Marxism and Music

Songs:

Lyrics: Eugène Pottier (1816-1887), Paris, June 1871; music: Pierre Degeyter (1848-1932), 1888. The International was written to celebrate the Paris Commune (March - May 1871).

Soviet Music

International Music

The Red Flag	Jim Connell, 1889	mp3
Labour's Call	Peadar Kearney, 1918	rm; mp3
Casey Jones - The Union Scab	Joe Hill, 1911	ram
Where The Fraser River Flows	Joe Hill, 1912	ram
Talk to me of freedom	Martin Whelan	rm; mp3
Bread and Roses	Martin Whelan	rm; mp3
Arbetets söner (Sons of the Workers)	Anthem of Swedish Social-Democracy, lyrics: Henrik Menander, music: Nils P. Möller	midi
La Varsovienne / Варшавянка	Polish song, written at the end of XIXth century; very popular in Russia during the revolutions of 1905 and 1917	mp3[fr] mp3[ru] mp3[ru]
L'appel du Komintern	Song written for the 10th anniversary of the Communist International, lyrics: Franz Jahnke, music: Hans Eisler, 1929	mp3
По долинам и по взгорьям / Les partisans	T. Aturov / S. Alimov	mp3[ru] mp3[fr]
Bandiera rossa	Revolutionary Italian song, lyrics: Carlo Tuzzi	mp3
Bella ciao	Song of the Italian partisans, 1943	mp3
Fischia il vento	Song of the Italian partisans, music: M. Blanter ("Katyusha"), lyrics: Felice Cascione, 1944	mp3
A las barricadas	Song of the Spanish revolution, music from "Varshavianka", lyrics: Valeriano Orobón Fernández, 1936	mp3
Die Einheitsfront	Hans Eisler / Bertold Brecht	mp3
Joe Hill	Joe Hill, organizer of Industrial Workers of the World, executed in Utah, USA, in 1915; music: Earl Robinson	mp3
Avante Camarada	Luís Cília, 1967, Portugal	mp3
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido	Quilapayún / Sergio Ortega, 1970, Chile	mp3
Venceremos	Lyrics: Claudio Iturra, music: Sergio Ortega, 1970, Chile	mp3
大海航行靠舵手 (Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman)	Chinese revolutionary song	mp3
长征 (The Long March)	Chinese revolutionary song	au

Music about Che Guevara

Hasta siempre Comandante	Carlos Puebla, 1965 (Cuba)	mp3; rm
Lo eterno	Carlos Puebla (Cuba)	mp3
Que pare el son	Carlos Puebla (Cuba)	mp3
Un nombre	Carlos Puebla (Cuba)	mp3
Guitarra en duelo mayor	Ángel Parra (Chile), Nicolás Guillen (lyrics) (Cuba)	mp3
Fusil contra fusil	Silvio Rodríguez, 1968 (Cuba)	mp3
América, te habló de Ernesto	Silvio Rodríguez, 1972 (Cuba)	mp3
Ay, Che camino	Matio (France)	mp3
Zamba al "Che"	Víctor Jara (Chile), Rubén Ortiz	mp3
Andes lo que andes	Sara González; Amaury Pérez (lyrics/music) (Cuba)	mp3
Nada más	Atahualpa Yupanqui (Argentina)	mp3
Su nombre ardió como un pajar	Patricio Manns, 1969 (Chile)	mp3
Canción del hombre nuevo	Daniel Viglietti, 1965 (Uruguay)	mp3
Che esperanza	Egon y Los Arachanes	mp3
Una canción necesaria	Vicente Feliú (Cuba)	mp3
Canción fúnebre para el Che Guevara	Quilapayún (Chile), Juan Capra	mp3
Alma Morena	Miguel Ángel Filipini (Argentina)	mp3
Siembra tu luz	Miguel Ángel Filipini (Argentina)	mp3
Carta al Che	Inti-Illimani (Chile); Carlos Puebla (lyrics/music) (Cuba), 1969	mp3
El Aparecido	Inti-Illimani (Chile); Víctor Jara (lyrics/music) (Chile), 1971	mp3

Communist Music VIDEOS from Pakistan from the group "Laal"(in Urdu)

Laal - Dehshatgardi Murdabad (Death to Terrorism)
Many people consider religious extremism to be, merely, a spontaneous response to drone strikes and NATO occupation of Afghanistan. The reality is very different. In fact, the CIA and the ISI deliberately planted religious extremism to fight communism during the Cold War. The truth is that the CIA and the ISI are responsible for the death and destruction we see in Pakistan today.

Laal - Jhoot Ka Uncha Sar
Jhoot Ka Uncha Sar Daikha Hai by Habib Jalib. Laal has combined the Brechtian idea of defamiliarization with the wonderfully satirical poem by Habib Jalib called "Jhoot Ka Uncha Sar Daikha Hai" to comment on the level of lying, deceit and sheer hypocrisy that passes without notice in our society.

Meri Duniya Poem: "Farman e Khuda"
by Allama Iqbal. Directors: Taimur, Omayr, Ammar, & Vishal. Video: Laal and Anjuman Muzareen's campaign for land rights in March 2010.