Chanting "This is what democracy looks like"

On BBC's Panorama programme about policing protests there was a brief scene showing someone chanting "This is what democracy looks like". A quick search reveals the lyrics to this song by Sara Marlow (published here). It reveals an attitude, a confrontation and a power struggle in a better way than I can express:

"Now we are raging on the front lines, 50 000 strong this time

We've got a world to win

Struggled our whole lives against this

It's the fight we wouldn't dream of missing

So get off your seat and hit the streets, it's time to begin

This is what democracy looks like

This is what democracy looks like

Now they hide behind their barricades, uniforms and pepper spray

We know we got them scared

They hide behind the walls they made, but no fence can keep away our anger

And by any means we're going to make them hear us today

This is what democracy looks like

We're going to show them what democracy feels like

If you'd open up your eyes, you'd see why we're fighting

But you hide behind your lies, we're going to have to make you listen

Now IMF and WTO, you're going to see us everywhere you go

This is a promise we've made

SAPs and FTAA, we're not going to live that way

You can **** your fence, your tear gas and your pepper spray

Cause they're not what democracy looks like

We're going to show you what democracy looks like

If you'd open up your eyes, you'd see why we're fighting

But you hide behind your lies, we're going to have to make you listen

Now we're energised, electrified, found our power sis-by-side

So-so-solidarite dans la rue

Turtle kids and working class, together we can kick their asses

When we're fighting unified, there's no way we can lose

This is what democracy looks like

This is what democracy feels like

We're going to show them what democracy looks like

This is what democracy feels like"

This is what democracy looks like?

There's got to be a better way

Let's get Interactive Democracy today!

You can visit Sara Marlow's site here.