Austerity is only the symptom, capitalism is the disease.

The referendum haunts Scotland like a ghost
a blood sucking parasite sapping energy from the host
too many have been kidnapped by the myth of independence
and scottish politics has been infected by the plague ever since
grassroots struggle?, Yessers and the STUC don't want to know
well.,fuck your hierarchical bullshit, we need direct action from below.
The purpose of nations is to keep the peace
to smother struggle
and it's happenin' everywhere
from Scotland to  Italy,
 Ukraine  to    Greece.
And you can't lay the blame down easily only... at the door of the Tories
these are convenient lies for the SNP, Status Quo feel-good stories.
Anti-tory sentiment is the perfect disguise
the SNP AREN'T for social justice
just better
at sugar coating
their well packed lies!

(chorus?)    To smash austerity, organize in your communities
austerity is only the symptom, capitalism is the disease.

I bet you didn't know
Nicola Sturgeon wants stronger controls on immigration
my politics are class war,
I've long washed my hands
of the dirty
 concept
of the 'nation'.

the SNP oppose austerity and privatization?
untrue.  They're pushing  stealth neo-liberalism
through unity
through the lens of nation.
Just ask the ninewell porters, the calmac ferry strikers
those opposed to the closure of Menziehill High school.
if you really oppose the cuts, where the fuck are you
when we're shutting down the workfare providers
standing up for Tony Cox, protesting outside the Broo.
if your yes campaign isn't just nationalism,
then don't just talk
but prove it with what you do....

 To smash austerity, organize in your communities
austerity is only the symptom, capitalism is the disease.

We need to wake up from  the nostalgia,
the   dreams of 45
Old Labour, New Labour-
little difference
all it does is keep the myth
of a benevolent state alive.
Those days are gone,
there's no going back
the period of 'social peace'
was maintained by repression
workers themselves broke it,
quickly the 'truce' began to crack.
Now, Keynesianism is caput
then and now, we're squirming under the boot.

Austerity is class war
and requires a new strategy to win
we don't need more hotly worded speeches
or marches from A to B
they don't do anythin'...
they don't bother the authorities don't you see?
and STOP asking permission from the cops,
because All cops are bastards, ACAB.

No more politicians, smash your idols
even your previous Alex Salmond
we need ten million Malatesta's
we'd win the war with
just 5 Emma Goldman...

we need to disrupt everyday  life till we get what we need
work together for a better life
collectively, learning through struggle
and build together, a society without greed.

They say we are in a time of crisis, time to step it up
we should become the crisis, their worse fears.
give the bosses and businessmen nightmares
history belongs to the fearless who dares.
As they say, given time
even the worm will turn
empires fall
and Rome will burn.