END THE VIOLENCE, END THE HATE! There are no roundups of White supremacists when they kill We’ve been told they always act alone Just for the thrill Consciously and deliberately Targeting Jews, African-Americans and Latinos Non-white immigrants…the “others” Trophies for a pose Raze a federal building with lives inside Death blasts, killing children, women and men Two get caught and that’s the end The investigation stops, okay to do it again Abortion doctors fear for their lives Verbal insults transform into death acts Not even a church or synagogue is sanctuary Smiling denials approve of the attacks There are no roundups of White supremacists when they kill The war on terrorism is suspended When white right-wing racists fit the bill How many more people must die Before fanatics are held for their actions? When will congressmen stop being apologists And stop calling for retractions? Abortion foes, minutemen, Nazis, skin-heads, Klan Tactical proper nouns for racism, death and hate Wrapped in a shield of red, white and blue Cross in one hand, gun in the other, to intimidate Are these the heroes of the status quo? Are these the “silent-majority” of this land? These demagogues of puritanism Or are they a well armed minority, an outlaw band? There are no roundups of White supremacists when they kill For fear of denying their First Amendment rights to blood spill But we remember when defenders Of Democracy, equity and peace As they mounted human and civil rights struggles As courts deferred the constitution to racist police Black civil rights marchers beaten and imprisoned Japanese arrested, relocated and incarcerated August 29th Chicano anti-war marchers Attacked, clubbed, maced, and arrested, FBI attacks at Wounded Knee To prevent Native People’s from self determination Muslims targeted because they are vulnerable Scapegoats of the war for oil and regional destabilization There are no roundups of White supremacists when they kill In a double standard of law They do as they wish, do as they will? No to the Klan and their racist brothers! Stop the violence! Stop the hate! End terrorism wrapped in red, white and blue End it now, before it’s too late! --Joe Navarro © Copyright 2009
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