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Some traditional Christmas carols (with a tiny anarchist slant).&nbsp; They are best sung loudly and in shopping centres (or Primark).


<h2>Rudolph the red-nose reindeer</h2>
Uh oh we're in the red, dear 
On our credit card it shows 
Christmas is almost over 
But the debit line still grows 
Shopping like Santa's zombies 
Sent our budget down in flames 
But all our Christmas spirit 
Helped the giant retail chains
I'm so foggy Christmas Eve 
Wondering how we'll pay 
Christmas doesn't seem so bright 
When our finances are tight
So here's a plan for next year 
Let's forget the shopping spree 
Let's give a gift of love, so 
All our Christmas gifts are free
<h2>God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen</h2>
Slow down ye frantic shoppers for there's something we must say 
If you would spare a moment all the stores would go away 
Big business has been telling us what Christmas means today
Now it's time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves 
Yes it's time we decided for ourselves.
To some folks Christmas means a time for gathering with friends 
And enemies might take it as a time to make amends 
But TV says it's time for pricey gifts and selfish ends
Now it's time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves 
Yes it's time we decided for ourselves.
Some people feel that Christmas is when Jesus makes a call 
For others it's a time to stress good will and peace to all 
But advertisers tell us it means Santa's at the mall
Now it's time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves 
Yes it's time we decided for ourselves.
<h2>Jingle All The Way</h2>
Chorus: 
Profits here, profits there, 
profits everywhere 
Christmas time is funny 
we smell money in the air 
Advertise, glamorize, 
fool you with a flair. 
Let's make sure that Christmas 
is a businesslike affair.
You're eating up our lies and dashing to the stores 
Then all our prices rise and how the money pours 
If we don't keep you drugged and watching your TV 
You might see the hypocrisy 
then where would business be?
Chorus
We'll tell you how to think and tell you what to try 
What to eat and drink and how to live and die 
And if our plan succeeds, when Christmas-time is nigh 
Instead of seeking love and peace you'll hunt for gifts to buy
Chorus
<h2>Deck the Halls</h2>
Smash the state and squat their buildings! 
fa la la la la la la la la 
It's hard work, but we are willing 
fa la la la la la la la la 
Hundreds housed inside your mansions 
That's our vision of expansion! 
Break the concrete plant a garden 
fa la la la la la la la la 
Never ask to beg their pardon 
fa la la la la la la la la 
Let's throw seeds like we throw punches 
Invite em to our homegrown lunches 
Shopping malls turned into free schools 
fa la la la la la la la la 
Fountains into public pools 
fa la la la la la la la la 
Where a lawn was let the plants grow 
Venture where they say don't go 
If we work to help each other 
fa la la la la la la la la 
We can learn from one another 
fa la la la la la la la la 
In our struggles we're connected 
By every injury affected 
Smash the state and squat their buildings!
fa la la la la la la la la
<h2>Slaving in a Sweatshop Wonderland</h2>
<h3>to the tune of Walking in a Winter Wonderland</h3>
Door bell rings, are you listening? 
On your brow, sweat is glistening. 
You're working tonight; it just isn't right, 
Slaving in a sweatshop wonderland. 
Gone away are the good jobs 
Here today are the sweatshops 
They want you to sew 
Seven days in a row 
Slaving in a sweatshop wonderland. 
In Toronto, Woolworth has used sweatshops 
And they've paid the lowest rates in town. 
Ask about a union, they'll say no ma'am. 
Homeworkers do the job for the poorest pay around. 
Later on, they'll conspire 
How to raise prices higher 
The plans that they've made 
Won't make us better paid 
Slaving in a sweatshop wonderland. 
Door bell rings, are you listening? 
On your brow, sweat is glistening. 
You're working tonight; it just isn't right, 
Slaving in a sweatshop wonderland.
<h2>Way Up on the Top Floor</h2>
<h3>to the tune of Away in a Manger</h3>
Way up on the top floor, where people can't reach, 
The boss of the bussiness plans trips to the beach, 
He counts up his money and spits on the poor, 
While workers are angry and bang on his door. 
His company's huge and it eats up the globe, 
It controls the TV and everything we know, 
His power's not endless, he'll run things no more, 
We've come to his condo to kick down the door. 
Stop shopping his stores, stop supporting his banks, 
Don't polish his shoes or build his big tanks. 
Come out in the streets, come out one and all, 
Come join revolution and his empire will fall.
<h2>Listen to the Message</h2>
<h3>to the tune of Oh, Tennenbaum</h3>
by the raging grannies
Oh shopper dear 
Come over here 
And listen to our message. 
Oh shopper dear come over here 
And listen to our message. 
The women who toil 
In far off lands 
So you can wear 
Your favorite brands. 
Don't get a break-from dawn `till dusk 
It isn't right -- let's make a fuss. 
When buying shirts and pants and stuff 
Ask were the workers paid enough.
<h2>Silent Night</h2>
Silent Night, peaceful night 
We'll survive through this fight 
Build your prisons, banks and wall 
We will see to dismantling them all. 
We'll live a life of true worth, 
Live a life of worth. 
Silent night, peaceful night 
We have spunk, we have might 
You have more money than you'll ever need. 
Millions of people are killed by your greed. 
Sleep knowing all this, 
Sleep knowing this. 
Silent night, peaceful night 
Look around, do what's right. 
Liberty is about more than just me. 
Use all your strength to help others to see 
True freedom can be, 
True freedom can be.
<h2>G o d Bless You Very Wealthy Men</h2>
<h3>to the tune of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen</h3>
G o d bless you very wealthy men, 
Good news I have to tell: 
The market's up, you're making more each time you buy and sell. 
With layoffs more, your profits soar, 
You're living rather well. 
O tidings of capital gains. 
G o d bless you very wealthy men, 
You never have to see 
The people all around you who must live in misery. 
You keep the poor far from your door, 
You know no poverty. 
O tidings of capital gains. 
G o d bless you very wealthy men, 
Whatever comes to pass, 
You have no fear that you will be kicked out upon your ass. 
I have a feeling that your ceiling is 
Not made of glass. 
O tidings of capital gains. 
G o d bless you very wealthy men, 
Do you repeat this song? 
You owe success to your hard work, no one helped you along. 
You've raised yourself to the top shelf; 
Your bootstraps must be strong. 
O tidings of capital gains. 
G o d bless the poor and working class, 
I do regret to tell: 
There is no safety net to catch you if you ever fell. 
Without much wealth or any health 
Insurance when unwell. 
O tidings of capital gains. 
G o d bless the poor and working class 
They've cut you down to size 
Entitled only to those things you can afford to buy, 
When pensions, schools, and fire protection 
All are privatized. 
O tidings of capital gains. 
G o d bless the poor and working class, 
It's time to take a stand 
For decent wages, health, and pensions are our just demands. 
It's time to fight we must unite. 
Won't you lend a hand? 
O tidings of capital gains.
<h2>Learn to Sew!</h2>
<h3>to the tune of Let it Snow</h3>
Oh, the economy's really frightful 
But the shopping is so delightful 
When you desperately need some dough 
Learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to sew. 
Oh, there's no sign the work is stopping 
`cause the orders keep us hopping. 
When you've got no place else to go, 
Learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to sew. 
When you finally say good night, 
And it's two a.m. in the morn, 
And the foreman wants to hold you tight, 
And you wish that he'd never been born. 
Oh, the economy's really frightful 
But the shopping is so delightful 
When you desperately need some dough 
Learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to sew. 
Oh, the industry isn't dying 
But the work is really trying 
When you're bank account's getting low 
Learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to sew.
<h2>O' rubbish bin Are You Full of Food</h2>
<h3>to the tune of O' Little Town of Bethlehem</h3>
by quinn
O' rubbish bin are you full of food 
For us to eat today? 
I wonder why, when it's still good 
The stores throw it away? 
Could it be that it serves them 
To make more than they sell? 
And giving it to hungry folks 
Won't pay them very well. 
O' rubbish bin when I lift your lid 
What treasure waits for me? 
A winter coat? A basketball? A kilo bag of peas? 
Though sometimes I get sickened 
But it's not from the food 
It's `cause I know that all their rubbish 
Could feed my neighborhood. 
O' rubbish bin, why are you locked? 
You're wrapped in chains today. 
Did you know it's against the law 
To take what's thrown away? 
But bolt cutters and crowbars 
Can liberate your fill! 
And make sure that it gets to folks 
And not to a landfill!
<h2>Human Rights</h2>
<h3>to the tune of Silent Night</h3>
Human Rights, Immigrant Rights 
Everyone, Join the fight 
Fight for dignity, justice and peace 
In your living and working place 
Where your children are born 
Where you make your home. 
Human Rights, Immigrant Rights 
Hear the Sweatshop workers plight 
Broken families, INS raids 
Child labor, owners greed 
Everyone, open your eyes 
Stand up, organize! (For revolution!) 
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