A few days ago the Raging Grannies NYC Metro invited the Granny Peace Brigade to join them in Grand Central Station, to sing their special Granny Carols (song sheets provided). Bev and I grabbed the opportunity, joining Sunny, Mercy, Nora, Susan K and Pam. photo: helpful passerby Here's a taste of what was on those … Continue reading Caroling and Raging in Grand Central Station
DON’T HEED-A THE MED-IA
The media they feedya sensation not sense you, public, so dense, allow them to leadya They milk the inane until we're insane They fixate on Palin day out and day in until we're in pain They're hung up on Hill obsessed about Bill They force feed us Brittney Expose ev'ry titty until we feel ill … Continue reading DON’T HEED-A THE MED-IA
GRANNIES SHINE ON WBAI
Vinie, Molly & Lillian guest on pre-debate round-table. Like fingerprints and snowflakes, there are no duplications in the ranks of the Granny Peace Brigade. When WBAI put out the call for three grannies who survived the Great Depression to participate in an on-air round table discussion, their listeners got a kaleidoscopic look at the 1930s … Continue reading GRANNIES SHINE ON WBAI
MIS-FORTUNE
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES VS FINANCIAL REGULATION - Two Sad Stories First Story: We had a law on the books that might have prevented the present financial crisis if it had been left alone. The Glass Steagall Act was passed in 1933 to get us out of the great depression. It was doing … Continue reading MIS-FORTUNE
A Vintage Community Organizer Recalls 1971, A Good Year
It was our time in history - the Great Society budgeted for creative ways to get people involved in having a say in their future! I had majored in English, hoped for a career in theater in NYC, found instead a life partner and a new idea: teaching young children. I took a masters at … Continue reading A Vintage Community Organizer Recalls 1971, A Good Year
Dearest Florent,
When not that many folks were there for us, you stepped up to the plate -- literally and figuratively. You helped us put together our trek to Washington, not only by throwing us a fundraiser, but by telling us "Yes, you can!" -- and this was before Senator Obama was even a twinkle in the … Continue reading Dearest Florent,
RAGING GRANNIES HEAT UP UNION SQUARE
Want to jump-start your next peace action? Invite your local Raging Grannies and draw a crowd! Here the NYC chapter joins the Granny Peace Brigade and Code Pink for a "STOP THE WAR, IMPEACH BUSH" Phone-A-Thon. If you don't see the video click here. WE ARE A GAGGLE OF GRANNIESWords: Esther Farnsworth & the Vermont … Continue reading RAGING GRANNIES HEAT UP UNION SQUARE
Freedom Ride – Not Just Another Bus Ride
Who is this woman and why was this mug shot taken? Joan spent her first two years of college at the Women's College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. It was 1957 and it happened to be the first year that the state of North Carolina integrated its public universities, in response to … Continue reading Freedom Ride – Not Just Another Bus Ride
Viva Joan! Viva las Grannies!
May 5, 2008 - What better way to cap off a sparkling Cinco de Mayo than to do it Granny-style, by celebrating Joan's new book, GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST THE WAR: Getting Off Our Fannies & Standing Up For Peace, Citadel Press. photo - Masahiro Hosoda Shape up time was set for 7PM at the Barnes & … Continue reading Viva Joan! Viva las Grannies!
Figure Macabre
On the day that the 4,000th soldier was killed in Iraq, a roiling of activists took to the streets all over the country. It struck me that the “No Blood for Oil†has been valid since WWI but no one has ever calculated this way: If a barrel of oil holds 42 Gallons and If … Continue reading Figure Macabre
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