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Dispossession

from Knotted Orbits by Bee Sahatji

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Sample from Flashpoints radio show, Tom Goldtooth of Indigenous Environmental Network speaking at Standing Rock in 2016.
Thanks to Steve Fraser for writing The Age of Aquiescence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power, which heavily inspired this song. SPECIAL THANKS to Familias Unidas por la Justicia for their work, their campaign in 2016-2017 was very inspirational as well. familiasunidasjusticia.org/en/home/

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Settlers granted stolen land to work
Cheap labor loyal enough to trust them with the dirt
They'll borrow for the seeds and tools from the banks
'til all that blooms is a trap of debt in which
they'd be guaranteed to lose
and their contention would be that people need to eat
so growing food should compensate
But their dispossession only echoed that of those
who they were willing to displace

Craftspeople possessed a lifetime of their craft
masters of their own livelihood that could last
but Capital (the idle men who hoard the coin)
they didn't write such autonomy into their design
and their obsession with the efficiency of factories
to make themselves wealthy
made this dispossession
stripped us of the skills after which we named our families

Farm workers in 2017 still are fighting for basic dignities
How would you like to work for 12 hours in a day
in the sun without a break just to get cheated out of pay
It's a reflection of the heart of our society when we look the other way
from this dispossession, calls the indigenous immigrants
they're afraid of being detained.
What's the lesson? When the people raising kids and growing food can barely sustain?
It's a confession, capitalism's a failure so something's gotta change
It's gotta change

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from Knotted Orbits, released March 15, 2018
TJ Minich-bass and drums
Brenna-guitar, cello, vox

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Bee Sahatji Portland, Oregon

Bee Sahatji is a Portland, OR based songwriter and a member of Portland bands Strangeweather and Aradia. Former member of Riot-folk Collective.

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