through h4x0r3d's eyes

#HistoryLesson ->The Grandparents of the 99% <- #A99 #OpESR -> #OWS #OccupyTogether #GlobalRevolution

Collected by Bill Schechter of Brookline MA.

“The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.” Harry Truman

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“There are ninety and nine who live and die
In want hunger and cold
That one may live in luxury
And be wrapped in a silken fold
The ninety and nine in hovels bare
The one in a palace with riches rare
And the one owns cities and houses and lands
And the ninety and nine have empty hands.”

-Farmers Alliance, 1889

“1. My country, ’tis of Thee,

Land of lost Liberty,
 ?Of Thee we sing.?
Land which the Millionaires,?
Who govern our affairs,?
Own for themselves and heirs, ?
Hail, to thy King.

2. Land once of noble braves,?
But now of wretched slaves,?
Alas! Too late! ?We saw sweet Freedom die,?
From letting bribers, high,?
Our unpriced suffrage buy, ?
And mourn thy fate.

3. Land where the wealthy few
 ?Their royal will, ?And tax for selfish greed?
The toilers till they bleed;?
And those, not yet weak-kneed,?
Crush down and kill.

4. Land where a rogue is raised
On high, and loudly praised
For worst of crimes;
Of which the end must be
A hell of cruelty, ?
As proved by history ?
Of ancient times.

5. My country, ’tis of Thee,?

Betrayed by bribery,?
Of Thee we sing.?
We might have saved Thee long?
Had we, when proud and strong,?
Put down the cursed wrong?
That makes a king.

-From the Great Depression of the 1890s