Hi, Just found this post. Thank you for choosing my song. It has recently been re-recorded, the entire version on Vimeo under the title “Like A Mountain” Portland version. I resurrected the song in response to the results of the catastrophic election of tRump – a threat to all things good and beautiful.
Sincerely
Naomi Littlebear Morena
Continue reading You Can’t Kill The Spirit: Peace Song for 10/18/2011
“O Had I A Golden Thread” by Pete Seeger is the Peace Song of the Day for 10/17/2011. You can find the words to this song on page 31 of the Rise Up Singing group songbook.
We are sharing two videos for this song. The video below is a young man playing the song on baritone uke. The second video, at the bottom of the post, is the song performed as a duet by Joan Baez and Judy Collins.
Continue reading To Every Human Being So They Would Understand: Peace Song for 10/17//2011
Compassionate Finance: Bring Your Money Back To Your Community
Occupy Wall Street, and the occupy movement, are an attempt to solve the problem of disparity of wealth and political influence between the 99% of people, and the 1%. A lot of the focus is on making corporations accountable, and on keeping mega-banks in their place.
This week, there is a way for you to directly put a crimp in the power of the mega-banks. You can join with the 99% to make a shift from big banks, to smaller, locally-based credit unions. You can celebrate “International Credit Union Day“, an annual event sponsored by the Credit Union National Association [CUNA].
On October 20, 2011, consider closing (or starting the process of closing) any bank accounts you have with big banks, and moving your money to a credit union (or small, local bank.) That is all you have to do to make a big difference, and send a huge message to the mega-banks and to our government.
As CUNA notes:
Credit unions are unique because they
are not-for-profit, democratically controlled,
member-owned cooperatives. Continue reading Oct 20th: Occupy Wall Street with your bank account [PLUS Bank Transfer Day on Nov 5th]
“War Is Not The Answer, Never Was, Never Will”, by Pat Scanlon, is the Peace Song of the Day for Sunday, October 16th. It’s a cheery and hopeful song! Sung below with a whole chorus of Veterans for Peace.
Continue reading War Is Not The Answer: Peace Song for 10/16/2011
All around the world, including in Times Square, New York City, New York, people took to the streets today, for the sake of justice and democracy. It is ironic that this song, “Der Traum Ist Aus”, which is about war, peace, and struggle, was performed on September 16, 2011, the day before Occupy Wall Street began.
“Der Traum Ist Aus” (The Dream Is Over) by Rio Reiser, is the Peace Song of the Day for October 15, 2011. I discovered this song while perusing the PeaceSmiths Archives. It was published in the War Resisters League 2006 calendar, “Peace Loving Nations: Music of Peace and Resistance”.
The video shows the song performed in German. At the read more are the words in English.
Continue reading “It’s Our Future, It’s Our Land”: Peace Song For 10/15/2011
Casa Abierta by Nicaraguan singer-songwriter Salvador Cardenal is the Peace Song of the Day for Friday, October 14th. I uncovered this song among the archives for PeaceSmiths, a Long Island group committed to peace, justice and environmental issues. PeaceSmiths holds a copy of the 2006 War Resisters League Peace Calendar, “Peace-Loving Nations: Music of Peace and Resistance”, where this song appears.
Below is a video of the song sung in Spanish. And, after the video, the chorus in English and Spanish.
Continue reading Casa Abierta (Open House): Peace Song of the Day for 10/14/2011
“Commonwealth of Toil” by Ralph Chaplin is the Peace Song of the Day for Thursday, October 13th. The tune is to the traditional song, “Nellie Bly”. You can find this song on page 181 of the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you can purchase through Peace Couple: here.
The Duke and Duchess are dedicating this song to the folks on the ground at Occupy Wall Street. Tomorrow morning, the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are facing eviction from their park. If you can support them with your presence or a phonecall, please take action before tomorrow morning at 6am. You can find more information at www.occupywallst.org
More about this song, and its connection to Occupy Wall Street below Continue reading When the earth is owned by labor: Peace Song for 10/13/2011