Immokalee tomato pickers continue their vibrant, successful national campaign to wring a penny a pound more out of the big buyers, facilitating a living wage for those who get our food from farm to mouth.
No, no, no nos moveran
No, no, no nos moveran
No, no, no nos moveran
Como un árbol firme junto al rio
No, no, no nos moveran
Unidos en la lucha
no nos moveran
Pero Wendy’s no escucha
no nos moveran
Como un árbol firme junto al rio
No, no, no nos moveran
A penny more per pound
We shall not be moved
Justice will be found
We shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
We shall not be moved
Un centavo mas
no nos moveran
Deje la pobreza detrás
no nos moveran
Como un árbol firme junto al rio
No, no, no nos moveran
When you buy tomatoes
We shall not be moved
Pay a better rate, bros
We shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
We shall not be moved
Siempre cuando comes
no nos moveran
Pienses de agricultores
no nos moveran
Como un árbol firme junto al rio
No, no, no nos moveran
Unidos ganaremos
No nos moverán
Unidos ganaremos
No nos moverán
Como un árbol firme junto al río
No nos moverán
Immokalee farmworkers lead the way in the Fair Food Fight. Be conscious of how your food gets to you, folks.
When I sit down to eat my meal
I’ll tell you how I really feel
You know whoever picked this produce
on my table
Ought to get a better deal
Whoever picks and hoes and chops
Whoever brings in all these crops
They don’t do no hangin’ around
So give it up, a penny more per pound
When they stand up for their fair share
When they stand up for their fair share
Well, I want to be in that number,
When they stand up for their fair share
When we stand up, and when we shout
Respect is what it’s all about
Well, I want to be in that number,
Respect is what it’s all about
Nos levantamos
Juntos gritamos
Es por respeto que luchamos
Seguiremos, y ganaremos
La justicia al fin vendrá
When we stand up, and when we shout
Respect is what it’s all about
Well, I want to be in that number,
Respect is what it’s all about
Native Americans are in full tilt revolt against the Dakota Access (to planet-destroying fossil fuels) Pipeline. Put your hands, up, don’t let them shoot the indigenous defenders of land and life. Send blankets and whathaveyou. https://nodaplsolidarity.org Two songs:
Oh when the Sioux
At Standing Rock
Stand up for rights, it’s time
To do more than talk
It’s time for banks to stop funding destruction
Find another way to boost your stock
Oh when the banks support big oil
They’re supporting tear gas
and pepper spray
There’s a battle on the river
And we’ve come here to deliver
We say no more bulldozing the worldIf you support poisoning water
And desecrating sacred land
If you like to foment climate chaos
Then bank here and leave big oil
in command
Financial backing
Of Bakken fracking
Desecrating burial sites
It’s not easy being green
When your profit comes from being mean
We’re here to read your greed its last rites
Yes we are here, like Paul Revere
To tell you what’s around the bend
Well I want to be in that number
When the planet and the people we defend
Oil companies, just tell me please
How did you get eminent domain
Over indigenous folks,
your excuses are bad jokes
You’ve got no couth
and you are inhumane
Yes you’ve got clout,
but count us out
You’ll trade your cuff links for handcuffs
You’ve really crossed the line
Your business needs a re-design
Now first nations have said enough!
You’ve really crossed the line
Your business needs a re-design
Now first nations have said enough!
Oh the bank has pretty teeth dear
And it smiles when it takes your cash
When the bank failed, & got bailed out
Did our Prez do somethin’ rashNow they’re bankin’ on a pipeline
To pollute water and land
But the people in North Dakota
Say we’re uniting to take a standJamie Dimon, Stuart Gulliver
Brian Moynihan, & Johnny Stumpf
Well the CEOs are not right dear
The one percent are runnin’ this town
No they never take the high ground
They just take people’s land and lives
That’s why we’ve got to start a boycott
Til their social conscience revives
They put solar on the rooftops
Of bank branches to con the folk
That’s like vegans making millions
From slaughterhouses, what a joke
Jamie Dimon, Stuart Gulliver
Brian Moynihan, & Johnny Stumpf
Yes the line forms to the boycott
Cause the people are back in town!
The NY legislature couldn’t pass the bills to blacklist companies and organizations that support boycotts for human rights for Palestinians. So Gov. Cuomo executive ordered them, raising Joe McCarthy from his well-earned grave. A state-wide Freedom to Boycott coalition has been combating these atrocious bills, which are surfacing around the country. Here are some songs and images of this growing movement.
There Once Was a Boycott Made
(tune: Union Made)
There once was a boycott made
By those who weren’t afraid
Of ginks and goons and political loons
Who make new laws to ban a stand
For human rights for all, across the apartheid wall
And when the governor made his threat
Well this is what they said:
Oh you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Dispossession is their plot
Oppression I’ve always fought
No you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Apartheid you cannot
Force me to buy
This BDS gang was wise
To the Israel lobby’s lies
They couldn’t be fooled or overruled
They’d organize the gals and guys
When McCarthy was reborn
They stood up to forewarn
We’ll hold the line for Palestine
Yes this is what we’ll say:
Oh you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Dispossession is their plot
Oppression I’ve always fought
No you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Apartheid you cannot
Force me to buy
Give Me That Old Time Boycott
(tune: ” Give Me That Old Time Religion”)
Chorus:
Give me that old-time boycott
Give me that old-time divestment
Give me them old-time sanctions
They will make the people free
From the fields of California
To bathrooms in Carolina
Really nothing could be finer
Than to boycott till we’re free
It was good enough for Nestlé
So let’s use it for the Dead Sea
Dispossessing is not cool see
But divestment is the key
Chorus
It was good for Sun City
That apartheid was so shitty
Israel’s land theft isn’t pretty
And that’s why we’re singing here
Your executive order
Is so clearly out of order
It’s a state terrorist order
It’s not good enough for me
Chorus
Will the Bill of Rights Be Broken?
(Tune: “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”)
I was standing against oppression
On a cold and cloudy day
When I heard the Governor calling
For to carry my democracy away
Will the Bill of
Rights be broken
Or be honored in the breach
When they take your right to boycott
They have taken your freedom of speech
Now the governor’s in the capital
Helping Israel steal the land
Netanyahu wants to grab it all
That’s why we must take a stand
Are you now or have you ever
Been supportive of human rights
Better watch out for the Governor
Cause he’s got you in his sights
We are here to tell the governor
We boycott and divest with pride
You attack our first amendment
In support of apartheid.
Major domo in the statehouse
Wants to kill the bill of rights
Wants to bring back the dark ages
We are here to turn on the lights
Will the Bill of
Rights be broken
Or be honored in the breach
When they take your right to boycott
They have taken your freedom of speech
There Once Was a Boycott Made
(tune: Union Made)
There once was a boycott made
By those who weren’t afraid
Of ginks and goons and political loons
Who make new laws to ban a stand
For human rights for all, across the apartheid wall
And when the governor made his threat
Well this is what they said:
Oh you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Dispossession is their plot
Oppression I’ve always fought
No you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Apartheid you cannot
Force me to buy
This BDS gang was wise
To the Israel lobby’s lies
They couldn’t be fooled or overruled
They’d organize the gals and guys
When McCarthy was reborn
They stood up to forewarn
We’ll hold the line for Palestine
Yes this is what we’ll say:
Oh you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Dispossession is their plot
Oppression I’ve always fought
No you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Apartheid you cannot
Force me to buy
Give Me That Old Time Boycott
(tune: ” Give Me That Old Time Religion”)
Chorus:
Give me that old-time boycott
Give me that old-time divestment
Give me them old-time sanctions
They will make the people free
From the fields of California
To bathrooms in Carolina
Really nothing could be finer
Than to boycott till we’re free
It was good enough for Nestlés
So let’s use it for the Dead Sea
Dispossessing is not cool see
But divestment is the key
Chorus
It was good for Sun City
That apartheid was so shitty
Israel’s land theft isn’t pretty
And that’s why we’re singing here
We will boycott when they’re lyin’
We are tryin’ to stop the dyin’
That’s the reason we’re not buyin
It will make the people free
Chorus
The less said about this, the better, so it’s short.
There’s this guy who seems set to triumph
To which I offer a qualified harrumph
Almost makes me pine for Hubert Humphrey
Guess it’s clear I’m talkin’ bout Drumpf, see when heTalks about his weenie
And in many other ways resembles Mussolini
Some allege his hands are littler
You wouldn’t want him as a juror
He reminds you of the führer
As a racist he’s the rashest
As a sexist he’s the brashest
About Mexicans and Muslims he’s a krypto-not nice guyWhen he goes out on the stump
Rabid rioters in a clump
Had to lose the David Duke bump
Yes he’s a bit of a schlump, a frump,
Oh yes heLooks just like a mump
To spiff him up would take a sump pump
So far we’ve sadly failed in our attempts to dump—-
The Donald
I’m not sayin’ he’s corrupt
But he does have a penchant for going bankrupt
Kudos to those who show up to disrupt his braggadocio
And interrupt the Generalissimo
It’s fun to eulogize those who self-aggrandize
It’s only for four years so have no fear
For this boy from Queens, by all means a big Bronx cheer!
