Dropkick Murphys - Which Side Are You On?

St. Paddy's Day 2001, Boston

lyrics:
Our father was a union man some day i'll be one too.
The bosses fired daddy what's our family gonna do?
Come all you good workers good news to you
I'll tell of how the good old union has come in here to dewll.

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

My daddy was miner and I'm a miner's son
and I'll stick with the union 'til every battles done.

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

They say in Marlan County there are no neutrals there
you'll either be a union man or a thug for J.H. Blair

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

Oh workers can you stand it?
Oh tell me how you can will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man?

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

Don't scab for the bosses don't listen to their lies
us poor folks haven't got a chance unless we organize

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

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[seconddoug]

God bless all you union friends and all of those who fight for themselves. May all you union haters work til it kills you or you are old and broken.

[alewisuk]

Those regimes you're calling socialism/Communism were nearly all state capitalist. Marx said if you want an example of communism, see the Paris Commune. That was somewhat different to the USSR! Spain 1936 is another good example of communism. Not many millions enslaved and killed in those circumstances - apart from the workers who died defending it from the filth like General Franco, that is.

[muddwell]

fuck. ken casey has the perfect voice for this stuff.

[GoatSoup77]

WHICH ARE "YOU" ON !?! Stand up for the working class there is no more middle class ....Tax the rich NOW! or we will justl hang them come the uprising of the worker

[Tucko1]

I'm glad to see the Dropkicks keeping these old songs alive. I KNOW which side I'm on. I'm on the side of the working man. SMWIA Local 105.

[NorthernAggressor]

Bust more unions, cut more pay, create unemployment, provide jobs at a trickle to desperate people and pay them shit... shit it almost sounds orchestrated.

The US is like a retarded kid who hands over his lunch money to someone who promises to buy them lunch, and who never does. Fuck the rich, throw 'em in Guantanamo.

[NorthernAggressor]

Attacking all unions because your was populated with lazy chumps who passively let themselves get fucked is a big leap.

The unions of old preached total solidarity. This is not necessary as long as strikes are simultaneous. Deprived of money, government, business, and even your shitty union leadership either cease to exist or capitulate to your demands.

If you weren't willing to clean up your own house so to speak, then don't fucking have one.

[13euskaldun]

@kreuztraeger I was a teamster for 6 years. The men and women in Unions are for the most part good people. But the unions themselves are a disease. They don't give a hoot about 'Workers'. They only care about their particular union and that union's seniority structure.

I am for workers (all workers no matter the color of the collar). I am not for unions.

[kreuztraeger]

@13euskaldun - But even if this is true, wouldn't you want to fight against the side that is the strongest? If both are foes to liberty then you must. But go after the corporations first because their power is enthroned in U.S. law.

[TheDogmanrocks]

If the politicians can break the backs of the Teachers,Poice,+Firefighters Unions,the rest of ALL unions will be fair game and will fall! They say they want to save the taxpayers money,but it's a dodge to undermine workers rights and further destroy the middle-class workers rights to negotiate a fair wage+benefits package.Don't buy the LIE! Dogman UNITE 31T

[TheDogmanrocks]

If the politicians can break the backs of the Teachers,Poice,+Firefighters Unions,the rest of ALL unions will be fair game and will fall! They say they want to save the taxpayers money,but it's a dodge to undermine workers rights and further destroy the middle-class workers rights to negotiate a fair wage+benefits package.Don't buy the LIE! Dogman

[13euskaldun]

Neither the Left (Unions, etc.) or the Right (Corporations, etc.) are in support of our Freedom and Liberty. Hidden agendas...

I doubt that its the intention of the lyrics (this is a Union song remake from the 30's I think) but I see the sides as Liberty vs. Tyranny. Turning both Left or Right on the road to freedom will only lead to Tyranny.

Sorry about you Wisconsinites. But both sides have it wrong

I stand on the side of Liberty. Smash the rest.

[weblevel1]

Solidarity Forever

[bobbynozal]

They can hear this in Wisonsin!

[ronelvis]

Let us all stand with our brothers and sisters in Wisconsin. We can not let let the fascists win.

[NotioSellas]

SOLS EL POBLE SALVA EL POBLE

[elmariachidelmal4]

love the intro, makes me wanna be an irish inmigrant

[Iteachu2beninja]

This song would be epic if at the end everyone shouted "DEATH TO WALMART!"

[abisset1]

TNG/CWA local 37074

my father was a union man and so am i.

this song is every bit as true today as when it was written. which side are you on?

THE SIDE OF MY BROTHERS.

[TheFemdBand]

Check out the cover from KollektivA (Greece) ! ! !

[wizdumb420]

Best song w/ lyrics I hate.. 

[malachy1847]

@grainpsilo It's the working poor that now have to pay for the bank bail outs of Freedie Mac, Fannie Mae, Bear Stearnes ...Plus Chrysler filing Chapter 11 and recieving 6.6 BILLION!..that socialism for the Rich. privatise the gains and Socialize the Debts. handing over same onto the backs of blue collar workers .How many pension funds were either under funded for years or raided by the Trustees on behalf of the Companies as a means of creative accounting leaving Workers without pensions.

[mph6969]

@grainpsilo and it's the greedy corporations who take away workers benefits and force them to work longer hours for less money. For many people in this country the American Dream is dead and buried because of corporate greed and government complacency. But anyways the company has to make sure the execs get bonuses right? After all we wouldn't want them to miss their ski trip to Aspen or be unable to buy their new Lexus this year.