We call for Liberation, Peace for Palestine We call for Liberation, Peace for Palestine We’ll keep protesting ’til the bombs stop dropping Peace for Palestine We need a revolution Peace for Palestine We need a revolution Peace for Palestine We’ll keep protesting ’til the bombs stop dropping Peace for Palestine We demand equality, Peace for Palestine We…
When I think of Gaza’s plightthe children haunt me day and nightAll the children who are cryingAll the children who are dyingAnd the things they’ve seenthat no one should have to bearhappening thereSo filled with fear, they’re silent Children should be having funSafe place to play, safe place to runWholesome food and good, clean water,Safety for their moms and fathersThey…
There’s a dark and a troubled side of life In this country that we call the USA We’re outnumbered by guns and under fire And violence it happens every day CHORUS: Put all the guns aside, put all the guns aside Put all the guns aside right now Sweep them up and melt them down, we’ll be safer…
The government’s spending our taxesOn god-awful weapons of warThat are killing some other mothers’ childrenLeft grieving on some distant shore. They’re buying up more ammunition,Missiles and bombers and drones,Bringing death and destruction to millions,Destroying their cities and homes. CHORUS: But this is no time to weep and to whine, Our grief is real as we spill our tears; And though times may seem…
One day, we hope these marches will no longer be necessary. Until then, we will continue to bring attention and action to the needless suffering and death brought about by government sanctioned gun violence. On Saturday, May 13, 2023, the Portland Raging Grannies held a March of Mourning for Victims of Gun Violence. We marched from the Portland Art Museum,…
#1 Song for Mifepristone tune: We Shall Not Be Moved Mi-fe-PRIS-tone …You can’t stop it now Mi-fe-PRIS-tone … You can’t stop it now It’s been around, and safe for over twenty years! You can’t stop it now It’s used for abortion care…You can’t stop it now It’s used for abortion care …You can’t stop it now It’s been around,…
Tune: You Got to Walk that Lonesome Valley Oh community care … is what we need now We’ve got to care, for everyone Let’s keep an eye out, for one another No one has to walk all by themselves If you’re feeling blue…please talk to someone Cuz people can help, you’re not alone you just might make, a…
ARE YOU WOKE? tune: William Tell Overture Central Florida Raging Grannies(written by Barbara Mars, edits by Dorothy Cresswell) Are you WOKE? Are you WOKE? Are you WOKE today?Do you know? Do you know? What we mean to say?Do you care? Do you care what’s been going on?Wake up now —-Bring a better dawn! Be aware of the state of the…
Title: Stealing Public EducationTune: Glory Glory Halleluia (lyrics written by Joyce Riddel and Dorothy Cresswell) We’re horrified we’re losing hard-won freedoms in our landFor an equal education and the right to understand.The importance of our history, the struggles yes with race,The inequities, injustices, that brought us to this place. It truly is appalling how you’re crossing every lineMaking laws that…
Oh ancient land of Palestine, the tanks are rolling byThe children run as soldiers guns alarm them and make them cryAnd in the dark streets shineth the merciless searchlightsThe hopes and fears of all the years are smoldering tonight How noisily, how noisily, the shells fall down like rainSo fear imparts to human hearts despair and crushing painFor Palestine’s imprisoned…
