When Will the Madness End?

(This song was written just after George Bush started to bomb Afghanistan, in "retaliation" for the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on September 11th. It is also about how other struggles, such as the Intifada in Palestine and imperialism in Africa are all connected and a struggle against the same system - capitalism)

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So the bombs are dropping once again

In the name of enduring freedom, but to what end

Exactly whose freedom are they fighting for

This so called anti-terror war

Oh Afghanistan,

Who are the ones who’ll be left behind

To face the bombs and the gunfire

Is it another Middle East genocide

If you think that bombing is the answer

You’ve gotta ask who pays the price

Is it the ones guilty for anyone’s suffering

Or is it the innocent ones who are sacrificed

Oh Palestine,

A forgotten story of a war a long time begun

In the name of God or the name of money

That’s forced them on the run

If you think divide and conquer is the answer

You’ve gotta ask who pays the price

Is it the ones who tell them they can’t live together

Or is it their strength to resist sacrificed

Oh Africa,

Another thousand people will have died by the end of this song

Strangled by a debt that’s owed to the wealthy

In their profit marathon