Using creative and humorous protests for political education.
By Pam Drake · New York City Metro Gaggle · to the tune of We Shall Not Be Moved
The Raging Grannies are a loose international network of women over fifty who use satirical song and street theater as a tool for political education.
Our autonomous gaggles across North America don flowered hats and show up to sing pointed songs about what the powerful would rather keep quiet. We care about peace and justice and human rights and this battered planet, and use a well-aimed song on the steps of city hall to open ears.
It started on a damp Tuesday in Victoria, BC when a handful of older women decided the best way to get attention for peace was to put on flowered hats and sing.
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Eighty-plus gaggles across the US and Canada, from Victoria to Halifax. Find one near you — or start your own.
We are not a club, a party, or an organization. We are a loose network of autonomous gaggles united by a shared method: writing satirical songs about the issues that matter and singing them in public.
No. You have to be a woman (broadly defined) willing to put on a hat and sing in public. Many Grannies are grandmothers, but it's not a requirement.
No. Each gaggle is autonomous. The international network is deliberately disorganized — there are no dues, no bylaws, and no central committee.
Find two or more like-minded women, pick an issue, write a song (or borrow one from the songbook), put on hats, and show up somewhere. That's it.
The Raging Grannies are a women's movement. Men are welcome to support, cheer, carry signs, and start their own groups — but the gaggles are for women.
