The Dissidents are a political punk band from Philadelphia who's line up (Rachel (vocals), Janine (bass/vocals), Nicole (guitar/vocals), Bill (guitar/vocals) & Shawn (drums)) is made up of members from the likes of Witch Hunt, The Pist, Mischief Brew, Mankind and several others. You can find more info on them here : https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-dissidents-no-air.html and here : https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-dissidents-numbers-station.html
They've just contributed a powerful anti war track to a compilation album titled No Genocide: A Benefit for Mutual Aid in Gaza. The album also features songs from the likes of The Mob, Oi Polloi, D.O.V.E., Rat Cage and Dogma to name but a few. It's an international benefit compilation available on digital and cassette for on-the-ground humanitarian mutual aid in Gaza. You can get more info here : https://thedissidents.bandcamp.com/album/no-genocide-a-benefit-for-mutual-aid-in-gaza
The Dissidents' track is their version of a song (https://ewanmaccoll.bandcamp.com/track/brother-did-you-weep-3) from 1968 by Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger which was covered in 1972 by The Minor Birds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOCmdKNM8Mw). It depicts the devastating impact of war (originally it was in protest against the Vietnam War). It's called Brother Did You Weep...
Disc of sun in the belching smoke
Blazing huts where children choke
Burning flesh and blackened blood
Charred and blistered like smouldering wood
O brother, o brother did you weep
O brother, o brother can you sleep
Wall-eyed moon in the wounded night
Touching poisoned fields with blight
Showing the ditch where the dead girl lies
Courted by ants and hungry flies
O brother, o brother did you weep
O brother, o brother can you sleep
Scream of pain in the morning breeze
Thunder of bombs among the olive trees
Hymn of rubble and powdered stone
Anguished flesh and splintered bone
O brother, o brother did you weep
O brother, how can you sleep?
Programmed war, efficiency team
Death brings dollars to the war machine
People trapped between imaginary lines
The total destruction of Palestine
Oh brother, have you got no shame?
Oy eicha, they're killing in my name
Blazing huts where children choke
Burning flesh and blackened blood
Charred and blistered like smouldering wood
O brother, o brother did you weep
O brother, o brother can you sleep
Wall-eyed moon in the wounded night
Touching poisoned fields with blight
Showing the ditch where the dead girl lies
Courted by ants and hungry flies
O brother, o brother did you weep
O brother, o brother can you sleep
Scream of pain in the morning breeze
Thunder of bombs among the olive trees
Hymn of rubble and powdered stone
Anguished flesh and splintered bone
O brother, o brother did you weep
O brother, how can you sleep?
Programmed war, efficiency team
Death brings dollars to the war machine
People trapped between imaginary lines
The total destruction of Palestine
Oh brother, have you got no shame?
Oy eicha, they're killing in my name
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