Grannies join in Harper budget protest.
Six of us–Bessa, Cathleen, Jake, Jo, Ria and Rosalie–were among 20 activists who interrupted Flaherty’s budget speech on March 29, 2012 by chanting “Where are WE in your budget. This is not our budget!” Jane was planning to come, but was called out of town by a death in the family. Doing this action was very empowering to all of us, particularly since the young people involved expressed so much appreciation and the press reports all mentioned, citizens of all ages. We wanted to do it due to the fact that lots of money is pouring into weapons, so-called...
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(Tune: Loch Lomond) You beat up our gang and we beat up your gang and You take revenge in the morning Then we take our turn and there’s always a return To the killing that comes when we’re warring. O we’re told what to think and before we even blink, We’re pumped and we’re hot to be in it For glory and gore just another ugly war With no reason why to begin it. O it’s not for the good and it’s not for the right and It’s not for our god, queen or honour It’s just so the arms dealers make a lot more dough So they hope wars go...
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Tune: The Girl That I Marry I live at my Dad’s in a basement pad ‘Cause now I’m no longer an undergrad McDonald’s pays my way To so many luxurious things I can’t say My student loans are a piece of cake They take three-quarters of what I make Lest I take off / Or I’m laid off Only thirty years more and they’re paid off And then I can marry No reason to tarry there’ll be. So Canadian kids will be poor or dumb Or flee to countries, and there are some Like Germany, Denmark and Spain And Sweden and Cuba and Ireland so sane Where...
Read MoreYellow Cake
Tune: Flying Trapeze They’re baking a cake with a wonderful tint Is it good for us, well we can give you a hint If we enrich it ’twill sell for a mint And we all get to bask in the glow. Please have some cake, we hear that it’s good Old Frontenac Ventures tells us that we should And they mine the stuff so they know that we could Develop a sort of a glow. They’re baking, they’re baking a wonderful cake They’re thinking of all of the money they’ll make Forget all the tailings, the sludge in the lake To give us a sort of a...
Read MoreCondoms for “CANSEC”
Tune: What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor? Profiteers are here for CANSEX Showing all their wares for CANSEX Counting all their shares in CANSEX – We are here with condoms! (Chorus) Way, Hey, and up she rises, Way, Hey, and up she rises, Way, Hey, and up she rises, Condoms on your CANSEX! Hey-ho, when a missile rises Evan with disguises Guess what our surprise is – Condoms on your CANSEX! These condoms are not conundrums Using them is not for dumb ones Try them on your difty big guns – Condoms on your CANSEX! Put these condoms on your missiles Put...
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