When the Grans come Marching In
Tune: When the Saints Come Marching In When the Grans come marching in (2x) You’ll want to be in that number When the Grans come marching in. When the Grans take up a cause (2x) You’ll want to be amongst us When the Grans take up a cause. When we want to do what’s right (2x) We speak truth to power When we want to do what’s right. ‘Cause greed is now the...
Read MorePeople’s Climate March — Ottawa Photo Op
The Ottawa Raging Grannies did more than just show up for the Parliament Hill Rally to provide supporting photos from around the world to be shown in New York during the major People’s Climate Events. We came with a great sing-along song, “Bring Back Our Planet to Me” and the crowd loved it. Check out the words and our video.
Read MoreOttawa Grans at the Unconvention in Montreal
June 25-28, 2014 Congratulations to the Montreal Raging Grannies on a great unconvention! Ten of us attended: Bessa, Gale, Jane, Jeanette, Jo, Linda, Loris, Ria, Siobhan, and Virginia. We put on a well-received workshop on poster making in which participants made posters for the march involving all the Grannies. Our contribution to the “Show and Tell” raised the roof when we drummed in to “When the Grans Come Marching In” followed by the Corporation Song, then drumming ourselves out with “Here We Come”. We even made the front page of Le...
Read MoreDemocracy is up for Sale
Tune: I’ve been working on the railway. Democracy is up for sale here That we can’t permit Corporations make the trade deals MPs just submit Companies have to make their profits Doesn’t matter how Laws are flushed right down the loopholes And we just have to bow … We won’t get our drugs We won’t get our food Parks and research all will go. Global corporations Fiddle with the nations TPP has got to go! They tell us we’ll be happy The economy will grow (oh, oh oh) But the money goes to corporations That’s...
Read MoreProtest against secrecy and the TPP
On July 10, the Ottawa Grans attended a hastily called demonstration by SumOfUs. Negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement made a last minute change of venue. They were supposed to meet in Vancouver, but Harper moved it to Ottawa to escape planned protests. This trade agreement is being negotiated in secrecy. Leaked information shows that it is a complete corporate takeover. Grannies Alice, Alma, Ann, Cathleen, Jo, Ria, and Terrie sang two songs, “We are the Corporations“, an old favorite for these corporate take-overs and a new one,...
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