This song is a basic call for the workers of the world to unite and fight for some respect and decency from the power elite. Unfortunately, in some parts of the world, a work stoppage would be met with violent oppression by police and soldiers. (This still happens today.) Paul is asking those soldiers to join up with things and really scare the elite. In 1982 British Leyland had sold a bunch of its subsidiaries so it could buy the National Bus Company. This was a disastrous move as Leyland went defunct in 1986.
This song is a basic call for the workers of the world to unite and fight for some respect and decency from the power elite. Unfortunately, in some parts of the world, a work stoppage would be met with violent oppression by police and soldiers. (This still happens today.) Paul is asking those soldiers to join up with things and really scare the elite. In 1982 British Leyland had sold a bunch of its subsidiaries so it could buy the National Bus Company. This was a disastrous move as Leyland went defunct in 1986.