The Welfare Warriors are mothers and others who have joined together to make our voices heard in all policies affecting families in poverty. 414-342-6662
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2711 West Michigan Ave
Milwaukee WI 53208
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414-342-6662
MOM's Line ~
Welfare Warriors MOMS Line, begun in 1990, teaches self-advocacy and organizing skills to
about 800 moms a year. Mothers and Youth (MAY) Project~
The Welfare Warriors' Mothers and Youth (MAY) project, begun in 1995, brings together moms and their children to work for social justice while learning and developing new skills. Mother Warriors Committee~
Welfare Warriors' Mother Warriors Committee, the organizing branch of the Welfare Warriors, works locally and across the USA to give a voice to mothers and children to stop the war on the poor and to lobby for a Government Guaranteed Child support Program. We use music, public actions, street theatre, publications, marches and more to organize for social change. Mother Warriors coordinate actions with England's Wages for Housework, LA's Global Strike Network, and the National Women's Council of Ireland to the Global Women's Strike each year on March 8 to demand recognition of women's unpaid work. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Welfare Warriors publishes the Mother Warriors Voice, an international activist news journal put together by and for low income mamas. We would like to see many more subscriptions to the Voice to share the vital information of social change activism worldwide and to inspire hope. Subscriptions also help support our vital work, so we urge you to subscribe if you like the samples you see here and if you wish to support alternative media. The mainstream media reports selectively, particularly on social justice issues, so we ask all of you to support the peoples media and keep the information flowing free and true. Subscribe to the Voice by filling out the form below and returning to Welfare Warriors. Print this out and send along with cash, check or money order to:
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and loved ones with a subscription to the Voice! Welfare Mothers Voice Submission Requirements
Published once a year, we primarily accept articles from any mother who has ever had to depend on government benefits for her children's support or has struggled with the child welfare system. Articles must be based on experience, not theory alone, and reflect the truth in your life. We do no accept anything that will divide or weaken our community with bigotry against people of any race, size, age, gender identity, culture or sexual orientation. We want to share our knowledge and strength with each other, to validate each other, and support each other until the poverty community is strong and unified with a VOICE in all systems that affect our lives. We are angry and bored with the lies and stereotypes about moms whose children receive government child support (TANF) and moms who have been unjustly targeted for child removals. We will no longer remain silent. We will unite and fight for the lives of all mothers and children in poverty. Send submissions by mail to:
Mother Warriors Voice; 2711 W. Michigan Ave,
Milwaukee, WI 53208
SOME OF OUR FIGHT BACK CAROLS...
Oh Billionaires
(Tune: "O Tannenbaum" / "Oh Christmas Tree")
Oh billionaires, oh 1 percent
It's time to pay your taxes
You live like kings, you kill for bling
We won't support your habits
We will boycott all your stores,
Banks, and drugs, and all your wars
Oh billionaires, oh 1 percent
It's time to pay your taxes
Oh ruling class, oh 1 percent
Why don't you pay your taxes
You scheme and play and rob each day
You prey upon the masses
We will stop you every day
We won't send a cent your way
Oh ruling class, oh 1 percent
Why don't you pay your taxes
Oh CEOs, oh 1 percent
It's time to pay your taxes
You take our jobs, you run the mobs
Your life resembles maggots
We will buy from local stores
We won't help you spend and horde
Oh CEOs, oh 1 percent
It's time to pay your taxes
Oh patriarchs, oh plutocrats
It's time you paid your dues
You smile and lie, you occupy
The minds of people, too
We will boycott all your news
A-and your mass media, too
Oh patriarchs, oh plutocrats
It's time you paid your dues
Oh billionaires, oh 1 percent
Why don't you pay your taxes
Get out of town, we won't back down
We'll occupy your assets
We won't bomb your homes and lands
Like you do to fund your scams
Oh billionaires, oh 1 percent
We just demand your taxes
(Sung to the tune of "Tavern in the Town")
Welfare Warriors Song
When Welfare Warriors come to town, come to town
There's help for the mothers who are down, who are down
They all take aim at the bureaucrats in power,
Who duck, hide, run away and cower! (Chorus)
Goodbye, guys we don't need you,
And it's too much work to feed you,
We'll move into all your offices and make rules fair! Moms with babies can stay home, can stay home,
No more daily job-search on the phone, on the phone
So get out quick before we kick your asses
We're on our way to college classes! All the deadbeats will send checks, will send checks,
Our private-eyes will find each ex, find each ex,
And the moms need dough, so do not let them wait,
Don't send support checks to the state! --Chorus
Tuition for the mothers will be free, will be fee
With day care provided for no fee, for no fee,
Moms get honor, dignity, respect--
Which family values should reflect!-- Chorus
We the people have the wealth, have the wealth
To Guarantee every child's health, every child's health
Change old laws and pass new bills
Our children need security, not pills-- Chorus
CPS Is Coming For You
(to the tune of Santa Claus Is Coming to Town)
Chorus
You better watch out
I'm telling you why
CPS wants your Children, no lie
CPS is coming for you
They see you when you¹re struggling
They know you stand alone
With lies and ugly bigotry
They remove your kids from home
Chorus
They take them when they're sleeping
They take them from their beds
They don't care if you're bad or good
So get that through your head
Chorus
They like to take the babies
As soon as they are born
To sell to middle-class folks who
Look down on you with scorn
Chorus
They organize a gang-bang
To guarantee their pay
The greedy cruel professionals
Take screaming kids away
You better fight back
You gotta stay strong
A trial will prove their stories are wrong
Stop CPS from coming for you
