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The Internationale (view source)
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'''"The Internationale"''' ('''L'Internationale''' in French) is a famous [[socialism|socialist]], [[Anarchism|anarchist]], [[Communism|communist]], and [[Social democracy|social democratic]] anthem. It served as the anthem of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] from 1922 until 1944. It was originally written in French. but has been translated into many languages. [[Billy Bragg]] has recorded a version of the song.
'''"The Internationale"''' ('''L'Internationale''' in French) is a famous [[socialism|socialist]], [[Anarchism|anarchist]], [[Communism|communist]], and [[Social democracy|social democratic]] anthem. The song was originally in French, but has been translated into nearly every modern human language. It served as the anthem of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] from 1922 until 1944. It was originally written in French. but has been translated into many languages. British socialist [[Billy Bragg]] has recorded a version of the song, which is a modernization of the original French, in English. Other English versions of the anthem exist.
==Lyrics to Bragg version==
Stand up, all victims of oppression
For the tyrants fear your might
Don't cling so hard to your possessions
For you have nothing, if you have no rights
Let racist ignorance be ended
For respect makes the empires fall
Freedom is merely privilege extended
Unless enjoyed by one and all
Chorus:
So come brothers and sisters
For the struggle carries on
The Internationale
Unites the world in song
So comrades come rally
For this is the time and place
The international ideal
Unites the human race
Let no one build walls to divide us
Walls of hatred nor walls of stone
Come greet the dawn and stand beside us
We'll live together or we'll die alone
In our world poisoned by exploitation
Those who have taken, now they must give
And end the vanity of nations
We've but one earth on which to live
And so begins the final drama
In the streets and in the fields
We stand unbowed before their armor
We defy their guns and shields
When we fight, provoked by their aggression
Let us be inspired by like and love
For though they offer us concessions
Change will not come from above
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