Announcing the Raging Grannies of Pittsburgh for Peace!
The Raging Grannies hope to bring new life (and a sense of humor) to the local peace movement, especially as the United States is gearing up for a major war against the people of Iraq.

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“We are going public as Raging Grannies in order to make people think of the problems around them, and we hope to do this in a funny and entertaining way,” says Edith Bell, a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and one of the Raging Grannies organizers.  The group will begin their performance with a song sung to the tune of Side By Side and containing the lyrics:

“Oh, we’re a gaggle of grannies,
Urging you off of your fannies,
We’re raising our voice
We want a new choice
—NO MORE WAR!”

Raging Grannies Mission:
In the tradition of wise women elders, the mission of the Pittsburgh Raging Grannies is to promote global peace, justice, and social and economic equality by raising public awareness through the medium of song and humor.

Our goal is to challenge our audiences to work to bring about the social changes that are required in order to end economic oppression, particularly of women and children,and to end racial inequality, environmental destruction, human rights violations, and arms proliferation.

We model ourselves after the Canadian Raging Grannies. We use tunes of old songs and write lyrics to fit what we sing about. We are challenged to keep step with current issues.