Strike Up The Band!

I wanna sing the anthem for our times. The Matriots' Anthem. You know the tune of America the Beautiful don't you? These words are ones that have some real meaning.

" International Anthem"

By Chris Highland

Oh beautiful diversity, third planet from the sun
A spinning ball of land and sea
Embracing everyone.

Chorus One
Oh Planet Earth, Oh Planet Earth
Creator blesses you.
On every shore and land of birth
We're Muslim, Christian, Jew.
(second time: We're Buddhist, Sikh, Hindu)
alternate.....Confucian, Taoist, too
Earth, pagan, wiccan too
All Spirit paths are true
A Matriotic Crew

2. Oh wonderful, this common life
All creatures great and small
We breathe the same united air
From birdsong to wolf call.

Repeat CHORUS ONE

3. The beauty of our precious home
A rock of blue and green
Protected by no one alone
In Nature's holy scene.

CHORUS TWO

Oh Planet Earth, Oh Planet Earth
Our only Motherland
In every tongue, of every race
No borders, hand in hand.

4. Of mountains wrapped in glistening snow,
And river waterfalls
Of trees to climb and paths to find
Our song will break all walls.

Repeat CHORUS TWO

5. Now listen for the cry of hope
That opens every soul
And work to make the Good and Just
A bell of freedom toll.

CHORUS
Oh Matriots, Oh Matriots
One country we defend
We live for peace, compassion, love
The light without an end.

After you are done singing, you can put your hand over your
heart and fervently join me in the Pledge.

The Pledge of Resistance

We believe that as people
living
in the United States it is our
responsibility to resist the
injustices
done by our government,
in our names

Not in our name
will you wage endless war
there can be not more deaths
no more transfusions
of blood for oil

Not in our name will you invade countries
bomb civilians, kill more
children
letting history take its course
over the graves of the
nameless

Not in our name
will you erode the very
freedoms
you have claimed to fight for

Not by our hand
will we supply weapons and
funding
for the annihilation of
families
on foreign soil

Not by our mouths
will we let fear silence us

Not by our hearts
will we allow whole peoples
or countries to be deemed
evil

Not by our will
and Not in our name
We pledge resistance

We pledge alliance with those
who have come under attack
for voicing opposition to the
war
or for their religion or
ethnicity
We pledge to make common
cause
with the people of the world
to bring about justice,
freedom and peace
Another world is possible
and we pledge to make it real.

"WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD"
Mahatma Gandhi