Visitors from across Europe will line the streets of Wells today for the funeral of the last survivor of World War I. ‘The War to end all wars’ or what some historians called the first of Europe’s two great civil wars of the 20th century will be marked by representatives of all the combatant nations. Radiohead have composed a song to Harry Patch’s lyrics which is a moving tribute to a lifelong anti-war campaigner. The song is on the Stop the War website.
As the Green Party's representative on the Stop the War Coalition's Steering Group, I mark the passing of the last survivor of that generation and salute his courage and determination in speaking out against all wars.
Harry's words to which Radiohead put their haunting music
I am the only one that got through
The others died where ever they fell
It was an ambush
They came up from all sides
Give your leaders each a gun and then let them fight it out themselves
I've seen devils coming up from the ground
I've seen hell upon this earth
The next will be chemical but they will never learn
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