Twenty four years ago today (June 4, 1989), the
Tiananmen Square Protests ended in a brutal crackdown. Less than a year after that, President George H. W. Bush decided idealism is bad for business and
extended China's "Most Favored Nation" trade status. And less than a week ago, and very close to home, Shuanghui International Holdings proposed to
buy local giant Smithfield Foods. Perhaps economic ties will eventually prove more subversive to China's regime than supporting the protesters in 1989, but I will never forget my bitter disappointment that
when called upon, we turned a deaf ear.
From
Discharge's punk classic 1982 LP "
Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing", "Protest and Survive":
It's up to us, to change the course
Protest and survive, protest and survive
Protest and survive,
Protest and survive
Anthrax would later cover this song on their 1991 LP "
Attack of the Killer B's".
Discharge - "
Protest and Survive"
Anthrax - "
Protest and Survive (live 1996)"
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