Lyrics and music by Judy Small
Testo e musica di Judy Small
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a peace camp established to protest at nuclear weapon being sited at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group called "Women for Life on Earth" arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the Government to allow cruise missiles to be based there.
On 1 April 1983, tens of thousands of protestors formed a 14 mile human chain from Greenham to the Aldermaston nuclear power station and the ordnance factory at Burghfield.
On 4 April 1984, the women were evicted from the Common by Newbury District Council. However by nightfall the women all returned to reform the camp.
The last missiles left the camp in 1991 but the camp remained in place until 2000 after protestors... (continua)
There's a woman in Great Britain, Bridget Evans is her name (continua)
Album “A Retrospective, Never Turning Back” (1998) e “Judy Small: Live at The Artery” (2007)
Testo trovato su MySongBook
Il 6 dicembre 1989 a Montreal, Canada, un uomo di 25 anni, tal Marc Lépine, fece irruzione nella sezione femminile del Politecnico e, urlando imprecazioni contro le donne e le femministe, cominciò a sparare all’impazzata con un fucile semi-automatico uccidendo 14 studentesse prima di togliersi la vita… L’autore del massacro era un uomo disturbato perchè suo padre, un uomo autoritario e violento, oltre a maltrattare la madre, aveva pure ripetutamente abusato Marc e la sorella quando erano piccoli. Forse Marc riteneva di essere stato abbandonato, che sua madre lo avesse lasciato in balìa di quel mostro… fatto sta che il suo disordine psicotico era sfociato in una violenta misoginia e nell’odio verso le donne emancipate… Nella rivendicazione che gli fu trovata in tasca,... (continua)
It was a cold December afternoon, the line stretched round the block (continua)
[1982]
Lyrics and music by Judy Small
Testo e musica di Judy Small
"I wrote this song for my mother (though not all its details are true for her), and for all the women of her generation who, it seemed to me, spent a large part of their lives waiting for their menfolk to come home from war. They were the women whose work during World War II showed us that women could do any kind of job and were perfectly capable of independence. For that example, although they had little choice at the time, my generation is grateful to them and I hope we have learned the lesson well. This remains my favourite of all my songs." (Judy Small Songbook 53)
"Ho scritto questa canzone per mia madre (sebbene non tutti i particolari siano esatti a suo proposito), e per tutte le donne della sua generazione che, mi sembrava, hanno trascorso larga parte della loro... (continua)
“J'ai écrit cette chanson pour ma mère (quoique pas tous les détails soient exactes à son égard), et pour toutes les femmes da sa génération qui me semble-t-il ont passé une bonne part de leur vie dans l'attente que leurs hommes reviennent de la guerre. Avec leur travail durant la IIème guerre mondiale, ces femmes ont montré qu'elles pouvaient faire n'importe quel travail et étaient parfaitement capables d'être indépendentes. Ma génération leur en sait gré pour l'exemple qu'elles ont donné, même si elle n'avaient pas beacoup de choix à ce temps-là, et j'espère que nous avons bien appri la leçon. C'est la chanson que je préfère parmi tous celles que j'ai écrit.” (Judy Small Songbook, 53)
1983
Ladies and Gems
Lyrics and music by Judy Small
Testo e musica di Judy Small
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a peace camp established to protest at nuclear weapon being sited at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group called "Women for Life on Earth" arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the Government to allow cruise missiles to be based there.
On 1 April 1983, tens of thousands of protestors formed a 14 mile human chain from Greenham to the Aldermaston nuclear power station and the ordnance factory at Burghfield.
On 4 April 1984, the women were evicted from the Common by Newbury District Council. However by nightfall the women all returned to reform the camp.
The last missiles left the camp in 1991 but the camp remained in place until 2000 after protestors... (continua)