Posts made in February, 2012

Stand Up and Fight

Posted by on Feb 28, 2012 in Environment, Songs

Stand Up and Fight

Tune: McNamara’s Band Oh we are the western nations and we don’t respect the land We’re using up resources and we think it’s all so grand, We’re polluting all the oceans and we’re oiling up the sands It won’t be long before we’re gone ‘ if we sit on our hands!! Stand up and fight, make them aware Sit on your hands, if you don’t care Stand up and fight, for the earth we need It’s better by far if we learn to live without the greed! Oh we are the western nations and we shop until we drop We always think we need some more to keep us...

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We Are the Raging Grannies

Posted by on Feb 28, 2012 in Songs

We Are the Raging Grannies

Tune: Put on your old gray bonnet We are the Raging Grannies We look in all the crannies And we sing about the things we”ve found. We detest injustice And those guys who say “just trust us” ‘Cause we make the truth resound. Oh yes, we get together, No matter what the weather With our songs that tell it like it is. We’ll attend any function Without the least compunction Be it hot or cold or friz. We are the Raging Grannies, Yes, we are the Raging Grannies So beware if you’ve done dirty tricks It won’t take us long to spot you once the raging grans have...

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Bring Back Our Planet

Posted by on Feb 27, 2012 in Environment, Songs

Bring Back Our Planet

Tune: Bring back my Bonnie to me Our air miles make carbon dioxide, Our lifestyle makes lots of debris, You tell me the planet’s in danger, Oh bring back my planet to me Chorus: Bring back, bring back, Oh bring back my planet to me, to me. Bring back, bring back, Oh bring back my planet to me. Big businesses don’t own the sunshine They don’t make a buck from the breeze, So they plunder the planet for profits, Oh bring back my planet to me. Our beef comes from ancient rain forests, And no food is GMO-free, Not corn and not soy or canola, Oh bring back my planet to me. Our...

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Support for Hassan Diab

Posted by on Feb 14, 2012 in Actions

Support for Hassan Diab

On the first day of Dr. Diab’s extradition hearing, the Raging Grannies were outside the court along with 75 others to support his effort to stop his extradition to France based on flimsy and secret evidence.  Esther, Shannon and Jane were in costume, while Jo, Ria and Rosalie stayed in civy clothes.  After cheering and chanting as Dr. Diab, his wife, Rania Tfainy, and lawyer, Donald Bayne entered the courtroom, we all went up to show our support in the courtroom. Dr. Diab has been a Canadian citizen since 1993. He moved to Ottawa in 2006 and since then, he has taught at the University of...

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They Say Law and Order

Posted by on Feb 14, 2012 in Globalization, Songs

They Say Law and Order

            TUNE: Sweet Betsy from Pike They say law and order is Harper’s bit boast He knows how to prove it when he is the host An armed camp’s what our biggest city became It cost just a billion to set up the game And set-up’s the story, we know that is true 19,000 cops, yes that is quite a few All waiting around for the people in black So they had an excuse to go on the attack. They arrested a thousand for holding a sign Opposing the G20’s corporate line, The whole thing designed, from point A to point B To give a big boost to the military. But we...

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