SoNG 006 "Peace Camp Lullaby"

PEACE CAMP LULLABY
by robin Earth FKA Robin Foster

"This song was written in 1985 after a long period of regular nightmares about US war in central america, nuclear bombs and violent men."
~ robin Earth


Sing me a lullaby, lull me to sleep
with a song of the womyn, a song I can keep
throughout the night and all through my dreams
until I awake to what the new morning brings

Cuz I'd rather dream of womyn
than of nuclear war or men
I'd rather dream of womyn
sisters lovers friends

The world is in turmoil from rich men's greed
Women and children so often in need
I'm living my days fighting these wrongs
but at night I still need a sweet sister song

Cuz I'd rather dream of womyn
than of hunger and violence again
I'd rather dream of womyn
sisters lovers friends

So sing me a lullaby lull me to sleep
with a song of the womyn, a song I can keep
throughout the night and all through my dreams
until I awake to what the new morning brings.

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SoNG 005 "Every Womon Here"

EVERY WOMON HERE
by Myke Johnson

"This song's stories emerged from a women's writing workshop and a child visiting Seneca during the summer of 1985. I played music with the Average Dyke Band, a spontaneous group that arose around the campfires in that summer."
~ Myke Johnson


I hear you crying in angry words,
"Why is it normal that each of us
has a story of rape and violence,
rape and violence,
each of us, every womon here?"

I want to live without fear in my life.
I'm so past ready for joy.
I'll hold your pain in the well of my own.
I'll hold your hand on the long walk home,
Every womon here.

Only a child 'till she understood
just what a nuclear war would mean.
"Tell me stories that say it's not true,
lying will do."
None of us can return to where we were before.

I want you to live without fear in your life.
You're so past ready for joy.
I'll hold your pain in the well of my own.
I'll hold your hand on the long walk home,
Every womon here.

We want to live without fear in our lives.
We're so past ready for joy.
I'll hold your pain in the well of my own.
I'll hold your hand on the long walk home,
Every womon here.

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SoNG 004 "Seneca Rebel Wimmin"

SENECA REBEL WIMMIN
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Chorus:
I'm so in love with the Seneca rebel wimmin.
I gotta find 'em, I really gotta find 'em.
I'm so in love with the Seneca rebel wimmin.
And now I found them, I'm so glad I found 'em.
We're all together and I know we're gonna win.

There's wimmin goin' in, they're goin' in all over the place.
There's wimmin goin' in, they're gettin' in all over the base.
They got paint and wool and magic and the military's losin' face.

Chorus

I tried to have a meeting and consensus it was flying around.
I tried to have a meeting and consensus it was flying around.
The teepee couldn't handle it and it fell down on the ground.

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NEWSPAPER 1983 August 1st Action

Photograph of the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice's August 1, 1983 action at the Seneca Army Depot as published in The Ithaca Journal, August 2, 1983 accompanying a story by John Maines, Tamar Sherman and Payne Peterson.


"THIS WAS THE FIRST WAVE OF WOMEN TO CROSS THE 7-FOOT FENCE AT THE DEPOT MONDAY TO PROTEST THE COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR ARMS POLICY. THE DEPOT IS BELIEVED BY SOME TO BE A STORAGE FACILITY FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE U.S. ARMY NEITHER CONFIRMS NOR DENIES THAT CONTENTION."

Photograph by Richard Marshall

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NEWSPAPER 1982 Surrounded at Greenham

Photograph of women surrounding the base at Greenham Common as published in The Ithaca Journal, Summer 1983 and accompaned by the article "Nuclear Diarmament British Style" by unknown author.


"TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN ENCIRCLED R.A.F.GREENHAM COMMON ON DECEMBER 12, 1982, TO PROTEST PLANS TO SITE 96 CRUISE MISSILES ON THE BASE."

Photographer unknown

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SoNG 003 "Shameless Hussies"

SHAMELESS HUSSIES
by Mica and Jen

"This song was written by two women, called Mica and Jen. Jen was the first woman who I had ever seen (with me at the tender age of 17 and all) who was a dyke, I was scared of her and intrigued at the same time. She was tall and tough and funny, and Mica had pink hair which was fabulous enough in itself."
~ Becky Griffiths

SHAMELESS HUSSIES

We're shameless hussies and we don't give a damn!
We're loud and raucous and
we're fight for our rights
and our sex and
our need to be free.

Men call us names to be nasty and rude like, "lesbian," "manhater," "witch," and "prostitute."
What a laugh
because half
of it's true!

This patriarchal (or fragile, docile) image of our sex must die
From centuries of silence we are screaming in to action!

We're shameless (or Greenham or Brazen) hussies and we don't give a damn!
We're loud and raucous and
we're fight for our rights
and our sex and
our need to be free.

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NEWSPAPER 1983 Cassie at Seneca

Photograph from an article by Tamar Asedo Sherman entitled "Inside the Camp at Romulus: Women cook, build, talk - and demonstrate for peace," published in The Ithaca Journal, July 15, 1983.


"CASSIE WHITE, 17, OF GREENHAM COMMON, ENGLAND, CARRIES HER FRESHLY WASHED LAUNDRY TO HANG OUT TO DRY AT THE WOMEN'S PEACE CAMP AT ROMULUS."

Photograph by Tamar Asedo Sherman

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NEWSPAPER 1983 Daily Life at Seneca

Photographs of daily life at the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice as published in The Boston Phoenix, July 19, 1983, accompanying a story by Margaret Doris.


"VAN REPAIR, DISHWASHING, AND RECYCLING IN THE ENCAMPMENT: WORKING WITHOUT LEADERS, SO FAR."

Photographs by Margaret Dorris

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NEWSPAPER 1983 Dummy Action

Photograph of the "Dummy" peace camp action at the Seneca Army Depot as published in The Ithaca Journal, July 1983, accompanying a story by John Maines.


"MEMBERS OF THE PEACE CAMP ERECT STATUE WEDNESDAY NEAR SENECA ARMY DEPOT."

Photgraph by Richard Marshall

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NEWSPAPER 1983 August 1st Action

Photographs of the August 1, 1983 peace encampment demonstration at the Seneca Army Depot as published in the Rochester New Women's Times, September 1983, accompanying a story by Lynne Bresiawski.

*Newpaper clippings provided by Carolyn Mow


Photographer unknown



Photograph by Joe Hendrick


"AUGUST 1ST - A TOTAL FO (sic) 210 WOMEN CLIMB DEPOT FENCE AS AN ACT OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TO PROTEST US GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS TO SEND PERSHING & CRUISE MISSILES TO EUROPE. ALL ARE ARRESTED."
Photograph by Joe Hendrick



"AUGUST 1ST - A WOMAN MP LOOKS ON AS 2000 WOMEN THE (sic) DEPOT ENTRANCE."

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