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 Katana Christen (left) & Nora Callahan perform |
Performed by: 2M (2 Million prisoners -- Too
Many)
Composed by: Nora Callahan, 2M
Guitar/Bass, Katana Christen; Vocal, Nora Callahan; Accordion/Drums, Joshua Spiegel
Across
this land of America, prisons abound
Over 2 million citizens, in the bowels of hell
They're our own kind, been down a long time
Then
went guards from US prisons, headed to Iraq
Unleashed on an unsuspecting people? No, they've expected us
A long time, a long time ago
Not
in Bush's America, he didn't like it one bit
Nor did Haider al-Abbadi, to have his manhood
In his own kind, what was on his friend's mind?
Not
in his America, his soldiers stripped them down.
Hoods on heads and limbs were bound, by our own kind
Our own kind. Our own kind
Just
a few bad apples, fallen off the bush?
I wanna know how high is up, and that it's understood
It's his kind, and they're out of their minds
Guards
and dogs and prisons; rape, torture, death
Happens every day in America, the leading jailer on Earth
It's our own kind, our own kind of design
Have we lost our minds? It's our own kind.
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© 2004, Nora Callahan
"When November Coalition members viewed
the photos of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, many of us knew that
they would become 'iconic' and perhaps, as with other iconic
photos, move a nation to action." -- Nora Callahan, Executive
Director, The November Coalition |
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 Event Director Darren McRae |
 Co-director Chet Wise |
 (Above & below) Katana Christen and Nora Callahan of The November Coalition perform folk music |
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Lyrics and MoviesOde to Len Bias (A Ballad of the Drug War) - Lyrics and vocals: Nora Callahan, guitar: Katana Christen - MOVIE (Quicktime Format) It's Time for Justice Now - Lyrics and vocals: Nora Callahan, guitar: Katana Christen - LYRICS - MOVIE (Quicktime Format) Our Own Kind - Lyrics and vocals: Nora Callahan, guitar: Katana Christen - LYRICS - MOVIE (Quicktime Format) - This song also available in mP3 Format |
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 The Planetary Refugees, from Colville, WA, home of The November Coalition |
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Other Performers: Stre Loc & Five One |
 Pony Boy De Los Marijuanos |
 TNC volunteer Heather Rainfeather watches the Coalition table |
 This young man showed us his taser scars |
 Vivian Wm. McPeak, director of Seattle HempFest and November Coalition Regional Volunteer |
 Jim Matthiessen, lead singer with The Herbivores, a popular northwest band |
 Read about it at www.appalshop.org/h2h/projects.htm Listen online and participate at www.appalshop.org/wmmt |
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