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Proletarian Hop

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A REVOLUTION WITH A GOAL SO FINE, FROM 36 TO 1939 THEY SAY IT ENDED THAT LAST YEAR BUT THE FASCISTS ARE STILL HERE THE WAR AIN’T OVER AND THE BATTLE AIN’T WON THE STRUGGLE BABY HAS JUST BEGUN SO FASCIST PIGS START TO RUN WE WON’T FORGET WHAT YOU¹VE DONE IT’S A WAR BETWEEN THE CLASSES THE PRIVILEGED FEW AGAINST THE MASSES THE SPANISH ANARCHISTS SAID NO PASARAN I SAY WE STICK TO THAT UNTIL THE WAR IS WON IT’S A PROLETARIAN HOP THAT JUST WON’T STOP TIME TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ONCE AND FOR ALL DEATH TO ALL THE NEO-LIBERALS I WANT TO SEE THE STOCKMARKET CRASH AND THE ONES WHO DESERVES IT GET THE CASH IT’S A WAR BETWEEN THE CLASSES THE PRIVILEGED FEW AGAINST THE MASSES THE SPANISH ANARCHISTS SAID NO PASARAN I SAY WE STICK TO THAT UNTIL THE WAR IS WON IT’S A PROLETARIAN HOP THAT JUST WON’T STOP WE WON’T FORGET WHAT THEY’VE DONE THE FASCISTS MAY THINK THAT THEY’VE WON BUT THE WAR AGAINST THE FASCISTS IS A CLASSWAR TOO IT INVOLVES EVERYBODY BABY EVEN YOU EVERYTHING EVOLVES AROUND MONEY WE DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT HONEY THERE IS MONEY INVOLED NO MATTER WHAT WE DO EVERYBODY TRIES TO MAKE ABUCK OR TWO IT’S A WAR BETWEEN THE CLASSES THE PRIVILEGED FEW AGAINST THE MASSES THE SPANISH ANARCHISTS SAID NO PASARAN I SAY WE STICK TO THAT UNTIL THE WAR IS WON IT’S A PROLETARIAN HOP THAT JUST WON’T STOP

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kid_dynamite On Oct 06, 2002

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by Kid_Dynamite

23y ago

Randy knows how to bring their leftist message to the kids, everybody sings along on this one. Spread the word... the fascists are still here

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by tomorrowsashes

21y ago

This song is about the Spanish Civil War, which occured from 1936-1939. After the monarchy dissolved in Spain, the leftists, allied as the Popular Front, gained control of the government, much to the dismay of the fascists, who launched a coup led by General Fransico Franco. At the same time, the anarchists were reorganizing society, turning entire cities into communes, abolishing wage labor and hierarchy. A war emerged in which there were basically three factions.

First, there were the fascists, who sought to overthrow the democratically elected government in favor of a dictatorship. Second, there were the moderate socialists and communists, who's only goal was to beat the fascists. Their philosophy was basically that this was the first priority, and that the societal revolution could come later. Lastly, there were the anarchists, who believed that the class war and the war against the fascists were inseperable ("THE WAR AGAINST THE FASCISTS IS A CLASSWAR TOO") They completely reorganized cities, abolishing money and wage labor, smashing the churches, communalizing everything, ending sexism, and keeping production at the same level the whole time. Catalonia circa 1939 is seen by many anarchists as proof that a society can function without coercion. This brought them into conflict with the communists, supported by Stalin, who eventually ended up betraying them by attacking their former allies, leading to a fascist victory in the war.

Sorry for the rambling history lesson, but that's about what I got from the song.

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