Aujourd'hui nous pensons qu'il est important de se mettre ensemble pour dire, chanter ou crier qu'il existe des alternatives à la politique d'austérité qu'on nous propose comme seule voie possible vers un futur étincelant.
C'est pourquoi SPIN et l'AMICALE DE PRODUCTION, deux coopératives de production aux liens étroits, ont écrit ensemble une petite chanson. Une chanson pour dire aux politiciens qui nous gouvernent en Belgique comme dans toute l'Europe que nous refusons leurs discours qui affirment qu'il n'y a pas d'alternatives aux coupures budgétaires et à un gouvernement qui se désengage.
Pour des explications plus détaillées sur le contexte politique en Belgique et plus précisément les mesures actuelles qui concernent le secteur artistique, nous vous renvoyons vers la lettre publiée par le RAB - BKO > ICI. Et vers les sites de HART BOVEN HARD, STATE OF THE ARTS et TOUT AUTRE CHOSE, trois exemples de mouvements qui remettent en question ce qui se passe aujourd'hui.
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 ?
