This poem was published by a German Social activist, Pastor Martin Niemoller in 1945.
He had spent the war in labour camps because of his views of the actions of the government of Germany.

They came first for the Communists,

  and I did not speak up because I was not a Communist.

Then they came for the Jews,

  and I did not speak up because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists.

  and I did not speak up because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics,

  and I did not speak up because I was Protestant.

And then they came for me,

  and there was no one left to speak up.

Martin Niemoller (1892 – 1984)

So who will speak up for you when

  • The grain companies decide they want another $20/T for elevation.
  • The railways decide they need another $50/T to take your grain to the coast.

Don’t forget….they already came for our Canadian Wheat Board.

Darrell Stokes
Hussar AB

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