The NY legislature couldn’t pass the bills to blacklist companies and organizations that support boycotts for human rights for Palestinians. So Gov. Cuomo executive ordered them, raising Joe McCarthy from his well-earned grave. A state-wide Freedom to Boycott coalition has been combating these atrocious bills, which are surfacing around the country. Here are some songs and images of this growing movement.
(tune: Union Made)
There once was a boycott made
By those who weren’t afraid
Of ginks and goons and political loons
Who make new laws to ban a stand
For human rights for all, across the apartheid wall
And when the governor made his threat
Well this is what they said:
Oh you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Dispossession is their plot
Oppression I’ve always fought
No you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Apartheid you cannot
Force me to buy
This BDS gang was wise
To the Israel lobby’s lies
They couldn’t be fooled or overruled
They’d organize the gals and guys
When McCarthy was reborn
They stood up to forewarn
We’ll hold the line for Palestine
Yes this is what we’ll say:
Oh you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Dispossession is their plot
Oppression I’ve always fought
No you can’t scare me
I’m stickin’ to the boycott
Apartheid you cannot
Force me to buy
Give Me That Old Time Boycott
(tune: ” Give Me That Old Time Religion”)
Chorus:
Give me that old-time boycott
Give me that old-time divestment
Give me them old-time sanctions
They will make the people free
From the fields of California
To bathrooms in Carolina
Really nothing could be finer
Than to boycott till we’re free
It was good enough for Nestlé
So let’s use it for the Dead Sea
Dispossessing is not cool see
But divestment is the key
Chorus
It was good for Sun City
That apartheid was so shitty
Israel’s land theft isn’t pretty
And that’s why we’re singing here
Your executive order
Is so clearly out of order
It’s a state terrorist order
It’s not good enough for me
Chorus
Will the Bill of Rights Be Broken?
(Tune: “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”)
I was standing against oppression
On a cold and cloudy day
When I heard the Governor calling
For to carry my democracy away
Will the Bill of
Rights be broken
Or be honored in the breach
When they take your right to boycott
They have taken your freedom of speech
Now the governor’s in the capital
Helping Israel steal the land
Netanyahu wants to grab it all
That’s why we must take a stand
Are you now or have you ever
Been supportive of human rights
Better watch out for the Governor
Cause he’s got you in his sights
We are here to tell the governor
We boycott and divest with pride
You attack our first amendment
In support of apartheid.
Major domo in the statehouse
Wants to kill the bill of rights
Wants to bring back the dark ages
We are here to turn on the lights
Will the Bill of
Rights be broken
Or be honored in the breach
When they take your right to boycott
They have taken your freedom of speech