My Anarchist Valentine

from Diversity of tactics by Lee Brickley

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The way you punched that fascist really turned me on
I only wish we'd stayed to watch him bleed
But as the police took chase, we held hands and ran away
Hid behind the blockade and smoked weed

I saw you on the marches wearing red and black
You saved me from a kick-in once or twice
And when the tear gas canisters were bursting at our feet
I would always stay right by your side
I knew I would be safe right by your side

Sometimes anti-social, always anti-fascist
That's what you would always say
Never surrender and no pasarán these are our streets
and that's how they'll stay
You said I can't stand the Tories
And Labour just bore me
There's got to be another way
We sat and read Marx, then picked the whole thing apart
On our anarchist valentine's day

The way you trolled on Facebook always made me laugh
Exposing racists under different names
And with your ten accounts, you'd always weed them out
Set the trap and make them lose the game

I held you when the rubber bullets hit your leg
I carried you away to somewhere safe
When you looked up at me, and kissed me on the cheek
That's when I knew it would be okay
My lip began to tremble on that day

Sometimes anti-social, always anti-fascist
That's what you would always say
Never surrender and and no pasarán these are our streets
and that's how they'll stay
You said I can't stand the Tories
And Labour just bore me
There's got to be another way
We sat and read Marx, then picked the whole thing apart
On our anarchist valentine's day

Sometimes anti-social, always anti-fascist
That's what you would always say
Never surrender and no pasarán these are our streets
and that's how they'll stay
You said I can't stand the Tories
And Labour just bore me
There's got to be another way
We sat and read Marx, then picked the whole thing apart
On our anarchist valentine's day

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from Diversity of tactics, released May 2, 2020

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