As the CD title suggests, the songs deal with challenging topics including injustice in Palestine, Syria and Aboriginal Australia ; persecution of Julian Assange and of refugees in Australia ; the US response to the pandemic ; the long shadow cast by Margaret Thatcher ; as well as the effects of technology and failure to address climate change. This work is dedicated to those suffering under occupation, colonisation and sanctions, those in detention and those being punished for speaking the truth.
Helen Lawrie : singer and musician , is a member of Adelaide's Romero Community which was founded by Sister Janet Mead, famous for putting the Lord's Prayer on the top of the pop charts in the 1970s (and was pipped from winning a Grammy Award by Elvis Presley!)
Over the years, the Romero Community members have presented musical plays about many social justice and human rights issues, sung at demonstrations and presented the music at Adelaide's Rock Masses which have been going since the 1970s. Helen has composed many of the songs used for these occasions.
They have supported the struggles of the East Timorese, the Palestinians, Aboriginal communities, West Papuans, supported the Syrian victims of the terrorist groups that invaded the country during the civil war. In addition, they have a centre for unemployed people , provide soup to the homeless during winter, raise money for a myriad of good causes.
