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Claimant

from We Wilt, We Bloom by Onsind

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This song is dedicated to the memory of those who have died as a consequence of the unnecessary political regime of austerity. According to the Department for Work and Pensions’ own figures, more than 90 people a month in the UK die after being declared ‘fit for work’ and losing their benefits. The song is also for Irene Clennell, the Chester-le-Street grandmother deported in 2017, another victim of our racist border system.

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Claimant had his benefits denied,
ATOS found him fit for work before he died,
At the funeral mourners wept at the injustice of it all,
It's a harm to which we're all desensitised.

Claimant was arrested out of spite,
She was shackled and then forced to board a flight,
The only crime that she'd committed was the sin of being born,
On the wrong side of an arbitrary line.

I see clouds but I can't see the silver lining,
God knows I'm trying.
Show me where to find the strength to keep on fighting.

What for their monopoly on violence,
No more time for hand wringing or silence,
Speak the only language they can understand.
Fuck their monopoly on violence.
No more time for hand wringing or silence,
Speak the only language the

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from We Wilt, We Bloom, released November 17, 2017

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