Tell us your stories, share your chants...

Chants are memorable, portable, and effective verbal art forms. People invariably recall what it felt like to hear tens, or tens of thousands of others shouting the same words together, or how what it felt like to throw out a phrase and hear it picked up by the crowd, or how different chants would alternate in a lively competition. At the original exhibition, we used re-recordable cards, so that exhibition visitors could add their chants. Send us your contribution: pfp@folkloreproject.org

What do we want? Freedom! When do we want it? Now!
What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!
What do we want? A Union! When do we want it? Now!
What do we want? A contract! When do we want it? Now!
1, 2, 3, 4. We don't want your dirty war.
1, 2, 3, 4. We don't want your racist war.
1, 2, 3, 4. U.S. out of El Salvador.
1, 2, 3, 4. Open up the clinic door. 5, 6, 7, 8. Don't tell us when to procreate.
Dollars for jobs not for war. U.S. out of El Salvador.
Stop the bombing, stop the war. U.S. out of El Salvador.
Hey, hey, ho, ho! LBJ has got to go!
Hey, hey, ho, ho! The death penalty has got to go.
Hey, hey, ho, ho! Clinic bombers have to go.
Hey, hey, LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?
Hey, hey, Reagan and Haig! How many nuns did you kill today?
Hey, hey, what do you say? How many workers have you screwed today?
Racist, sexist, anti-gay. Born-again bigots go away.
Hell, no, we won't go! We won't fight for Texaco!
Ronald Reagan, he's no good! Send him back to Hollywood!
Stop anti-abortion lies. We will not be terrorized.
Gay, straight, black, white. Same struggle, same fight.
No more back alleys in the night. For safe abortions we will fight.
We gotta beat back the Reagan attack. We gotta beat, beat back, the Reagan attack.
The people united will never be defeated.
Our bodies, our lives. Our right to decide.
Down with dope. Up with hope.
Say it loud. I'm black and I'm proud.
Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!
Peace! Now!
Freedom! Now!
Fed Up. Can't take it anymore.
No justice. No peace.
They say give back.We say fight back.
Give me a U-N-I-O-N. What's that spell?

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