Dispatches - Mud Sun

These dispatches are just a form of

Democratic journalistic action

In the midst of war and civil clashes

We swarm into the fracas

And sort out the different factions

And report it back to the

Court of public opinion with dispassion

This is chapter six of Baba’s dispatches

From the British axis

And I’m sad to report that the government’s

Been acting every bit as fascist

As it has ever since the tragic Olympic massacre last year

Which left its victims in a pile of crisp ashes

And yet special mention must be made

Of the unstructured nature of the resistance

To the British big brother state

Something strange is happening

On England’s gray streets

But there’s no mystery

Its name is «Dizraeli»

Instead of the leadership they need

To get political prisoners of the state freed

And reinstate civil liberties

And eliminate the wage freeze

And get the laws changed

So they can live, work and play in peace

Dizraeli attacks anything even remotely mainstream

Unable, it seems, to discriminate between

What’s real and what’s make believe

I mean

Let’s face it

While his nation is decimated by the politics of hatred

Dizraeli’s response consists of «Let's get naked!»

As if there were no difference

Between clothes and prisons

Cause uh

«They're both restrictive and they’re both 'systems'

And all systems are sinister

So we need a world with no systems

No governments and no citizens!»

That’s the goal of his whole coalition

So now the British are trapped in the midst of this

Clash between militant fascists and idiot anarchists

And instead of a real leader like Mandela

The rebels here are wasting their efforts

On guerrilla theatre

It’s a revolutionary special feature

With concession pricing

And I know it’s tantalizing

When you feel your anger rising

To believe you can fight the system by vandalizing

Symbols of advertising

But you can’t

Is that surprising?

Cause the biggest rebels get paid the highest salaries

And Banksy paintings hang at the finest galleries

Defiance is just another survival strategy

Just like working nine to five to feed your family

This wasted insurrection is based on a basic misconception

Dizraeli sees capitalism as an agent of oppression

But what he calls 'The System' is mainly competition

It’s businesses and political parties in opposition

And musician’s competing for fans who want to listen

And writers have compositions

And publishers want to print them

And so, what’s the problem with it?

Injustice is caused by limited budgets

And flaws in the structures of laws

And laws are changed by democratic action

And not by waving your arms around in erratic fashion

But Dizraeli does have the charismatic attraction

That a political leader needs to succeed

If only he understood what civil disobedience means

He could beat this regime

And get a mandate for change

Instead of just entertaining his fan base

And obsessing over advertising and brand names

He could transform the whole political landscape

If his message wasn’t always drowning beneath

His symbolic dissidence and clowning speech

And middle fingers

Pointed in the direction of Downing street

At least he’s running his insurrection non-violently

So for all those watching hopefully from overseas

There’s still a chance this man

Will quit smoking dope and lead

The people of England out of this broken dream

But until then

I’m afraid I can see no relief

In sight

End of dispatch

Go in peace