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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
belfast	Strawbs' Part of the Union (64* d)	Strawbs' Part of the Union	24 Feb 06
In the BBC4 'Folk Britannia' it is said that 'Part of the Union' is an attack on the trade unions. This interpretation is repeated in the thread about the series. I hadn't really noticed the song before apart from noticing that it seemed to be based on Woody Guthrie's Union Maid. I've just looked at the lyrics and I'm wondering how it was known that it was attack on the unions. On the face of it the lyrics seem a slightly triumphalist celebration of union power. An ironic celebration perhaps considering the beating that the unions were to suffer at the hands of Thatcher's government. Another question. If it was an attack on the unions, are the writers and performers of the song pleased that they did their little bit to destroy organisations dedicated to protecting the rights of working people?

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