No we will not bomb Syria. My Australia won’t. But it’s like ‘we’ are so divided from those who we have voted for that they live with their thoughtless servants in a house with a moat as full of blind fury as their policies.
Here’s a new rendition of my song “Lies Like Illegals” with Jeremy Dunlop adding the strings that pluck your sadness and desire for more compassion in our treatment of refugees. Lyrics below.
#LIGHTTHEDARK Maleny
Buddies Rock!
At a lovely gathering in Maleny on Friday there was mention of a long-term camp-vigil. We can follow the excellent example of Indigenous people with the amazing Tent Embassy and just refuse to move til, at the very least, the Syrian refugees in the concentration camps on Manus and Nauru are living here in Australia as part of the 12,000 intake from that country so distressed. Taking 12,000 from Syria and saying “Aw you poor things, come on in” and leaving others who fled earlier languishing indefinitely in our camps in Manus and Nauru, in conditions so inhumane we make it a crime to speak of them, the gargantuan hypocrisy will be in the light of day. Closing the camps is a small next step 🙂
Here’s the best place to find out stuff and offer a hand. http://www.asrc.org.au/ Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.
Published on 14 Dec 2013
I got sick of glaring at the radio every time I heard politicians use that lie, ‘illegal’ or ‘illegals’ when talking about people fleeing persecution. It is not illegal to seek asylum.
Why do private companies profit from this? The less water, health services or decent accomodation is provided by the company SERCO, the more they profit.
Julian Burnside link: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politic…
SERCO information link: http://www.theage.com.au/comment/stop…
Lies like ‘illegal’ by Jenny Fitzgibbon http://www.jennyfitzgibbon.com
Adapted from the tune of “When the Boat Comes in”. Trad – Northumberland
Asylum they come seeking In a boat that’s leaking
Gets the pollies freaking When the boat comes in
No peace for Baba, No peace for Maman
No peace for koodak, surely it’s a sin
Zero information goes out to the nation
An abomination When the boat comes in
To ‘secure’ our borders We give Navy orders
Racists would applaud us When the boat comes in
No peace for Baba, No peace for Maman
No peace for koodak, surely it’s a sin
Why say a prayer Teach our kids to care
Then refuse to share When the boat comes in
Private corporations Profit from our nation’s
Freedom deprivations When the boat comes in
No peace for Baba, No peace for Maman
No peace for koodak, surely it’s a sin
Forked tongues a-lashing In a right-wing fashion
Why not show compassion When the boat comes in
Even though there’s no ‘queue’ take the pain you’ve been thru
To Manus or Nauru When the boat comes in
No peace for Baba, No peace for Maman
No peace for koodak, surely it’s a sin
Children in detention Human rights suspension
We must pay attention When the boat comes in
If I’d a son or daughter fleeing famine or slaughter
I’d cross any water When the boat comes in
No Peace …
A label like “illegals” Lies like “illegal”
Should be illegal When the boat comes in
Jenny Fitzgibbon 