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Raging Grannies is an
international movement which started in 1987 in British Columbia, Canada.
It now has chapters (which we call “gaggles”) all over the world. Raging
Grannies promote global peace, justice and social and economic equality by
raising consciousness through song parodies and satire. You can find
hundreds of songs from Grannies near and far at
http://raginggrannies.net. Our gaggle,
NYC Metro Raging Grannies and Their Daughters was
started and sponsored by the New York City chapter of Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).
Our ages range from 49 to 96.
If you live near
enough to travel to our meetings in New York City (Manhattan), you can join
the NY Metro gaggle.
Contact us
at
raginggrannies@comicbookradioshow.com
We often sing at rallies, protests, demonstrations, and the like, but we
are also invited to sing by other groups and individuals.
To invite us to sing for your organization, group, or
rally, please e-mail us:
raginggrannies@comicbookradioshow.com
To see songs for
Occupy Wall Street in November, click
here.
Breaking News!
We now have a CD,
Still Aging, Still Raging: Raging Grannies of New York City.
To get a copy,
please e-mail us:
raginggrannies@comicbookradioshow.com
Some places we've sung:
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In June 2011 our gaggle sang again at the
Clearwater Festival
with Grannies from Western Massachusetts, as well as the new gaggle
called Raging Grannies WOWW.
The Great Hudson River Revival, Clearwater is a music and environmental
summer festival that has hosted over 15,000 people on a weekend in June
for more than three decades. All proceeds benefit Clearwater, a
nonprofit environmental organization. The festival is held on the shore
of the Hudson River in Croton Point Park, Westchester County, NY. We
have been performing there since 2003. In 2008, we extended an
invitation to other gaggles to join us for the Festival and we met with
Raging Grannies from Westchester,
Tennessee, and Massachusetts for an afternoon of singing in
the rain. We posted video of a few songs at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuNZZKxC5Z8 and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf58OX4SntQ
Here
we are in 2011. You can hear us interviewed and singing some songs in
the archives of WBAI. Go here
http://archive.wbai.org/AllShows.php
and look for Clearwater Hudson River Revival Festival, 12 noon. (Other
talk and music precedes our interview.) More photos of Clearwater events on
Photos page.
We sing by day and by night, indoors and outdoors at rallies, even
when it's cold.
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We have often sung in Grand Central Station during Christmas week, with
our own "carols." We usually get chased away by officials. Frequently,
we find them sympathetic to our cause, and they help us find a new spot in the
station. Members of Code Pink
and the Granny Peace
Brigade frequently sing with us.
(Photo by Eva-Lee Baird)
Another annual Christmas week event is the protest against war toys with
the Granny Peace Brigade.
It's at a famous toy store, but we don't want to promote the brand name.
September 11, 2010, Rally for Unity & Solidarity against
Islamophobia
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Protesting income tax used for war, April 15, 2008 
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April 16, 2008, at a rally opposing U.S. Military Bases abroad.
(Photo by Bud Korotzer)
Click
here to see the lyrics to the "No
Bases" song. To see more photos,
click here.
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