The history and politics of the English protest song

2019

Fulfilment Centre

Tune: Original
Lyrics: Richard Dawson
Composer: Richard Dawson

The long instrumental introduction, naggingly repetitive riff and world weary voice evoke the oppressive tedium and extreme demands of the Amazon warehouse. Like the songs that protested at the work regimes of earlier eras, this one attacks their online equivalent and the lust for commodities that fuels them. It is told through the perspective of a worker who imagines ‘one day, I’m going to run my own café.’

Cause: Anti-capitalist
Theme: Rights