Name: All refugees are welcome
Duration: P00H04M56S
Description: This track, like the album, was made in solidarity with all immigrants, migrants & refugees forced to leave their homes because of either war, poverty, famine, violence, racism, fascism, etc. For a world without borders & without the exploitation of one person by another.

All refugees are welcome

from DISPLACED/MISPLACED by Norman Nawrocki

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This track, like the album, was made in solidarity with all immigrants, migrants & refugees forced to leave their homes because of either war, poverty, famine, violence, racism, fascism, etc. For a world without borders & without the exploitation of one person by another.

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ALL REFUGEES ARE WELCOME

The sky darkens
with words of rage
words that deny
words that kill
words that rain down
like rocks
onto those who flee
for their lives

Words that build
walls of hate
Words that lay
coils of bloodied razor wire
Words that dig
unmarked desert graves
Words that sink
overloaded boats
in the churning black sea

When demagogues
waggle their tongues,
When racists spew their poison
When fear-mongers trumpet their lies
they ignite infernos of intolerance
that replace our humanity
with cruelty and ignorance
hatred and bigotry

Never forget:
We have more in common
with all the stateless, moneyless
refugeed, homeless
than with the privileged few
who oppress
Persecution knows no borders
but neither does our solidarity

It’s time to counter their lies,
to stop the fear, the hatred, the poison
It’s time to silence all those
who deny others their freedom
It’s time to light up the sky with words of solidarity, hope and compassion
To build bridges of welcome
To let every refugee and migrant
cross them one shore to another
To keep them safe and open
for all our sisters and brothers

Open the borders
to all migrants and refugees!
Open the borders
to all deportees!
Open the borders
to all looking for a safe place to live!
For every last migrant
every last refugee!

Everyone has the right to move!
the right to migrate
the freedom to stay!
the freedom to return!
Every last migrant
Every last refugee
Every last migrant
Every last refugee

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from DISPLACED/MISPLACED, released February 14, 2017
Words & vocals: Norman Nawrocki.
Cello & violin: Norman Nawrocki. Drums: Aidan Girt.
Last interviewee: Amada Avilés.

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Norman Nawrocki Montreal, Québec

Norman Nawrocki is a Canadian Polish/Ukrainian violinist & composer based in Montreal, Quebec. A veteran of the city’s underground music scene & also tours internationally. Since 1986, he's released 33 albums (solo & with his many bands like Rhythm Activism, DaZoque!, Bakunin’s Bum, SANN, Wild Plains, Crocodile!) & has 35 compilations. He's also an author & a playwright. ... more

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