First they came for ..,I did not speak out - Martin Niemöller

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
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 the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

After the Second World War, Martin Niemöller called it... and today we’re living it – they’ve already come for the Muslims in Dadri,
They came for Rohith at Hyderabad ...
they’ve already come for the communists in JNU,
They came for FTI...
for the trade unionists,
the queer couples,
the atheists,
the intellectuals.
They’re coming after anyone who will defend the spirit, this country was founded on....