The New World Order by SLF

The other day I came across a CD I hadn't listened to for ages. Actually, it was a boxed set called Anthology by Stiff Little Fingers.

back in school I'd liked SLF. A friend of mine who lived round the corner was madly into them (I think she had SLF written on her pencil case - it was that serious!).

Anyway, many moons ago I saw the boxed set in a shop and as all my SLF stuff was on vinyl (circa 1745 for anyone in their teens looking in!) I thought "why not?"

And so it was this morning I slipped the first disc into the player in the car and journeyed along accompanied by the Northern Irish punkmeisters.

Some years ago I'd read how Jake Burns of SLF and Joe Pearce (below left) of the NF had been on some radio station slagging each other off (SLF were allegedly the anarchist kind). Yet afterwards they went off for a beer and some grub and became friends.

The gent who told me that swore it was true, though obviously this friendship (or maybe mutual respect) could never by publicly acknowledged.

But to return to the CD the first song was Suspect Device. The production was a bit tinny and rough - like much of early SLF. Their later material would have more depth and better production - yet that early stuff does capture a kind of raw energy.

You can imagine four leather-clad herberts in a Belfast church hall or garage blasting out their punk anthems on 5-watt amps.

It's funny with SLF but, even as a teenager going through the growing pangs of getting involved with the NF, I found it very hard to listen to their songs and find a lot to disagree with.

There was one section in Suspect Device which stood out a mile this morning and reminded me how good this band were (or are... I don't know if they're still going):

They take away our freedom
In the name of liberty
Why don't they all just clear off
Why won't they let us be
They make us feel indebted
For saving us from hell
And then they put us through it
It's time the bastards fell

How apt is that in this age of the New World Order, the Power of Nightmares, etc.? The Bushisms, the Rummyisms... they all ring with fairness and freedom, anyone would think these people (with their cluster bombs) were the caring sharing type. if they'd taken a leaf out of David Cameron's book they could even have coined the phrase "hug an Iraqi."

From 1977 to 2007... it seems the more times change the more they stay the same, rings true.

We are still being shafted from on high!

The main difference is that in 2007 the power of the Judeo-Masonic elite has grown. Their control of the media, their control of governments... has grown.

Concurrently there seem to be more people (and you'll ask if is this possible) who are taken in by their lies, and more people who have seen through their lies: in other words, more people are politicised and aware - whether the brain washed supporters of the Neo Cons or those who see obscene Zionist power for what it is.

And that, to me, seems one of the major political struggles of our age.

We must stand against Zionist power (and its influence) in politics, in the media, at government level, at local level, and especially within the nationalist movement.


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p.s. Surfing the net and it appears SLF are still going. I caught a concert of theirs circa 1987/88 and they were still excellent... whether that holds true today I could not say.

Link:
Suspect Device lyric
SLF's MySpace Page