This is MTC’s submission to the NPR Tiny Desk Contest. Every year National Public Radio sponsors a competition where musicians across the USA submit videos performing original songs. Past winners included Gaelynn Lea, Tank and the Bangas, Naia Izumi, and Seattle’s own
Quinn Christopherson. Mark Taylor-Canfield’s submission is the song he wrote about Seattle’s historic mass demonstrations against the World Trade Organization. The protests shut down the WTO Ministerial Conference in Seattle and some African nations joined with the protesters in declaring that the WTO violated national sovereignty, weakened environmental and labor protections, and was an undemocratic institution.

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Battle Of Seattle
By Mark Taylor-Canfield

Jenny had a beautiful face
But she felt out of place
So she went downtown
Because she heard the sounds

Parades and banners everywhere
And someone put a flower in her hair
So she marched along
Singing protest songs

Danny was a bright young boy
He was his mother’s pride and joy
They said he was an anarchist
But he was just a kid I guess

But he felt something totally new
So he walked off the job and joined the sea turtle crew
And in an hour or two
He burned his Nike shoes

When the police tried to take his sign
He made a choice to hold the line
And when the tear gas started to flow
He felt the power of the people grow!

That’s when they said,
“You can use your gas and your pepper spray
But nobody here is gonna go away
You can call this a ‘no protest zone’
But these are our streets and this is our home
And if you are the WTO then get out of the way!”

Old Mrs. Harrington said
As she watched on the TV while the protesters bled,
“I think I’ve had enough
It’s gettin’ a little bit rough!”

So she bought a gas mask
It was a serious task
They were illegal now
But she had made a vow

They called them the Raging Grannies that day
In the pouring rain they knew they had to stay
And when the rubber bullets flew
Well, they knew what they had to do

And that’s when they said,
“You can use your gas and your pepper spray
But nobody here is gonna go away
And if you are the WTO
Then by now you ought to know
Get out of the way!”

Mark is a weekly guest on the Jeff Santos Show which broadcasts nationally from Boston. MTC is Jeff’s guest every Friday talking #music, #culture, #media and #politics. https://jeffsantosshow.net (Available live and on demand on #radio, #TV, #Facebook, #YouTube, #Tumblr, & #Twitch.)

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