As 2010 looms, perhaps we need to party like its 1649… not 1499. And to recognise that, maybe, the world is indeed turning upside down
General, Journalism | (3)
'In 1649
To St George's Hill
A ragged band they called the Diggers
Come to show the people's will
They defied the landlords
They defied the law
They were the dispossessed
Reclaiming what was theirs
'We come in peace' they said
'To dig and sow
We come to work the land in common
And to make the waste land grow
This earth divided
We will make whole
So it can be
A common treasury for all
'The sin of property
We do disdain
No one has any right to buy and sell
The earth for private gain
By theft and murder
They took the land
Now everywhere the walls
Rise up at their command...
'The World Turned Upside Down'
Billy Bragg
Words by Leon Rosselson.
On January ...