Always a very interesting topic, having pioneered a seven person co-operative house in the 1970's which is still flourishing in Lansing, Michigan. Here's a song that came out of a co-operative housing struggle at Co-op City in the greater New York City area:

Words and music by Beverly Grant
© 1976 Human Condition Music
In Broadside, #165, pp. 18

Together, We Can Move Mountains

Chorus:

Together, we can move mountains,
Alone, we can't move at all;
Together, we can move mountains,
Alone, we can't move at all.


You know, people, sometimes we despair
When we think we're alone and nothing's gonna change;
We get stepped on, abused, ignored and confused,
Made to suffer and told we're the blame. (CHO)

The ones who get rich, while we scrape to get by,
Know our unity means their defeat;
So they set as against one another, sister and brother, color 'gainst color,
Keeping us weak; they're keeping us weak. (CHO)

From the smallest seed a mighty tree can grow,
With its roots planted firmly in the ground;
We've got to reach for the sun, only then will we know,
All the love and the beauty and the life to be found. (CHO)

Cheerily,
Charley Noble