#communist music

[kropotkindersurprise]

Fijne bevrijdingsdag voor al mijn Nederlandse kameraden!

Happy Dutch Liberation Day! Seeing how the fascist party PVV became the largest party in the last elections, and that the outspoken nazi Martin Bosma is the current kamervoorzitter (chairman of parliament) and was allowed to place a wreath at dodenherdenking, the yearly memorial that was once meant to commemorate the people killed in the struggle against fascism, we all need to be preparing to free the Netherlands from the fascists again in the near future.

Join your local antifa. Join local solidarity networks. Get to know your neighbours and community. Get connected to your local extra-parliamentary leftists, whether it's your local antifascists, de Vrije Bond, Revolutionaire Eenheid, de Internationale Socialisten, BIJ1, Rood, NCPN or whoever's organizing near you. None of the "leftist" parties in parliament can be trusted. Bad times are coming, and we need to be preparing yesterday.

#bevrijdingsdag #nederland #netherlands #antifa #antifascisme #antifascistische actie #antifascism #antifascist action #liberation day #organizing #2024 #join your local antifa #communism #socialism #anarchism #antifa nederland #vrije bond #revolutionaire eenheid #internationale socialisten #bij1 #rood #ncpn #liberation #ww2 #video #Youtube #music #leftist music #antifascist music #communist music

[theculturedmarxist]

#rossa palestina #communist music #palestine #revoluzione fino alla vittoria

[khaperai]

The Red banner is raised

#pflp #pflp music #communist music #the red banner is raised #palestine #palestinian communist music #youtube #own post

[yynikki]

Another Day Wasted - SoundCloud

Ouça Another Day Wasted de dengxiaoping no #SoundCloud

#deng xiaoping #eletronic #experimental music #sewerslvt #drum and bass #audio #SoundCloud #communist music #communism

[redbards]

The song only becomes a weapon, if it is joined by action

A cantiga só é arma Quando a luta acompanhar

– José Mário Branco

(full english interpretation of lyrics below the cut)

The song can be a weapon - Didn't you know it? It depends on the bullets as well as on aim It is charged by anger as well as joy The song is a weapon with which to aim

Some will sing out of interest Some will sing for the sake of singing Some try to make a profession out of fighting through song Some will sing in fancy shoes and cling to their privileged status The weeping ballads (Fado) played in bars and salons sow only dismay, mysticism and illusions. Soft singing or hard lyrics have never achieved revolutions. The song is a weapon - against whom? Against the bourgeoisie It all depends on the bullet as well as on aim It is charged by anger, as well as joy The song is a weapon with which to aim If you sing while lagging behind, it's not worth singing But if you go too far ahead, well, you might choke The song will only become a weapon if it is joined by struggle An efficient weapon is engineered with care It's action has to perfect and smooth The song, just like a gun has to be expertly made The song is a weapon - against whom, comrades? Agains the bourgeoisie It all depends on the bullet as well as on aim It is charged with anger as well as joy The song is a weapon with which to aim The song is a weapon with which to aim

#translation #communist music #socialist music #revolutionary #labor song #revolução #Youtube

[defleftist]

Thrilled to see someone carrying on the tradition of protest folk music. Keep fighting the good fight!

#jesse welles #war isn’t murder #music #folk music #protest music #leftist #leftblr #communist #socialist #communism #socialism #anti capitalist #anti capitalism #leftist politics #human rights #anti war #anti war protest #free palestine #free gaza

[psygull-arts]

Odds are, you won't live to see tomorrow

Kit Pike is a golden boy FBI agent recently recruited to Delta Green, tasked with investigating the occurrences around Point Pleasant, West Virginia in November of 1966. He has a strict jogging schedule, an ankle gun, a repressed interest in musical theatre, and he's willing to die horribly in the defense of the local makeout point. For the good of America.

#oc #ttrpg oc #delta green #kit pike #operation: silent mountain #new type of annoying guy i'm trying out #first session went great! our cover story is great nobody suspects a thing #getting a good grade in covert actions #for those reading the tags his second secret theme song is the communists have the music by they might be giants

[barely-coherent-anarchist]

punk is an inherently left wing subculture.

it grew out of the collective disillusionment of marginalised communities the world over. whether you were a person of colour, working class, a part of the LGBTQIA+ community, or any combination of these and other communities, punk was and still is for the most part a scene which welcomes everyone.

right wing politics are, by their definition, opposed to everything punk stands for: anti-establishment belief, radical acceptance, and anti-consumerism.

so don't forget what dead kennedy's said in that absolutely amazing song, 'nazi punks fuck off':

"You still think swastikas look cool

The real Nazis run your schools

They're coaches, businessmen and cops

In a real fourth Reich you'll be the first to go"

and if any right wing 'punks' see this post, all i can really say is cope harder lmao.

#socialism #anarchism #marxism #communism #socialist #leftism #leftist #communist #left wing #ancom #punk music #punk aesthetic #left unity #leftwing #leftisim

[curly-italian]

#phil ochs #music #genuinely love hearing him talking about art and how it's good to recognize when something works regardless of where it comes from #if it works it works #applies to his love of elvis as well #paraphrasing but he says something along the lines of 'we shouldn't dismiss elvis. we should convince him to become a communist'

[catgirl-kaiju]

song i'm sharing for no particular reason :)

#comedy #humor #🚗 🔨 ⚒️ 💥 #tumblr #music #the coup #hip hop #rap #5 million ways to kill a ceo #communist #socialist #anarchist #boots riley #Spotify

[zzoupz]

At least you're familiar with Out of Touch right?

Right?

only because of the meme but yeah

[kropotkindersurprise]

February 2024 - A spectre is haunting carnival in Rio de Janeiro. [source]/[song]

#communism #brazil #brasil #rio de janeiro #carnival #music #hammer and sickle #the spectre of communism #the communist manifesto #2024 #leftist music

[khaperai]

Rossa Palestina - Italian Pro Palestine Communist song

#rossa palestina #youtube #communist music #italian music #communist song #pro palestine

[highly-important]

I recently got into this 4 year old They Might Be Giants song, “The Communists Have the Music.”  Music video directed by David Cowles and Jeremy Galante with art by David Plunkert.

Linnel:

On the one hand, Fran Lebowitz memorably said of Communism vs. Fascism that one was too dull and the other too exciting. However, our song takes its cue from somebody (I can’t remember who) in our high school, who once compared two bands (I wish I could remember which bands) by declaring that one had the power but the other had the tunes. This enduring metaphor seems to apply to any pair of things we can think of. 

I see a lot of people who are interpreting this very literally: that it is about someone who is interested in communism not for rational reasons, but because they’re interested in the aesthetics. I don’t think this is supported by the song.

TMBG have been making music for 30 years. Music is really important to them, I don’t think they would use it to reference something they think is unsubstantive. Music is culture, music is creative and expressive, music uses literary devices frequently. Fascism is more concerned with top-down control and uses stifling  techniques on its subjects. Communism is about bottom-up control where the people are allowed to be expressive. The song focuses on music because the singer is concerned with art, human spirit, and humanity in general. A literal approach to the song is that the singer is only interested in aesthetics but doesn’t understand the substance. Taking a creatively-minded approach opens up the song to embrace it as an anthem in favor of communism and left-leaning politics.

I think some of the major themes are art vs propaganda, humanity, dehumanization, paranoia, listening, watching, identity, and of  course, politics. It is about finding meaning and connection in a landscape that is trying to divide us, make us scared or angry, and dehumanize ourselves.

 I think the song itself is intentionally using symbolism and leaving its message up for interpretation because of this type of backlash to these types of messages.

The music video itself is a satire of American Red Scare politics.The scare is still going today- we still can’t listen to songs or study the period without a fear of it.

Right away they dragged me to the Committee To explain my un-American activity They're gonna see they made a mistake If they'd only let me play my mixtape

No matter the singer’s intent, the Committee refuses to listen to the music, refusing to hear the message.

But, the music video is packed with people listening, only they’re listening in secret. This is a direct spoof on cold-war espionage and paranoia that led to US intelligence listening to its own citizens.

The music video draws a metaphoric comparison between spying and recording/listening to music.

Some of the listening devices are references to real-world spying devices and animal experimentation done by the CIA. A 70s CIA operation code-named Tacana explored using pigeons with tiny cameras to take photos. The CIA also tried using migratory birds to place sensors to test for chemical weapons. There was also an incredibly cruel operation called Acoustic Kitty which involved putting listening devices inside cats.

Animals are meant to be connected to nature, but the bulldog, pigeon, and cat have been turned into Frankenstein cyborgs. These technological monsters come about from the misapplication of technical knowledge and an excess of power. It is dehumanizing.

Another major theme in the video is political propaganda and the idea of watching. “The Committee” are just angry watching eyes, swarming like predators. The politicians watched on TV are disingenuous puppeteers putting on a political show. The propaganda is an endless progression of war machines and calls for violence.

“The fascists have the outfits.” A reference to Hugo Boss, who contributed to the fashions of the Nazi regime. I think that the singer is suggesting these other movements have style but no substance. The various forms of propaganda may be more enticing, but they lack humanity.

We watch propaganda, but we experience art. The act of listening is a transformative experience that connects us with our humanity. While the propaganda being pushed promotes war, hatred, and paranoia, the two spies  who have been listening to each other in secret find love and human connection.  The politicians seek to divide everyone, but the wall between these two has come down.

“I hear a melody and just as suddenly I know who I’m supposed to be.”

The fascist system is heirarchal, and the red scare paranoia is ultimately self-destructive as the animal spies all turn on each other. Perhaps it happened because they are all listening to the communist music, which explains why they are also dragged away to the Committee.

At the end, the singer himself is trapped in a television, which I believe is symbolic of a type of political reprogramming. His identity is now lost, and he’s only able to regurgitate propaganda.

The Internationale performed by Billy Bragg, which the singer calls his “backing track.”  The international ideal unites the human race.

#They Might Be Giants #TMBG #the communists have the music #Youtube

[coyoteworks]

'Cause why have a god if no one is saved I think love is a burden if it ain't brave

#album of the year for me. personally #tex's playlist #music #willi carlisle #critterland #americana #folk music #had trouble picking which lyrics to put in the post bcs theyre all. so good #shoutout to 'i never thought i could love like this they think im a queer and a communist' #and shoutout to 'i wanna be the kind of man that stands his ground and dies' #oh willi carlisle. you never cease to rip my heart out

[unidentifiedwhistlingobject]

no one:

absolutely not a single being:

my brain for the past week: I GOT HANDED AN AYN RAND SANDWICH STRAIGHT FROM A CAN, IT TASTED SO BLAND

#they might be giants #tmbg #the communists have the music #the communists have the music tmbg #music #uwo original #meme #tmbg meme