Where are the protest songs of today? Why do I need to rehash a song from 1970? It's a great song, but where are the current voices? Taylor Swift has spoken out in a tweet, but where is her song? Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released "Ohio" in June 1970, about a month after Kent State.
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings |
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
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| https://www.snopes.com/ap/2020/06/02/tear-gas-threats-for-protesters-before-trump-visits-church/ |
Find the cost of freedom
Buried in the ground
Mother Earth will swallow you
Lay your body down
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| https://www.marketwatch.com/story/military-show-of-force-at-lincoln-memorial-draws-outrage-online-2020-06-02 |
While the President and a sitting US Senator calls for the US military to be deployed against US citizens on US soil:
The nation must restore order. The military stands ready. https://t.co/SW68y6wvds— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) June 3, 2020
James "Mad Dog" Mattis finally speaks out:
Mattis' letter is dead on. He has closely observed the ignorance and incompetence of the current Commander in Chief.— Stewart Brand (@stewartbrand) June 4, 2020
Here he is a spokesman for military tradition in the US and Constitutional requirements. American civilians are NEVER the enemy. https://t.co/cgSqBnZRkA
How can you run when you know?
CSNY: Ohio, Find the Cost of Freedom
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