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More Gardens Song More Gardens Song
Ariel from More Gardens in NYC said I should write a song about this wonderful network of people, so I did. They go around planting gardens with local communities on vacant land that somebody ostensibly "owns."
Butcher for Hire Butcher for Hire
When the heads of nonviolent protesters need to be cracked to protect democracy, John Timony seems to be the man for the job.
Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square
When the statue in the anti-war/anti-Bush protests in London, November, 2003 was toppled, it was a beautiful sight. And more authentically popular than the toppling of that statue in Baghdad, I might add.
Song for the SOA #2 (Songs for Mahmud version) Song for the SOA #2 (Songs for Mahmud version)
The community that can be found outside the gates of Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia every November is a beautiful thing, despite the reason for the semi-annual formation of that community (the US Army's School of the Assassins).
All The Ghosts That Walk This Earth All The Ghosts That Walk This Earth
If you look closely, you'll see them. They're everywhere. This is about one named Eric.
Korea Korea
During the US war against the people of North Korea in the 1950's, one in five people in North Korea were killed, and every structure was destroyed by bombs dropped by the US in the biggest bombing campaign in history up to that time.
I Wanna Go Home (Songs for Mahmud version) I Wanna Go Home (Songs for Mahmud version)
For the Palestinian refugees, who, at the core of the whole thing, just want to go home.
Moron (Songs for Mahmud version) Moron (Songs for Mahmud version)
An ode to GW, and to the Canadian government minister who had a brief moment of straightforward honesty when she called him what he most obviously is.
The War is Over (Songs for Mahmud version) The War is Over (Songs for Mahmud version)
GW said so, from atop an aircraft carrier, so it must be true.
The Battle of Blair Mountain The Battle of Blair Mountain
I read the book by Lon Savage, Thunder In the Mountains, and wrote this song, about the biggest battle in the West Virginia Coal Mine War of 1920-21.
Oppositional Defiance Disorder Oppositional Defiance Disorder
It's not us that have psychiatric problems, by and large -- ODD, ADD, SAD, etc. -- it's society that causes anxiety and depression. I had young Alex of Ever Reviled Records in mind, but it could be about...you!
What If You Knew What If You Knew
What would you do if you were seeing the truth every day on TV, rather than neoliberal/neoconservative, pro-war propaganda?
After the Revolution After the Revolution
Some thoughts on how life could be different.
Palestine Palestine
Based on the story of a woman who was a little girl when her mother was raped and hacked to pieces by eighteen men under orders from Ariel Sharon on the floor of her home in the Shatila refugee camp while she hid under the bed and watched.
The Death of Rachel Corrie The Death of Rachel Corrie
Rachel Corrie was part of an ISM (International Solidarity Movement) delegation in Rafah, Palestine when she was killed by a young Israeli terrorist in a bulldozer.
Resistance Resistance
The name of the enemy always changes, but the war between the haves and the have-nots continues to rage, as it has for the past several thousand years, as it will until there’s sanity in the world, or until there is no more world.
Reichstag Fire Reichstag Fire
Given history, those of us who weren’t born yesterday must ask the obvious question: Who knew what and who did what and why is the government so terrified of asking these questions?
Promised Land Promised Land
Everyone can, and must, be understood. This is a song from the perspective of Mohamed Atta.
