We vinden het vandaag belangrijk om samen te komen en te zeggen, te zingen of te roepen dat er wel degelijk alternatieven bestaan voor het neo-liberale soberheidsbeleid dat men ons momenteel als enige mogelijkheid voorschotelt.
Daarom staken SPIN en L'AMICALE DE PRODUCTION, 2 verwante artistieke productie-coöperatieven, de neuzen bij elkaar om een liedje te schrijven. Het is een liedje om tegen de politici die ons in België en in de rest van Europa regeren te zeggen dat we het oneens zijn met hun discours dat er geen alternatief bestaat voor besparingen en een zich terugtrekkende overheid.
Voor meer gedetailleerde info over de politieke context in België, en over de maatregelen in de kunsten, verwijzen we u graag door naar de brief die door RAB-BKO gepubliceerd werd.
En naar de sites van HART BOVEN HARD, TOUT AUTRE CHOSE en STATE OF THE ARTS, drie bewegingen die het beleid van vandaag in vraag stellen.
CHORUS
So today we ring the alarm bell
The bell, the bell
Wie-waa Tuu-Taa Pim-Pom
Take a seat or stand, listen or sing with us
There are alternatives to the
"There Is No Alternative"' policy
1ST VERSE : TINA
I don't know if you know,
Well maybe you know or you don't,
She's everywhere, she's among us,
She's all around, ubiquitous
"T", "I", "N", "A",
Tiiiiiiiiiiiii - Naaaaaaaaa
Oh "There Is No Alternative"
"T", "I", "N", "A",
Tiiiiiiiiiiiii - Naaaaaaaaa
Oh "There Is No Alternative"
Yes we're all in the same boat
And Tina is steering the wheel (""AAAARRGH")
Heading for a cold world
Where it's everyone for themselves
And everything has to comply
To economic growth,
To economic growth,
To economic growth,
To economic growth
2ND VERSE : ALEX
I don't know if you know,
Well maybe you know or you don't,
Tina doesn't really exist,
She is a myth, rather there is :
"A", "L", "E", "X"
Aaaaa- Leeeeeeeex
Oh "Alternatives Exist"
"A", "L", "E", "X"
Aaaaa- Leeeeeeeex
Oh "Alternatives Exist"
Ho-oh Alex is taking us
To a much warmer place ("YEAAAH")
No more hearthless profit
Because we have had enough
Of economic growth
Let's feed creative growth,
Let's push cultural growth,
Cooperative growth,
Educational growth
3RD VERSE : LISA
I don't know if you know,
Well maybe you know or you don't,
Our friend Alex is not alone,
There's someone else, she's new in town
"L", "I", "S", "A"
Liiiiii- Saaaaa
Let's Invent "Something All together"
"L", "I", "S", "A"
Liiiiii- Saaaaa
Let's Invent "Something All together"
When Churchill was requested
To cut funding to the arts ("ARRRGH")
To finance the big war,
He responded something like this :
"Then what are we fighting for ?"
So let's sing it some more :
What are we fighting for ?
What are we fighting for ?
What are we fighting for ?
