The Lies They Fed Us – v5

Those in power

conjuring a dream,

a nightmare really

the lies they fed us

of mansions, of wealth

finding nothing really there

Hope in the streets

true freedom from oppression

bound in the shackles

prisons of their making

we on the treadmill

chasing a dream

We were never attaining

going, shouting,

after the brass ring

seeking our real freedom

lies they fed us

ringing in our ears

Edited October 19, 2013

The Lies They Fed Us – v5

Edited October 16, 2013

The Lies They Fed Us – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-lies-they-fed-us-v4.html

October 7, 2011

The Lies They Fed Us

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-wallstreet-protests-history-idUSTRE7964CY20111007

Wall Street protests

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/occupied-wall-street-seen-from-abroad.html

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March 17, 2011

calling on President Obama and the world

to act in the Middle East, especially in Libya and Bahrain,

to stand with the people

yearning to breathe free

and not worrying about the results,

that it is always right to stand for basic human rights

&

on the transformations since the beginning of January -

all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Oman,

Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, etc.

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