WE ARE THE SHACHTMANITES

WE ARE THE SHACHTMANITES [v3.1]
by Max Shachtman

Workers, laborers, and all you toil masses:
We can kick all the capitalist bosses' asses!
But first we must give a believable impression
That we've hated communism from its very inception!

Why? Because we are the Shachtmanites.
Why? Because we are the Shachtmanites.

We want to be progressive domestically,
We want to look like we hate the communists ideologically,
So we rattle our sabers, and ready for action!
We end up whoring ourselves with Senator Henry (Scoop) Jackson.

Why? Because we are the Shachtmanites.
Why? Because we are the Shachtmanites.

We vote for the Democrats most of the time,
Or for Republicans -- which is not, yet, a crime.
We're not very logical but we think that we're experts.
Our answer is to rely on the CIA's coverts.

Why? Because we are the Shachtmanites.
Why? Because we are the Shachtmanites.

Young people today, they don't know who they are;
They've no-one to hate with no USSR.
But WE know the way, and we'll show it to you:
Because we are Shactmanites and we know what to do!

Why? Because we are the Shachtmanites.
Why? Because we are the Shachtmanites.

We're peace activists who believed in the 'Nam --
Not softy peaceniks who want out of Afghanistan!
Ye workers, come together, and be Shachmanite men!
We were a damn nuisance once, and we shall be again!

Why? Because we were the Shachtmanites.
Why? Because we were the Shachtmanites.