Back in the days when the battles raged
And we thought it was nothing
A bookstore man meets the CIA
And we know
Throw me a cord and plug it in
Get the Cradle rocking
Out with the redneck pig old men
And it's gold
Hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memory's in the shadow
Back in time again
I can't forget your terrorized face
When you cried for the shameless
Wasted life AmeriK-K-Kan
And you smiled
Said why should we run when we can not hide?
And my flag is burnin'
We could be wrong but that's alright
We'll rise again
Hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memory's in the shadow
It's back in town again
Lookin' away it's another day
And of course we love you
But radical man meets the CIA
And we said no
We'll round up the Durham H. C. kids
And the Char-Grill killers
Jesse H. coming to our pit
All ages show
Hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memory's in the shadow
It's back in time again
And we thought it was nothing
A bookstore man meets the CIA
And we know
Throw me a cord and plug it in
Get the Cradle rocking
Out with the redneck pig old men
And it's gold
Hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memory's in the shadow
Back in time again
I can't forget your terrorized face
When you cried for the shameless
Wasted life AmeriK-K-Kan
And you smiled
Said why should we run when we can not hide?
And my flag is burnin'
We could be wrong but that's alright
We'll rise again
Hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memory's in the shadow
It's back in town again
Lookin' away it's another day
And of course we love you
But radical man meets the CIA
And we said no
We'll round up the Durham H. C. kids
And the Char-Grill killers
Jesse H. coming to our pit
All ages show
Hair in the hole in my head
Too bad the scene is dead
Memory's in the shadow
It's back in time again
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby - 2020/9/20 - 19:03
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Nel 1981 a Chapel Hill, nei paraggi dell'Università del Michigan, venne fondata la libreria "Internationalist Books". Il progetto intendeva fornire un luogo d'incontro, di confronto e di controinformazione per tutti coloro che credevano "that we have no country: we do not support mindless patriotic pleas for 'national unity,' nor are we interested in keeping America number one. We support the unity and liberation of oppressed people worldwide and are working toward the day when all oppression and inequality will be removed from the earth." (it.wikipedia). Questo era, nelle sue parole, il pensiero del fondatore dell'"Internationalist Books", Bob Sheldon.
Per tenere in piedi il suo progetto, Bob Sheldon fece per anni i lavori più disparati, poi riuscì a dedicarvisi per intero. A metà degli anni 80 l'"Internationalist Books" fu il motore della campagna contro il nucleare. All'inizio del 1991 divenne un punto di riferimento per il movimento contro la prima guerra del Golfo scatenata da Bush Sr.
La sera del 21 febbraio 1991 Bob Sheldon fu ucciso mentre si apprestava a chiudere la libreria. Fu una vera e propria esecuzione, con tanto di colpo di pistola in testa a distanza ravvicinata. Le successive indagini non vennero a capo di nulla. Il delitto fu rubricato come omicidio per rapina, in quanto la misera cassa dell'"Internationalist Books" era stata svuotata. L'assassino, o gli assassini, non sono mai stati individuati ma l'efferatezza dell'omicidio non ha nulla del crimine ordinario, piuttosto di quello politico...
L'"Internationalist Books" ha poi cambiato sede un paio di volte e non so se sia sopravvissuta in questi ultimi tempi... il sito è irraggiungibile e le notizie non sono molto aggiornate...