I have included below the lyrics for "The Revolution
Starts Now!", a new song for my revolutionary
socialist band Galaxia that we will record in a
recording studio on Thursday (30th June). If you are
interested in participating in the band, or want more
information - such as the lyrics to the song "Do They
Know It's G8 Time?" which I have written based on Band
Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (and is available
in Word format for printing out and distributing to
publicise my call for a worldwide general strike at
the time of the G8 summit) - go to the band's home
page (www.galaxiamusic.org) or visit one of the
following discussion groups:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galaxiamusic
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-revolution-starts-now
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/do-they-know-its-g8-time

You will be able to download the track when we have
recorded it from the website or any of the discussion
groups.

In solidarity,
Steve.



Lyrics for The Revolution Starts Now!

Written by Steve Wallis

[Tune: The Stranglers: No More Heroes]
Whatever happened to the heroes?
[Tune: John Lennon: A Working Class Hero]
A working class hero is something to be!
A working class hero is something to be!
[Tune]
But class traitors were Lenin and Leon Trotsky
They abolished the Constituent Assembly.
The Bolsheviks had demanded democracy
That the capitalist government would not concede.
The revolution could have spread to Germany
But their Communist Party suffered from naivety.
The German ruling class killed heroes Karl and Rosa
And then funded the rise of Adolf Hitler.
The Holocaust targeted not just Jews but socialists,
Gypsies, gays, disabled people and trade unionists.
[Tune: Christy Moore: Biko Drum]
Hero Biko died in a white man’s jail
‘Cos the blacks and the coloureds played the Biko
Drum.
[Tune]
Hero Nelson was allowed to live
Revolution beckoned, something had to give
White bosses finally let him go
To stop revolution from below!
Heroes Martin, Malcolm and JFK
Threatened to transform the USA
That’s why they were blown away
By the FBI or the CIA!
[Tune: The Stranglers: No More Heroes]
Whatever happened to the heroes?

CHORUS:
[Voice]
BAND AID 1984:
[Tune: Band Aid: Do They Know it’s Christmas?]
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?
In a world of plenty, so many shattered dreams.
[Tune]
Capitalism is a curse –
Third world problems get worse and worse!
[Tune: Latin Quarter: Something Isn’t Happening
(Swimming Against the Stream)]
Something isn't happening there;
Something isn't happening,
'Cos they send in the clowns and then they send in the
tanks.
[Tune]
Infiltration, assassinations and mind control
And not just the odd MI5 or CIA mole
Have so far stopped the revolution
But it is the only solution!
[Voice]
BAND AID 2004:
[Tune: Band Aid 20: Do They Know it’s Christmas?]
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?
In a world of plenty, so many shattered dreams.

[Tune: The Stranglers: No More Heroes]
Whatever happened to the heroes?
[Tune: John Lennon: A Working Class Hero]
A working class hero is something to be!
A working class hero is something to be!
[Tune]
Militant Tendency heroes beat the poll tax
And at last got Maggie Thatcher off our backs.
But there was a state infiltrator called Steve Nally
Who after the riot, said he’d name names on TV
Hero Peter did the working class a favour
When he took Militant out of New Labour
And hero Tommy who led the Scottish Federation
When elected to Glasgow council from jail, caused a
sensation
He was imprisoned for six months for poll tax defiance
Scottish Militant Labour established the Scottish
Socialist Alliance.
The Alliance carried out direct action
To try to stop a motorway extension
In that campaign Rosie Kane became a new hero.
And in the struggle for a republic she later struck a
blow.
She was one of six Scottish Socialist Party members
elected
To the Scottish parliament, but to the Queen’s rule
she objected
So when she had to swear an oath of allegiance to the
Queen
She wrote "My oath is to the people" on her hand and
wore jeans.
[Tune: The Stranglers: No More Heroes]
Whatever happened to the heroes?

CHORUS

[Tune: The Stranglers: No More Heroes]
Whatever happened to the heroes?
[Tune: John Lennon: A Working Class Hero]
A working class hero is something to be!
A working class hero is something to be!
[Tune]
There was a hero called Salvador Allende.
He was elected socialist President of Chile
But he left the generals in positions of power
And Pinochet’s coup turned the revolution sour.
The coup was funded by the CIA;
Then Coke and Pepsi backed Pinochet
[Tune: Latin Quarter: A Slow Waltz for Chile (Swimming
Against the Stream)]
There was a slow waltz for Chile
All down through the years
Of Pinochet, murder and dread.
There was no quick-step solution,
Just the will to resist
Until the last decent Chilean was dead.
[Tune]
In Venezuela, hero Hugo
Won't let the US and G8 veto
Big reforms which help the poor
Who demonstrate for more and more!
The masses defeated a bosses' strike
In a country Ché went to on his bike!
[Voice]
It is dubbed the Bolivarian revolution.
As hero Victor Jara sang:
[Tune: Victor Jara: Simón Bolivar]
Simón Bolivar! Simón!
[Tune]
In Bolivia, where gas was privatised,
Ordinary people have just mobilised
With general strikes, occupations, demonstrations
And blockades across the capital of the nation.
Two thirds of the population live in poverty;
They demand that gas is not private property.
They forced the President’s resignation
And the promise soon of new elections.
There’s a Bolivian protest leader called Evo.
Maybe he will be the new Latin American hero!
[Tune: The Stranglers: No More Heroes]
Whatever happened to the heroes?

CHORUS

[Tune: The Stranglers: No More Heroes]
Whatever happened to the heroes?
There are many heroes nowadays!
Many heroes nowadays!
[Tune]
From the World Social Forum in Porto Allegre
To the “battle of Seattle” in the USA,
From Birmingham to Barcelona,
Evian, London and Genoa,
Working class heroes have started protesting
In a big way at the system we are detesting.
Some call us anti-globalisation activists
But that is not all – we are anti-capitalists.
We are told that the G8, IMF and World Bank
Are organisations that “third world” countries should
thank,
But they have tried to enforce privatisation
As a condition for helping such nations.
However, the Bolivian masses have shown the way;
Perhaps the privatisation strategy has had its day.
Maybe they will use genetically modified food
To control minds, including everyone’s thoughts and
moods.
Genetic modification possibilities are infinite –
Big business is just limited by what computers can
calculate.
GM food and drink could stop working class people
fighting back;
This could be organisations like the CIA’s new tack.
Boycott Sainsbury’s dairy products – their cows eat
partly GM feed.
Lord Sainsbury is a minister; GM labels aren’t there
to read.
There is another G8 summit is in Scotland in July.
We should now seize our chance to set big business’s
plans awry.
Demonstrate of course – let socialist flags and
banners be unfurled.
Even better, urge workers and students to strike
around the world.
The working class could even launch a bid for power
somewhere!
It of course needs enough working class heroes who
will dare!
[Voice]
THE REVOLUTION STARTS NOW!


--
Steve Wallis (http://www.socialiststeve.me.uk).
My mailing list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/manchesterism).
My revolutionary socialist band Galaxia (http://www.galaxiamusic.org;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galaxiamusic).
Launch a general strike at the time of the G8 summit in July
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/g8-summit-worldwide-general-strike).

Proposer of Revolutionary Platform of the Democratic Socialist Alliance
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/revolutionary-platform-of-democratic-socialist-al\
liance).
Member of Glasgow Shettleston branch of the Scottish Socialist Party
(http://www.scottishsocialistparty.org) and initiator of the Revolutionary
Platform of the SSP (http://www.revolutionaryplatformofthessp.org,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/revolutionary-platform-of-the-ssp).

Initiator of the Campaign for Democracy in the UK
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/campaign-for-democracy-in-the-uk) and Campaign
for Sanity in the NHS (http://www.health-service-sanity.org).