KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) We are pleased to present a poem written by El Jones on the occasion of this year’s rally and webinar in opposition to the 12th annual Halifax International Security Forum (HISF).
Each year military types, politicians, arms dealers and lobbyists from some 90 countries in the US sphere of influence come to discuss the politics of war and imperialism.
This year, given the pandemic, the conference’s physical footprint is shrunk and many of the seminars and panel discussion have moved online.
For the 2019 event taxpayers were on the hook to the tune of $3.3 million, $3 million forked out by the Department of Defense, and the rest was ACOA money.
El Jones performed the poem at last night’s on-line anti-war webinar.
Continuing its long and distinguished opposition to HISF, the group No Harbour for War is holding a rally at 3 PM on Saturday November 21, at the Halifax Peace and Freedom Park across from the Westin Hotel.
A woman’s going to send the drones So ready the covers of your Vogues The food bank lines are now miles long But a woman’s the one who sends the bombs Liberal feminism can’t be wrong When a woman’s the one who sends the bombs. Can’t get workers PPE But you go girl Nancy Pelosi All hail the bipartisan war parties Now Trump is gone we all agree George W. Bush has been redeemed The war criminals are on our team And there’s a Black woman on my TV screen And when she bombs I’ll yell yasss Queen We’ll force your countries to be free And little Black girls can finally see Themselves in drones and F-16s And this is MLK Jrs dream Brought to you by Wall Street Brought to you by the elites We’ll never ever give you peace Fund military and police But a woman could be commander in chief See what can happen when you believe? This is gender equality So everybody take a knee The resistance heroes hip hip hooray The FBI and CIA The generals and NSA So please enjoy your new air base We’ve all forgot Abu Ghraib We all forgot Guantanamo Bay And none of them will see the Hague The Patriot Act’s so yesterday We‘re all in love with John McCain Make Lockheed Martin great again Centrist neoliberal’s all the rage Kids still living in a cage The war party is here to stay And let’s lock Julian Assange away. We can’t let him expose the truth We’re never bringing home the troops Obama’s so cool shooting hoops You’ll all be crushed under the boot We’re plotting out another coup Billionaires we won’t prosecute We save that for moms of truant youth Those Timberlands were looking cute So let the oil companies pollute Hell put them in the cabinet Add bankers to make up the set We’ll regulate the internet Corporate news is all you’ll get But a woman’s going to send the jets Are Yemeni women happy yet? This moment gives me all the feels A woman’s making weapons deals A woman’s making refugees A woman’s going to rob and steal Last week we were environmentalists But now wars for oil are feminist And history will reminisce How all the donors benefit Orange man is out the door Things can go back to how they were before Biden voted for the Iraq War How dare you ask for any more Your kids still super predators And his kid’s on strike number four But prison’s just for you and yours And really the crime bill’s all your fault This is the time for unity Bow down to oil and energy And let’s be friends with GOP And white suburban families There’s no more white supremacy Black woman deliver us the vote We’ll still be kneeling on your throat But a woman’s going to send the drones So volunteer to work those phones So we can bomb some woman’s home And probably waterboard her son They’re back in fashion neo cons So four more years of settlements War parties are in agreement And let’s hashtag Black excellence Kamala is Vice President. The ladies join the gentlemen In sword, famine, wild beast, pestilence The four horse persons of apocalypse These days we call that feminist Is this the dream of suffragists? And I heard her bombs never miss And don’t forget to call her Ms. Madame, her honour, she or ma’am Get ready those detainment camps Muster the troops line up the ranks A woman’s going to send the tanks And all of us will give her thanks Especially weapons manufacturers, banks And thanks to those suburban moms A woman’s going to send the bombs I’m glad a woman is so strong To send our countries all those bombs.
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brilliant! I love the poetry of El Jones, been to three amazing zoom events where she’s been invited on and each time her poetry is just epic truthbombs and she’s consistently anti-imperialist and anti-colonial, love her! thanks for posting this.