Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Mayakovsky poem, which appears as part of the liner notes. The song "There Is Power in a Union" is based on the song "Battle Cry of Freedom". "Levi Stubbs' Tears" refers to songwriter Barrett Strong, producer Norman Whitfield, the members of the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting and production team as well as Levi Stubbs and the Four Tops. The original album cover has the subtitle "The Difficult Third Album". The album was also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". All tracks written by Billy Bragg, except where noted. Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Talking with
Lewis Stubbs Farmers's Unity League ran a candidate against him. Stubbs was also criticized for bringing his personal controversies into the campaign, and his religious beliefs were questioned by some (originally an Anglican, Stubbs became a secular humanist in later years). His former ally William Lyon MacKenzie King now campaigned against him, and when the election was held on October 23, Stubbs was defeated by Liberal John Angus MacMillan by 1614 votes. Notwithstanding his setback, Stubbs chose to run as an Independent candidate in Manitoba's 1936 provincial election. He ran in the riding of Winnipeg, which at the time elected ten members