{"id":563,"date":"2008-04-23T03:20:35","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T03:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2014-09-10T03:23:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T03:23:20","slug":"the-workers-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-workers-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Workers of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

They made a system to liberate the worker
\nThen told us how it would operate
\nThe Republic of and owned by the worker
\nThe Ultimate Utopic state…<\/p>\n

They told us then how to think,
\nWhat we could do, where we could go,
\nAfter freeing us from churches brainwashing,
\nShowed what politics and faith to show…<\/p>\n

And to be thankful that the freed us
\nFrom that Capitalist slavery
\nSo that as slaves to them
\nWe were so fortunate to be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They made a system to liberate the worker Then told us how it would operate The Republic of and owned by the worker The Ultimate Utopic state… They told us then how to think, What we could do, where we could go, After freeing us from churches brainwashing, Showed what …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[816,822,821,817,600,818,820],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-communism","tag-communism-with-a-human-face","tag-critique-of-communism","tag-karl-marx","tag-marxism","tag-politics-2","tag-socialism","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-95","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1338,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/warning-to-politicians\/","url_meta":{"origin":563,"position":0},"title":"Warning to Politicians","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"9th December 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Where fear drove comfort out; straw on the floor Was price of conquering security. \"A Warning to Conquerors\" - Donagh MacDonagh We are citizens! 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