The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #121535   Message #2659792
Posted By: Stringsinger
18-Jun-09 - 06:28 PM
Thread Name: Billy Bragg and incitement to violence
Subject: RE: Billy Bragg and incitement to violence
A world war was fought to rid the world of fascism. Now it rears its ugly head in Britain.
And other places in the world.

There's a lesson here.

If you want to conduct a movement, you can just go around beating people up. Appeasement is a lot about violence that goes no where. Maybe some get off on beating their chests and venting their anger but no social movement was ever completed based on this.

I gather from Billy Bragg that he would encourage a social movement like the FAF as a real antidote to hot-headed and meaningless rants and raves.

"You say you want a revolution?"   

Then stop spouting and get active.

Frank