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Terra nullius: ‘Empty land’ the white colonisers of Australia didn’t recognise Aborigines as people, an attitude that still resonates in social attitudes and government policies today.

Lao Gai: ‘Reform through labour’ China’s vast system of slave labour camps where millions of people, many of them political prisoners, are forced to work under brutal conditions and endure political indoctrination.

Desapareción: ‘Disappearance’ the abduction, torture and murder of anyone perceived as an opponent of military dictatorship in Latin America.

Etnicko cisenyi: ‘Ethnic cleansing’ during the war in the former Yugoslavia approximately 200,000 civilians were murdered by uniformed racists.

Umuganda: ‘Public Service’ originally this was forced labour on communal projects required by the Belgian overlords of Rwanda. Obscenely, it was used to mobilise Hutu civilians to join in massacring their Tutsi neighbours in 1994.

Endlösung: ‘The Final Solution’ Nazi Germany’s attempt to exterminate Jewish people casts a long dark shadow through history. Nakba: ‘Cataclysm’ the occupation of Palestine and the subjection of its people.

War On Terror: Early in the 21st century the United States government, having armed and sponsored brutal regimes and terrorist groups to serve its commercial and geopolitical interests, sought to convince us that war abroad and fascism at home would end rather than extend the carnage it created.

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Terra nullius
Lao Gai
Desapareción
Etnicko cisenyi
Umuganda
Endlösung
Naqba
War of terror on terror

No more! We wont accept this pain. Not ever again!
No more! The injustice is obscene and insane!
Born into hardship or rebels from privilege
As women and men we demand, in every people's language
The liberty of all enslaved, the end of fear, the trust of friends
A world of compassion where peace never ends!

Dissent is the duty of all
Whose generous heart
Whose love of sharing, and of truth is dismayed
All those who witness aggression and cruelty
Intolerant and blind belief, the violence of poverty
Stand up with courage! Organise!
'Though justice may suffer it never will die!

Praise for the activists ablaze
With selfless consuming flames
Burning brighter than the banners they raise!
All whose awareness has taught them to grieve
Know the need to take action for what they believe
Let us be generous, honest and strong
Patient and calm, for the conflict is long
Even the humblest of actions we take
Contributes its good to the future we make
Cruelty's victories will viciously breed
Where silence gives licence to violence and greed

Friend if you choke, too fatigued by the horror of
The hatred that's broken the lives of countless ones we love
Our arm is always here to help you to stand
To take strength and comfort from the clasping of hands
Hands that by sharing their labour extend
Protection and hope to the lives they defend
Until atrocity is only a memory
It’s then, only then that our struggle can end!

credits

from Unrest - volume 1, released November 4, 2020
Words & Music: Miguel Heatwole, 2005

Sopranos: Nicole Thomson, Ruth Kilpatrick
Mezzo-soprano: Jenny Duck-Chong
Tenor: Richard Black
Baritone: Mark Donnelly
Bass: Clive Birch

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Miguel Heatwole Sydney, Australia

Miguel’s a versatile singer, choral director & composer. His interests include folk & world music, political satire, the environment, trade unionism & the responsible enjoyment of alcohol. His songwriting embraces themes like peace & justice, the family cat, & visceral passionate attraction. His enthusiasm for recording community singing has let many people share the power of their songs. ... more

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