ROCKER DALI HILLYBILLY BAND

It is not often that a new band comes on the scene that not only shows real promise but is actually needed. Let me introduce to you the "Rocker Dali Hillybilly Band.

In the 1840s it was Rochdale that saw pioneers and cooperative efforts to sing good songs to counter the nasty brutish and short-sighted capitalism. The cooperative movements in general were the best hope in an otherwise hopeless global world of Capital on the wild. Today that pioneering spirit is to be drunk again tonight. Trade unions from around the world have been talking for years about international cooperation and now it has begun to show itself. From Europe through to the USA labour unions unite and there are many waiting to join the fray. What is OK for the goose ( that is the ruthless and wild capitalism for the few) is OK for the gander ( the everyday working folk). Thomas Hobbes turns in his grave and the Bush and Blair brigades have already ordered overtime work for their spin doctors.

This is a singing with new words attached to a traditional songline. This is a band that many will begin to get angry about or be told they should be angry about and there is no quick fix in the lyrics. However the globalisation of capital for minority power groups is now, at long last, beginning to be countered. Maybe a Happy New Year is possible afterall. Hope so.