Powershift Toxic Trick-or-treat Tour
The young people organized Powershift 2012. More than 1000 came to hear inspirational speeches, panels and workshops. On the final day, Oct. 29, the grand finale was an amazing march of young and old alike. There were great banners and puppets and skits. Check out some of the photos. The demand of the march was to end the 1.4 billion in subsidies to the oil industries here in Canada. The Grannies were in full support, wearing our witches hats and carrying a very appropriate banner.
Read MoreHarper presented with Richard Nixon Award
On September 27, 2012, Stephen Harper was in New York City to receive the “World Statesman of the Year Award” from The Appeal of Conscience Foundation, a U.S. faith group. The Grannies along with Author Yves Engler presented an alternative award on the same day, using the empty chair approach pioneered by Clint Eastwood at the Republican National Convention. Yves read the reasons for presenting this prize to Harper. Primarily, it is because he “stands on guard for the 1%”. Read the full citation here. The Grannies then sang a song specially written for the...
Read MoreBugging Baird
When the Grannies got the word that John Baird was speaking at a Canadian Club luncheon on Sept. 19, Gale, Jo, Rosalie and Shannon wasted no time getting down to the Chateau with our signs and banner to show what we think of his decision to cut diplomatic relations with Iran at this sensitive time. After about an hour of leafleting and talking with people outside the Chateau, we headed for the side door, hoping to get near enough to the ballroom to shout out “No war with Iran.” Unfortunately, the hotel manager who had been politely checking us out on numerous occasions came...
Read MoreSilent vigil to mourn closing of Iranian Embassy
When the news hit that the Harper Government has severed diplomatic relations with Iran, we felt we had to take action. So we quickly organized a silent vigil to mourn diplomacy’s passing. Here is the obituary: Obituary for diplomacy: Diplomacy passed away suddenly on September 7, 2012 at the hands of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. She is survived by those beating the drums of war. Her death puts at risk the opportunity for a peaceful solution, the lives of two Canadian citizens currently under sentence to death in Iran, and the safety of countless Canadians in Iran who...
Read MoreGrannies at Acorn Rally
Organized by Granny Shannon, five regular Grannies (Alice, Jane, Jo, Ria and Shannon) were joined by two guest Grannies, Bob and Dave, who out did us all in the costume, make-up department. The turnout at the human rights monument was unusually small for such an important issue (clawbacks and cuts to social programs for the poor). However, we sang our song, adapted by Shannon for the occasion, and felt good to support this important...
Read MoreThe Rapping Grannies Take on the Banks
On May 1 (2012), as part of the May Day demonstrations, the Grannies invaded the Royal Bank of Canada with a banner and rap song. Check out the words! Check out the video! Who says the Grannies aren’t hip?
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