Comrade Amanda
Channel: John Sakars
Date: 2020-01-31

Music by Jonathan Haseldine 
Lyrics and vocals by John Sakars 

This is a song of appreciation for all the great work being done by comrade Amanda Barker. 

You're an activist among activists, getting everyone to think
about the roots of all oppression, which truly stink
With a megaphone you shout, so the whole world can know,
capitalism, patriarchy, and speciesism must go

Thought-provoking social justice buttons you make,
which you give freely to the public for the movement's sake
You listen to less-heard voices and read social justice books
On cardboard, you make signs which attract a lot of looks

Amanda 
Decolonizing every day 
Amanda 
Unstoppable. She will find a way
Amanda 
Smash the patriarchy every day
Amanda
Unstoppable. She will find a way 


The meals you prepare are delicious to taste
You dumpster dive for food and speak out against food waste
Even when you accidentally add garlic to your smoothie,
you make sure it all gets drunk, and I think that's groovy

I am grateful you take so many dogs for walks
and share with them multilingual talks
Thanks for throwing your compost over the fence,
making squirrels chubby at no expense

When you worked at jobs, you paid off people's loans
You're always helping others with your muscles and bones
Because you deeply care, you're always happy to share
That makes you richer than any billionaire

You organized a rally to make bus rides free for all
You do things every day to make capitalism fall
You lived for a whole year without money
Your laughter makes every day more sunny

We hitchhiked across Turtle Island together,
and rested under bridges during rainy weather
I thank you for cutting my hair for me
Even with sharp objects near my face, I trust you completely

Thank you for back scratches and shoulder rubs
We've got better things to do than drink in pubs
Thank you for sharing rosemary tea with me
and teaching me to ask for consent before I hug a tree

We've slept near each other on many a floor
You sleep so well, you don't hear anyone snore
You taught me to ask how you slept in French 
Delicious smoothies you make are always sure to quench

When people talk with you, you reflect back to them
Your listening skills are more precious than any gem
At free community meals, you talk with every guest
You help people get their needs met. You always do your best

Amanda 
Decolonizing every day 
Amanda 
Unstoppable. She will find a way
Amanda 
Smash the patriarchy every day
Amanda
Unstoppable. She will find a way

You organize free stores, where people can take
shoes, clothing, books, and food you bake
A post-capitalist world, you are helping to make
Thanks for shaking the system like a big earthquake

Whether chained inside a slaughterhouse, on the kill floor,
or getting arrested on a bridge, you always implore
the people to unite and take action today
You are unstoppable. A true revolutionary

Memories made with you, I will always cherish
I hope it's many years before either of us perish
But even if I were to die today,
I've lived a meaningful life, thanks to this ongoing holiday

You've shown me and many others, there's another way to live
We don't need to fight for resources and be combative
We don't need to work at jobs that do not enrich,
just to make a bunch of old white cis men rich

To the capitalists, we don't need to indenture
Couchsurfing with you has been a great adventure
We fight for our hosts to become free too,
so we can all spend our days doing what we want to do

We've attended many protests, and hugged many trees
We've walked many roads and enjoyed the breeze
I've stood with you in refreshing streams
I hope our world becomes as beautiful as the one in your dreams

Amanda 
Decolonizing every day 
Amanda 
Unstoppable. She will find a way
Amanda 
Smash the patriarchy every day
Amanda
Unstoppable. She will find a way