HEALTH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY ... BUILD WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY ... UNION RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS GOTTA TAKE THAT FIGHT ALL THE WAY TO OUR SUPERVISOR ALL THE WAY TO THE BOSS ALL THE WAY TO HEAD OFFICE, TO THE STOCK EXCHANGE THEY HAVE LESS, THEY GET LESS, WE GET LESS
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Immigration Song 03:47
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FUCK YOU IMMIGRATION MAN CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING YOU GOT A HOME TO GO TO TONIGHT SOME OF US JUST KEEP ON MOVING NOT GOING TO TAKE OUR FREEDOM YOU CURSE AND STARE US OUT OF SIGHT BUT THERE'S GYPSY BOYS IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM YOU COULDN'T HANDLE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH DON'T THINK YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH DON'T THINK YOU KNOW WHAT THEY FEEL THEY HAVE POWER IN THEMSELVES YOU JUST GET POWER FROM YOUR JOB HOW DARE YOU TAKE THEM FROM THEIR FRIENDS AND FUN WE HAVE MORE FUN THAN YOU I CAN SEE A DIFFERENT WORLD STUFF YOU IMMIGRATION WOMAN CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING YOU GOT A HOME TO GO TO TONIGHT HE ESCAPED FROM AN IRAQI PRISON IN HIS MANNER IS DESPERATION HE JUST WANTS TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE THERE'S DARK SKINNED BOYS IN THE INTERVIEW ROOMS CAN'T YOU SEE THEIR TORTURE WOUNDS DON'T SEEM TO ACT LIKE YOU'RE A HUMAN BEING I'LL TURN MY CELL INTO A PLAYPEN LAWYER CALLED I'LL SOON BE WALKING MAKE SOME ORIGAMI WITH YOUR CHARGE SHEET WE'RE GONNA GET PAST YOU, I THINK WE'LL GET PAST YOU I CAN SEE A DIFFERENT WORLD OK HERE'S THE SETUP, ALL OVER OUR DYING PLANET THERE'S PEOPLE ON THE RUN, CROATIAN, ALBANIAN, TIMORESE AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS, IN THEIR COUNTRY IS POVERTY WAR AND ALL KINDS OF OPRESSION AND STILL THE BORDERS OF THE RICH NATIONS ARE TIGHTENING SO ONLY THE WEALTHY ARE WELCOME. NEW LAWSSHOW A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO DISCOURAGE ASYLUM SEEKERS. THESE PEOPLE ARE TURNED AWAY PUT IN DETENTION OR ALLOWED NO MEANS OF INCOME WHILE THEY WAIT THEIR ASSESMENT. OFTEN REFUGEES SEEK HELP FROM THE VERY COUNTRIES THAT CAUSE THEIR HARSH LIVES TO START WITH, CAUSE THE PRIVILEGED NATIONS STEAL THE RESOURCES OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD ARM AND SUPPORT THOSE BRUTAL REGIMES. AND STILL THE RACISTS ARE SAYING OH THEY'LL STEAL OUR JOBS OR THEY'RE SO LAZY THEY WON'T WORK C'MON SHARING CULTURE IS THE BEST FUN, NEW CLOTHES NEW FOOD NEW MUSIC NEW IDEAS WEALTHY PEOPLE HAVE GOTTA LEARN TO SHARE A BIT MORE AND THERE'S PEOPLE CROWDED ONTO SMALL BOATS USING FALSE PASSPORTS HIDING IN CAR BOOTS WASTING TIME BEHIND THE WIRE JUST TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE THAT'S SAFE AND STILL THE BORDERS ARE BEING SLAMMED SHUT IN THEOR FACES THAT'S WHY EVERY TIME I'M STANDING IN THAT PASSPORT QUEUE YOU KNOW WHAT I'LL BE SINGING ...

about

In April, May, June 2002 Ecowar did a DIY underground tour of Australia from the island of Tasmania up the East Coast Cities, through a forest protest, to the sub-tropical north, then inland across the desert to Darwin.
Contained here are some of the songs we played at our live gigs as well as 4 brand new tracks aminly written in the bus on the dusty road or by the campfire at night on battery powered electric guitar. It's a beautiful land with a lot of hidden pain, still controlled by the white invaders. A lot of people want the land to be saved. Australia is a quiet ecological disaster ongoing where the invaders culture is increasingly more americanised.
The aboriginal people we met everywhere still living on the earth within the very industrial society, show that the white culture doesn't belong here and must change if the land it uses is to survive. Get off the sacred land. We want the wind, fire the clear eyes of animals. We need the apocalypse of industry to cease. From Battle Mountain at Mt Isa to the long grass people in Darwin from the forest defenders at Goongera to the squatters at Sydney's Midnight Star. The steady revolution of resistance culture is continuing.

credits

released January 1, 2002

Guitar, Vocals: James Brook
Drums, Vocals: Ernie
Keyboards: Paul
Guitar, Drums, Tambourine: Michael
Extra Vocals on Space Race: Marty & Chris

Defending The Land, War Frenzy, Black Market, Space Race Recorded by Andy Parkes, Darwin, June 2002.
Ecowar, Tell Me Why, Heal, Getting In Their Faces, Work, Immigration Song Recorded Live To Air At 3CR, April 2002 by Lotti Stein.
Mixed by Paul at Virtrax, Lachlan, Tasmania.
Final Mix & Mastering Geoff Francis, Huon Delta Studios, Pelverata, Tasmania Nov/Dec 2002.
Xtra Edit: Keith & Monkey Mark.
Defending The Land Words by James Brook & Nerissa Davis, Music by James.
All Songs except Tell Me Why: Words & Music James Brook. Tell Me Why Words & Music Ernie & James.
Copy and reproduce At Will unless you are an Organization or person we don't like in which case normal copyright applies.

Thanks: Brendan, Alex & Resistance Hobart, Mark, Jean, Jordan, Pete, Vicky, Jodie, Julie, Caroline, Eviva, Nerissa, Tallulah, Lachy, Louise, Deb, Atlantis, Karl, Selina, Stu, Bo, Nolan & Cygnet Film Society, Les, Peter, Glen, Cygnet Folk Festival for PA, Aryan Kok, Lude, Pork, Sabotage, Stinky Bitches, Emily, She Rats, Twelve, Shake Sugaree, Peter Hicks, Arts Up Tasmania, Jake, Heidi, Cameron, Leigh, Zac, AMy (Artwork), John Gaitens, Andrew Corney, Ant, Les, Cadence FM Hobart, Pablo, Yvette, Charley, Ghetto, Bonsai, Meso, Chris, Greg, Dan, Mutiny, Vicky & The Homewreckers, Marieta, Mars, Vishal, Robert, Grey Daturas, Monica, 3CR, Michael & Carla, Phil Bastard & Sewez Show, James Rotton, Punx Picnic Crew, Hainsy, Tote, Angela, Arthouse, Trickledown, S For Zando, Bad Nits, Pauli, Kari, Jill, Bob, Tim, Ally, Toby, Joel, Mel, Nicki 2 XX, Loren, Lenka, Rockape, Phoenix Bar, Honza, Ghekko & The East Gippsland Blockade Crew, Midnight Star, Gavin, James, Lisa, Bret, Gearins, Peter, Dan, Matt, Christine All in Wollongong, Megan, Bill, Robin, Andrew, Peter, Catherine, Jason, Caroline, Lisa, Cameron Muir, Erin, Craig, Sam, Alex Alwyn, Wombie, Frank, Shelley, Dean, University Radio, Laurie, Sarah, Mandy, Camille, Kiran, Steve Townsend, Kirk, Escape From Toy Town, Justin, Rollo, Ricko, Gary, Sean, Grace, Jennifer, Youlandi, Marty, Zeb, Radio Larrakea, Throb, N.A.P., Steve Vaughn, Stuart Highway, Saul, June Mills, Alena, Matteo (Ecowar Logo), Jemima (Nuke OZ Graphic), The many people who helped us out and came to the gigs.

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James Brook plays an alt folk/ folk punk style. Since the 90's he has combined activism and music, travelling the world and releasing multiple albums about his experiences. he has fronted bands Ecowar, Boarding Party and Skreechtramps as well as his solo work. ... more

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