First they came for ….
Posted by John, January 4th, 2017 - under Resistance.
First they came for Aboriginal people
And I did not speak out
Because I was not Aboriginal
Then they came for asylum seekers
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an asylum seeker
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for pensioners
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a pensioner
Then they came for Centrelink recipients
And I did speak out
Because I was a Centrelink client
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Adopted from Pastor Niemöller’s famous ‘First they came for’ poem or a version of it.