"Clampdown" by the Clash

Questions for blog:
1.  What is the song about?  How do you know?
2.  What musical elements add to your lyrical interpretation?
3.  How does this song relate to propaganda, persuasion, argument, deception, or rhetoric?

Answers:
1 and 3.  This song is about the power of Hitler and the Nazi.  I first began to realize this when they sand, "Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew," followed by, "working for the clampdown."  The clampdown represents the government Hitler is trying to create, and in the first line I mentioned, "they" represents the Nazis.  The people who work for the "clampdown" are being tricked into doing what they're doing by persuasion, propaganda and deception.  "The voices in your head are calling. Stop wasting your time, there's nothing coming," is the narrator's point of view on how the Nazis should respond to the propaganda ("the voices in your head").
2.  The chorus's beat was harder and louder, showing how the narrator doesn't like these people "working for the clampdown."  It makes his words (his opinion) sound harsh and strong.