- Capitalism and Alternatives -

The Internationale

Posted by: Simon Kongshoj ( Working Class Heroes, Denmark ) on December 23, 1997 at 21:52:13:

In Reply to: Overheard at the Paris Commune, 1871 posted by The Everett Citizen on December 23, 1997 at 09:42:20:

For all budding communist musicians out there, here it is with guitar chords:
(G)Arise, ye prisoners of (C)starvation, (Am)arise ye (D)wretched of the (G)Earth
(G)For justice thunders (C)condemnation, a (D7)better world's in (G)birth.
No more (D)tradition's chains shall bind us, (A)arise ye slaves no more in (D)thrall;
The Earth (Hm) shall rise on new (G)foundations, we have been naught, (D)we (A)shall be (D)all.
(G)'Tis the final (C)conflict, (A)let each (D7)stand in their (G)place;
The (G)International (D)Union shall (G)be the (A7)human (G)race!
A beautiful song. Actually it's older than the Paris Commune though, but even more beautiful is the fact that it exists in all European and several Asian languages.

Follow Ups:

Tiannamen Square... The Everett Citizen IWW OBU December 25 1997 (3)
- Re: Tiannamen Square... Chris December 30 1997 (2)
  - Made in Wal-Mart (China) The Everett Citizen IWW OBU January 05 1998 (1)
    - Give 'em a chance comrades Andrew Nelson USA January 13 1998 (0)