Popping in briefly to say yesterday brought so much good stuff. Dick Cheney finally died! (Twenty-five years too late to prevent death and destruction in Afghanistan and Iraq, not to mention his role in laying the groundwork for the current fascist regime with his expansion of the executive branch, but it’s still good knowing he’s no longer here.) Woot! Woot!
Also? Zohran Mamdani put the beatdown on Andrew Cuomo! Despite the millions and millions of dollars spent against him and the nonstop racist, fear-mongering media coverage, Mamdani prevailed. Woot! Woot!
All around the country, former GOP seats were flipped to Democrats in a national mandate against fascism, cruelty, violence, Epstein, and the all-around ICK of the current regime and Republican party. The voters said NO! Woot! Woot!
Woody Guthrie, March 1943
In honor of all that, last night right before going to bed I danced around to Woody Guthrie’s “All you fascists” as performed by Billy Bragg & Wilco on the Mermaid Avenue Vol II album. You can hear that recording here. Or, just read the lyrics:
People all over this world are getting organized
You’re bound to lose, you fascists are bound to lose
People of every color marching side by side
Marching ‘cross the fields where the million fascists died
You’re bound to lose, you fascists are bound to lose
All you fascists bound to lose
You fascists bound to lose
All you fascists bound to lose
You fascists bound to lose
All you fascists bound to lose
You fascists bound to lose
All you fascists bound to lose
You fascists bound to lose
I’m goin’ into this battle, take my union gun
We’ll end this world of slavery before this war won
You’re bound to lose, you fascists are bound to lose
Race, hatred, cannot stop us, this one thing we know
Your poll tax and Jim Crow and greed have got to go
You’re bound to lose, you fascists are bound to lose
Tracy Abell 