[1995]
Lyrics & Music by Carl E. Gunther

This song describes how people who are being oppressed are sometimes manipulated into directing their rage at others even worse off than themselves, rather than trying to throw off the shackles of their oppression. It was inspired by a remark made by Eric Mann, founder and director of the Labor/Community Strategy Center(http://www.thestrategycenter.org/), to the effect that instead of upward mobility, today we have downward hostility. Which is to say that people whose futures have been damaged or destroyed sometimes direct their rage at others even worse off than themselves, rather than dealing with those who are responsible for their own oppression.

Racism provides a powerful tool in promoting this kind of self-destructive behavior, and it is used expertly by politicians who attempt to turn anger that might otherwise be directed at themselves... (Continues)

[1993]
Lyrics & Music by Carl E. Gunther

The systems that support life on Earth are being ravaged by powerful hierarchies of control and exploitation. The verses of this song describe three defining moments in the history of the attack upon the viability of our planet and our species.

[1993]
Lyrics & Music by Carl E. Gunther
The Damage We Have Done