Note. You can listen to this brilliant song by Buffy Sainte Marie at http://www.buffysaintemarie.co.uk or on YouTube. “Keshagesh” is a Cree word roughly equivalent to “greedy guts.” Socialists will identify “Keshagesh” or “Mr. Greed” with the world’s capitalist class, or with capital as the endlessly expanding and all-devouring force of production for profit. I never saw so many business suits. Never knew a dollar sign that looked so cute. Never knew a junkie with a money Jones: He’s singing, “Who’s selling Park Place? Who’s buying Boardwalk?” These old men they make their dirty deals. Go in the back room and...
