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HEART OF GLASGOW
19 ships go sailing
A sailing down the Clyde
And each shall catch its cargo
Dark cargo, deep inside
Look, all around, at Glasgow’s finest buildings
Built by its Merchants rich and grand
Their wealth came from the use of slaves
Whose blood nourished the land
19 ships go sailing
The slaves have work to do
Tobacco and sugar plantations
Need the strongest men, and women too
And an African sun
Still shines on us today
It illuminates our memories
And the things we do and say
19 planes go flying
To war torn Congo, far away
To steal minerals for our mobile phones
Such things happen-every day!
Published 30th Mar 2016
| Edited 2nd Apr 2016
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30th Mar 2016 4:00pm
come to think of it,
the people who were driven to smoke all that tobacco and eat all that sugar
were worse off than those who got the sun and the exercise growing and
harvesting.
Maybe same thing now with cell phones!
the people who were driven to smoke all that tobacco and eat all that sugar
were worse off than those who got the sun and the exercise growing and
harvesting.
Maybe same thing now with cell phones!
30th Mar 2016 6:44pm
careful, you keep pointing out to the "enlightened" that they are part of the problem (like telling members of PETA that shoe leather on their feet comes from the animals they claim to protect) and you may get caught up in the Patriot act.But this a great piece
30th Mar 2016 9:46pm
Connects the age of the British Empire's slave trade with our own. (Slave labour often being used in mines controlled by warlords.)
31st Mar 2016 8:18am
