Students on the radio
Demanding free school books,
Or else!

Or else we will distribute them
Illegally
Over the Internet!

Listen to us!

This is high-minded guerrilla warfare we are waging;
Ingenious plans hatched in smoky cafés:
Our Rights are clear,
                  our motives are pure,
                              the answer is simple;
Complicated is an excuse for the morally weak and the mentally confused:
Acknowledge our Rights as aspiring academics and intellectuals
Or else!

Or else we will stomp our feet and wave our arms
and appear on radio talk shows under pseudonyms
with electronically distorted voices
and we will denounce you spineless political puppets
of the capitalist conspiracy
and we will show our anger and frustration at your unwillingness to act
by waging war!

War!
on the Fat-Cat Politicians!
War!
on the Rich Publishing Houses!
War!
on the Institution of Academia!
War!

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