Category: Human & Civil Rights
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New Year’s Vision
tune: Deck the Halls Tax the rich; don’t starve the poor, Fa la la la la la la la la Let’s end homelessness for sure, Fa la la…etc Raise the wages, increase welfare, Fa la la…
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I’m Being Followed by Tom Ridge
tune: Moonshadow Chorus: I’m being followed by Tom Ridge, Tom Ridge, Tom Ridge He’s bugging my phone and hiding in my fridge Tom Ridge, Tom Ridge If I give money to the poor They can’t wear…
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Here Come the Brides
tune: Here Comes the Bride Here come the brides, Here come the grooms, What does it matter Who marries whom? Love conquers all, Minds mean and small Same sex unions Will weather the squall!
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Georgie, Georgie
tune: Bicycle Built for Two Georgie, Georgie give us your answer true, We’re half crazy over the things you do, The way you spend our money – it isn’t even funny. You ignore the poor and…
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FBI Is All Over Town
tune: Santa Claus is Coming to Town from: Raging Grannies, Freedom, Peninsula Branch You’d better watch out, You’d better comply, You’d better not doubt, I’m telling you why. The FBI is all over town They’re making…
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We Shall Not Be Moved
Adapted by Kay Thode, for teachers’ rally We shall not be, we shall not be moved! We shall not be, we shall not be moved! Just like a tree that’s standing by the water, We shall…
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Nike Town
tune: Chinatown, My Chinatown by Kay Thode Nike shoes and Starbucks beans Make millions a day But workers who produce them Get starvation pay. One dollar fifty a day Is the workers take For the hundred…
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East Timor Independence (May 2002)
tune: It's a Grand Old Flag Monica Zucker Hooray for East Timor, Worth strug-gling for-- May you prosper, may justice prevail! Independence will bring Good reason to sing. Freedom and peace now we hail! Our hearts…
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15 Now
Tune: Sixteen TonsBy Jo-Hanna Read Chorus:Work for minimum wage and what do you get?Another day older and deeper in debt.The poverty level is more than you earn.While the company bosses have money to burn! You work…
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Free Speech
tune: ‘My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean’) by Ann Smith 'Twas in the 2000 election, It seems very clear to us all now, The thing that we lost was our voice. We’re told by most all…