Pa Salieu Epiphany (Freestyle) (2024)
"I used to vote for Labour, now I don’t know what to do," Pa Salieu raps in "Epiphany (Freestyle)". Indeed, Labour has shifted to the center and occasionally even flirts with right-wing positions. But we might have an idea for the rapper: the Socialist Party of Great Britain.
Founded in 1904, the party rarely wins parliamentary seats, but political success isn't their goal—they are “impossibilists.” Impo-what? At the 1900 Paris Congress of the Second International, socialists who supported participating in government were called "Possibilists," while revolutionary socialists rejecting reforms were branded "Impossibilists" for pursuing an unattainable vision.
It's uncertain whether Pa Salieu would truly vote for the far left; as the line "Everyone deserves to eat, like the communist" suggests, he condemns the entire political class as elitist and corrupt.
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