Bob Dylan spoke too soon: the time’s they aren’t a changin’

Posted on April 30 2023

This is from the front page of the Telegraph this morning:

So there we have someone who very obviously wishes to be prime minister of the UK being endorsed by someone who very obviously wishes to be president of the USA for being three things:

  • Pro-racist.
  • Anti-minority interests.
  • Pro-inequality.

And we have the Telegraph applauding this.

In the 30s, British newspapers applauded anti-semitism and those politicians who promoted it here and abroad.

This is a different time and thankfully most have moved on from anti-semitism.

The papers just attack people for their race, sexual orientation and their relative economic status now.

That's not very different.

In the 60s Bib Dylan said the times, they were a changin'. I think he spoke too soon.

Thanks for reading this post.
You can share this post on social media of your choice by clicking these icons:

You can subscribe to this blog's daily email here.

And if you would like to support this blog you can, here:

6

6 Responses

  1. larry says:
    April 30 2023 at 9:39 am

    An instance of hope over experience/reality. Sad, really.

  2. larry says:
    April 30 2023 at 9:40 am

    Bob Dylan, not Bib Dylan. An unfortunate typo.

  3. Pilgrim Slight Return says:
    April 30 2023 at 10:30 am

    It’s always the Right who invent identity politics and blame it on everyone else, effectively crowding out a justified reaction.

    I read this article by Kenan Malik because the title reflected my own scepticism about the concept of ‘white privilege’ – it’s a good read in my view:

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/30/diane-abbott-letter-shows-antiracism-reduced-to-decrying-white-privilege

  4. John Boxall says:
    April 30 2023 at 5:13 pm

    Well, in the film ‘Bob Roberts’ didnt he sing ‘The Times They Are a Changing Back’

  5. George William Hudson says:
    May 1 2023 at 10:50 am

    The Coronation is a performance of the Theatre of the Absurd. Those would who defend it talk of a modern monarchy. This an oxymoron, monarchy is archaic and exists in the UK to
    maintain a social order of inequality. Ah the monarchist say, “The Coronation (and other royal celebrations) with its pomp and glory, show to the world what Britain does best”.
    This is true but I rather show to the world that we have housing, education, health and economic systems are efficient, just and provide for all.