{"id":5988,"date":"2013-10-28T14:16:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T14:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/?p=5988"},"modified":"2021-03-14T13:46:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T13:46:30","slug":"this-land-is-your-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/28\/this-land-is-your-land\/","title":{"rendered":"This Land Is Your Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been sent the words of this famous Woody Guthrie song, updated for today. It was written in response to the Scottish Defence League\u2019s attempted march in Dundee on September 12<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Was listening to some music yesterday when up popped the Woody Guthrie classic <i>This Land Is Your Land<\/i>. Applying this sentiment to the forthcoming visit of the abominably obnoxious SDL I have tried to adapt it, with apologies to Woody and also Robert Burns for a straight pinch towards the end.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5992\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5992\" alt=\"The SDL in Dundee - the British face of fascism\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/th-12.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SDL in Dundee &#8211; the British face of fascism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nTHIS LAND IS YOUR LAND<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I went wandering to many places,<br \/>\nHeard different tongues, saw different faces,<br \/>\nMy sisters, brothers, my simple case is<br \/>\nThat this land was made for you and me.<\/p>\n<p>This land is your land, this land is my land<br \/>\nFrom the streets of Dundee<br \/>\nTo the Western Highlands,<br \/>\nFrom the southern Border<br \/>\nTo The Shetland Islands,<br \/>\nThis land was made for you and me.<\/p>\n<p>Those fleeing oppression, we should all show pity,<br \/>\nShow all are welcome in our towns and\u00a0cities.<br \/>\nBy the burn&#8217;s cool water in the glen so pretty.<br \/>\nTell them this land was made for you and me.<\/p>\n<p>This land is your land, this land is my land<br \/>\nFrom the streets of Dundee<br \/>\nTo the Western Highlands,<br \/>\nFrom the southern Border<br \/>\nTo The Shetland Islands,<br \/>\nThis land was made for you and me.<\/p>\n<p>But still there are some with instincts basest,<br \/>\nWhose loathing burns, whose hatred blazes,<br \/>\nNo place for fascists, no time for racists<br \/>\nIn this land that&#8217;s made for you and me.<\/p>\n<p>This land is your land, this land is my land<br \/>\n&#8216;Gainst ranting mob<br \/>\nTogether we&#8217;ll stand.<br \/>\nSo give me your hand,<br \/>\nAnd here, take my hand.<br \/>\nShow them this land was made for you and me.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5990\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5990\" alt=\"th\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/th.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woody Guthrie&#8217;s guitar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also see:- <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170325085900\/http:\/\/www.loonwatch.com\/2012\/09\/scottish-defence-league-flops-in-dundee\/\">Scottish Defence League flops in Dundee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been sent the words of this famous Woody Guthrie song, updated for today. It was written in response to the Scottish Defence League\u2019s attempted march in Dundee on September 12th. Was listening to some music yesterday when up popped the Woody Guthrie classic This Land Is Your Land. Applying this sentiment to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1858,1861,1863],"tags":[264],"class_list":["post-5988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oppression-liberation","category-alienation-self-determination","category-cultural-celebration","tag-author-rcn"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"views":14955,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5988"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18550,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988\/revisions\/18550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}