Lenin’s Tomb
Or, you could try:
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/
...1807542,00.html
Christ - Andrew Dismore MP tells The Sun that these guys could face prosecution under anti-terror laws. What bollocks.
Sing along with Len:
http://www.uv.es/~pla/red.net/in...t/
intaoter.html
Worth checking out the Japanese version, and the Chinese hair-metal one, too. And I know it's a Stalin-glorifying, nationalist travesty from a country that once made the splendid communist gesture of making the Internationale it's anthem, but I can't help loving Paul Robeson's recording of the Anthem of the USSR.
So, by the way, this is what the PM had in mind when he talked about monitoring and intervening in families:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
commen...1808129,00.html
Neil Young pushes the boundaries?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
thats nice cheers me up no end.
dont understand a word of russian apart from yes and no. But i cant help think of stalin when i hear it in russian when i should be have an image of Lenin & Trotsky in me head.
Any one got a link to it being sung in english?
Oh yeah we only sing the first verse and chorus at marxism every year!!!
The ones I have found of it in English aren't great - however, if you google 'internationale mp3s' you should find a version led by Marc Blitzstein in the first link - Blitzstein, if you remember, wrote Cradle Will Rock, a big commie play directed by Orwell under auspicious circumstances.
Orwell! Freudian (or Orwellian) slip. Should have said 'Orson Welles'!
Inauspicious, surely?
Orwell! Freudian (or Orwellian) slip. Should have said 'Orson Welles'!
Oops!!!!!
The Welsh Internationale is my favourite one, as it is almost completely incomprehensible to all who don't have a degree in the subject. The only lines I, as a fluent welsh speaker, can sing is the two last lines of the chorus:
Mae'r undeb rhyngwladol
Yn uno'r weithwyr byd!
and I enjoy singing those words immensely
It's awful.
Troll deleted
Justin - it's fab if you blast it across the office at full volume.
Lenin I've noticed that some of your recent posts were really long. Why don't you use a (read on) link after a paragraph or so?
IMPORTANT:
PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Press Release
Ref: 56/2006
Date: 29 June 2006
Time: 08:00 GMT
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Carry Out Reprisals against Palestinian Civilians in the West Bank
PCHR strongly condemns the IOF detention of Palestinian Cabinet Ministers, including the Deputy Prime Minister, and legislative council members from the “Change and Reform” party, affiliated with Hamas. The Centre views these detentions as a form of reprisal against Palestinian civilians and a form of collective punishment prohibited by Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. The Centre calls upon the international community, particularly the High Contracting Parties of the Fourth Geneva Convention, to force IOF to respect the convention, which bars reprisals against protected persons, as stipulated in Article 33. The Centre calls upon the High Contracting Parties to enforce Article 3, regarding adherence to the convention and respecting its stipulations, and to take appropriate actions against the serious violations being perpetrated.
PCHR’s preliminary investigation indicates that in the early morning hours of Thursday, 29 June 2006, IOF conducted a number of incursions throughout the West Bank, excluding Jericho however. IOF surrounded the places of residence of a number of Palestinian Cabinet Ministers and members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from the Change and Reform Party. These forces detained nine cabinet ministers, twenty-one PLC members and a number of Hamas political leaders.
The detained Cabinet Ministers are:
- Naser El-Deen El-Sha’er, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education
- Omar Abdel Raziq, Minister of Finance;
- Samir Abu Eisha, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation;
- Khaled Abu Arafa, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs;
- Wasfi Qabha, Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs;
- Issa El-Ja’bari, Minister of Local Government;
- Fakhri Torokman, Minister of Social Affairs;
- Nayef El-Rajoub, Minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs; and
- Mohammad El-Barghouthi, Minister of Labor.
The detained PLC members are:
- Hebron: Basem Ahmad Moussa Za’arir, Khalil Moussa Khalil Beb’ei, Samir Saleh Ibrahim El-Qadi, Mohammad Ismail Othman El-Tal, Mohammad Motlaq Abdel Mahdi abu J’heisha, and Mohammad Maher Yousef Bader.
- Bethlehem: Anwar Mohammad Abdel Rahman El-Zoboun and Mahmoud Dawood Mahmoud El-Khatib.
- Jerusalem: Wa’el Mohammad Abdel Fattah Abdel Rahman (El-Husseini), Mohammad Mahmoud Abu Tir, and Ahmad Mohammad Ahmad Attoun.
- Nablus: Hosni Mohammad Ahmad Bourini, Reyad Ali Mostafa Amli, and Yser Suliman Dawoud Mansour. IOF raided the house of PLC member Ahmad Ali Ahmad in Ein El-Ma’ refugee camp, but did not find him there.
- Jenin: Ibrahim Mohammad Saleh Dahbour, Khalek Suliman Fayez Abu Hasan, and Khaled (Sa’id) Abed Abdallah Yehya.
- Tulkarm: Reyad Mahmoud Sa’id Radad and Fathi Mohammad Ali Qarawi.
- Qalqilya: Imad Mahmoud Rajeh Nofal
- Salfit: Naser Abdallah Odeh Abdel Jawwad.
PCHR condemns these detentions, which came following the Israeli government’s threat to assassinate and detain Hamas political leaders, after the military operation against the Israeli military outpost in Kerem Shalom on Sunday, 25 June 2006. PCHR:
- Affirms that these detentions are a form of reprisal and collective punishment;
- Affirms that these detentions are part of a plan to undermine the democratically elected government and PLC;
- Reiterates the position that Israel is intent on implementing unilateral steps to complete the construction of the Annexation Wall and confiscate more than half the area of the West Bank. Targeting the new Palestinian government underlines the intention of Israel to continue to disregard and undermine the Palestinian leadership;
- Reiterates the call to the International Community to take immediate steps to provide protection to the civilian population, in accordance with International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law, and to work to prevent further deterioration in the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
-End-
Public Document
**************************************
For more information please call PCHR office in Gaza, Gaza Strip, on +972 8 2824776 - 2825893
Interesting post you link to Justin. The quote at the end is from Bill Hicks isn't it? Billy Bragg recently reissued his 1986 album Internationale which features a version of the song he penned himself. Personally, his From Red to Blue and Steve Earle's Christmas In Washington hit the spot for me.
Justin - much, much better lyrics in French or German. It's the English Disease, isn't it? - like the insufferably maudlin Red Flag - another glorious defeat, comrade.
I'm sorry, but am i the only one who thinks that the thought of a record industry executive threatening to resign is extremely funny?
I mean its not like the music industry is a bastion of integrity or anything.
Interesting post you link to Justin.
I thought so, seeing as I wrote it.
The quote at the end is from Bill Hicks isn't it?
It is. I think it's very good indeed.
I take it that the "Niall Ferguson" who posted the inspid waffle above has only recently morphed from his "Frank Field" avatar.
What a dick. I've half a mind to shove my red & black flag up his uncomprehending "ass".
I'd also bet that Niall/Frank is about 22 and in full-time higher education. There's something about the tone and timbre of his posts that has "college contrarian" all over them.
Please, don't ever call me a student again.
You mean you write like that and you're not a student?
Maybe one day I will be able to reach your prolific heights.
Aim high, young man. As high as you can.
I wonder if he can get it over his own head?
Oh, thank's for that, comrade! That brings back memories. I bought that record in Moscow in 1988, it's backed with the Russian national anthem. I still have that somewhere, I must dig it out.
-sincerity77
Oh, thanks for that, comrade! That brings back memories. I bought that record in Moscow in 1988, it's backed with the Russian national anthem. I still have that somewhere, I must dig it out.
-sincerity77
"I'd also bet that Niall/Frank is about 22 and in full-time higher education. There's something about the tone and timbre of his posts that has "college contrarian" all over them."
It's Pete.
I would agree with Justin that, while the tune of l'Intérnationale kicks ass, there has never been a satisfactory English version. This is why I always sing it either in the original French, or - for real internationalist cred - Esperanto.
The Greek version, IMHO, is even worse than the English one.
I prefer Spanish or German versions.
The Tuvan version is wondrously strange. And enjoyable for all who appreciate throatsinging. Admittedly, I cannot really identify the Internationale in their arrangement.
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