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Talkin' Columbia University Revolt

by Bob A. Feldman

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A folk song from 2022 that recalls what happened on Columbia University's campus on the Upper West Side in Manhattan.

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If you go to the campus of Columbia U.
The FBI will spy on you
And if you discover I-D-A
The deans will shove you out of the way
To protect--its weapons research--for the war machine.

Inside I-D-A's think-tank building
Columbia's president went regularly
And with Bill Burden, a Columbia trustee,
Sat on the Executive Committee
Approving research--for electronic battlefield--Agent Orange.

At school's computer lab on 115th Street
Professor Garwin, he worked secretly
With other Jason profs he did design
Weapons used to create war crimes
Civilians killed--by air war--using sensors.

But students did chant "I-D-A must go!"
And Columbia's campus had a revolt
Barnard students also joined in
And cops they clubbed both women and men
TPF--cleared the campus--of its students--and professors.

A Columbia trustee, he owned the Times
So his newspaper, it printed lies
And what history books tell about 1968
Hides the truth, with words that are fake
And its professors--shield Columbia--cover-up.

Now Columbia still has its ROTC
And with I-D-A now works openly
And into West Harlem, Columbia's expanding
So Woke students, they are revolting
Seize Low--Stop Expansion--Ban ROTC
Tax Endowment!

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released August 13, 2022

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Bob A. Feldman Boston, Massachusetts

Bob A. Feldman has written public domain protest and biographical folk songs on a non-commercial basis in the Guthrie-Ochs-MacColl-Moore tradition for many years. He also has written a lot of public domain love songs.

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