although the song itself does mention democracy, it never lived up to that through mao. the ideals were never implented for the benefit of the people, only for the communist party. keep in mind when the japs invaded china, mao ordered his troops to not attack the japs. he wasnt strong enough. only a few guerrila bands did. remember that it was the r.o.c. who fought the japs to exhaustion then the ccp took advantage a weak kmt army later. true democracy came out of the kmt not the ccp.
@bigblondman1 I was a bit puzzeled about the democracy part because the Original Chinese Lyrics speaks nothing of Democracy.... I don't know where the Democracy came into the song.....
@nchan1995 personally, i think robeson was a communist sympathizer. the reason he leaned that way, i think was because of the way black were treated here during his life. he felt that the u.s. democracy wasnt addressing true freedom for black people so he embraced a revolutionary concept in protest of the u.s. gov. lack of consideration toward black people. i also think that he simply fell for the deception that is communism. it deceives people with false hope and only benefits the few in charge
@nchan1995 sorry my mistake. i meant to write that it "doesnt" mention democracy, not "does". i meant that the ideals of democracy may seem to be in the song to a point, but its a deception. hope that clarifies it .
@bigblondman1 what i meant was that the song sounded like it upheld democratic principles but was a deception. i meant to write, the song "doesnt" mention democracy not "does".
Hey, I'm Jewish and know all the words in Chinee! Learned Chi Lai at sleepaway camp called CAMP WOCHICA (Workers Children Camp) The words are embedded in my brain!!
why would you go to a camp like that at all? it promoted communism which is nothing but deception you and others along with robeson were simply naive or duped into believing that the communists were doing something democratic. thats absurd one has nothing to do with the other. i think robeson would change his mind about the ccp in china today when they recently said to be on gaurd against westernizing, which really means democratizing. china is not democratic if it was the ccp wouldnt be there
@Integritube dont be so naive as to fall for the decption that is communism. robeson was veryy intelligent he went to rutgers and even he was deceived by the false hope that communism offered. ill never understnd why he praised it so much. but i think if he was around today he would change his mind after he heard that the ccp warned against westernizing the country and spliting the party. the commies are very insecure and paranoid all they care about is holding onto power by any means necessary
@heshin117 he was duped by the false appeal communism had on many free thinkers. sure compared to fascim it seemd like a viable alternative. but what they missed was that all communism really does is oppress people after deceiving them and real power isnt with the people but only the few who are in charge. communism is wrong, oppressive and liaes. it benefits no one but the party itself.
Great anthem...but what has the "Commie Version" given the world apart from Mao Zedong, The Global Recession of 2009, and Persecution of Tibetians? China was much better off when it had an Emperor or when it was occupied by Japan. Things would have gone better if the Chinks set up a democracy with Chang Kai Shek instead of Mao Commie Zedong.
@MMusashi7 Just naming Chang Kai Shek and democracy in one sentence is a pure abomination. What kind of democracy would that be? Organized crime and warlords were the center of his power, what democracy is that? or what about him fleeing to Taiwan and killing more than 200.000 people during the White Terror, oh wait, thats democracy too? Maybe its similar to the "democracy" that USA tried to bring to the USA, when it killed like 7 million people there. Fuck you.
USA tried to bring democracy to USA and killed 7,000,000 people? My family has been in America for a dozen generations, and no one told me about that, lol...
@Robertz1986 Its quite sad that the genocide of the Native Americans is so easily forgotten. Since it was probably one of the biggest genocides in human history.
In the area that now constitutes the United States, there were only ever 3,000,000 natives. Most of the natives that died, did so as a result of infectious diseases, primarily small pox, that was spread intentionally during British colonization (by the British military) and after American independence is sometimes spread accidentally (but no evidence Americans ever intentionally spread it). What is this genocide you talk about? There are more natives now than when we came here...
@Okhlopkov Chiang Kai-Shek was lucky he had compentent men to lead Taiwan and he was also lucky Taiwan was a small enough country for democracy to work. Taiwan became a democracy in the 80s and only had its first elections in 1996.
@MMusashi7 better off while being occupied by japan?
you have no idea of the horrific things that the japanese did to the chinese.
they went through cities and villages, rounded people up, RAPED every woman, TORTURED everyone, then KILLED them!
in their biological weapons farms, they had labs where they tested biological weapons on the chinese, then performed vivisection on live humans, and they gave them no pain medications because it might effect the scientific results.
@Wakizashiwakizashi: If you had family who lived in Poland during the war you would know it is said that while the Nazi's were in control the poles prayed for deliverance but after the bolsheviks "liberated" them the poles prayed the Nazi's would come back. Many atrocities were committed by the bolsheviks and blamed on the Germans.
As to this upload: Paul Robeson seems like a fine and talented man. It is a shame that this song was chosen by the communist as their anthem.
@Wakizashiwakizashi: If you had family who lived in Poland during the war you would know it is said that while the Nazi's were in control the poles prayed for deliverance but after the bolsheviks "liberated" them the poles prayed the Nazi's would come back. Many atrocities were committed by the bolsheviks and blamed on the Germans.
As to this upload: Paul Robeson seems like a fine and talented man. It is a shame that this song was chosen by the communist as their anthem.
I agree, amazing pronunciation! He clearly took pains to learn to pronounce the words clearly, or as clearly as his native speaking skills would allow. A man of intellect and world class.
WOW! Good pronunciation! Here's how PRC gov translates: Arise, you who refuse to be slaves! Let us amount our flesh and blood towards our new Great Wall! The Chinese nation faces its greatest peril, The thundering roar of our peoples will be heard! Arise! Arise! Arise! We are many, but our hearts beat as one! Selflessly braving the enemy's gunfire, march on! Selflessly braving the enemy's gunfire, march on! March on! March on! on!
@Wakizashiwakizashi: How happy it would have been for the China if they had continued to be "oppressed by the Fascists" of the Koumintang. Mao is usually credited w/ having murdered about 40 million Chinese in his career. According to the most recent biography of Mao, he actually collaborated w/ the Japanese against Chiang who fought the Japanese. As Mao patron Stalin also allied w/ the Nazis. But you're a brain dead ideologue, like Robison, who actually toured Stalin's GULAGs.
And how many lives did Mao Zedong save? You never hear something about that, do you? Mao created the most powerful nation in the world, improved the lifes of over a billion people.
The CCP was the only real force fighting the Japanese in China. Chiang Kai Shek allowed the Japanese to annex ever more pieces of Chinese lands because he refused to make a ceasefire with the Communists to fight off the Japanese. It took a warlord to kidnap him and force him to finally take on Japan.
@Wakizashiwakizashi: There is no way to dispute that Mao was the greatest disaster to ever be imposed on the Chinese people. W/in a decade of Mao's acquisition of power, millions were reduced to cannibalism. That is the legacy of Marxism, a world where people have no other choice but to eat each other. It was only b/c of a madman like Stalin, that a madman like Mao was able to take over China.
And if you thinkg that the Non AGRESSION Pact between the USSR and Germany was an alliance, you actually have no idea whatsoever what a non-agression pact is. The USSR did not stand a chance against the Thrid Reich in 1939, and Stalin knew that very well. After the signing of the NAP, the USSR greatly increased military spending, for the inevitable war everyone knew that was coming. Without the NAP, the USSR could never have defeated Hitler, and without the USSR, nobody could.
@Wakizashiwakizashi: When nations join together on a common enemy, they are allies. The common enemy was Poland. WWII began as a war of agrression against Poland.Germany & Russia invaded Poland together. Stalin supplied material aid for Germany's later wars against Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Holland & even Britain. The Wehrmacht ran on Russian oil. Quit talking like a demented Marxist lunatic.
Poland was not a common enemy, nor was there ever an alliance between the USSR and Germany.
The USSR claimed and demanded pieces of Poland, because they knew the Germans would otherwise occupy that as well, in which case they would be at the very borders of the USSR. The occupation of Poland by the Red Army was necessary for the protection of the USSR itself. Countless Poles were spared from the nazi genocides because of the Russians, as they could go east to escape the nazis.
@Wakizashiwakizashi: The Nazis & Bolsheviks invaded Poland together. They were both fighting the Poles. 1,000s of Poles were murdered by the Nazi-Marxist alliance. Nazis sent Poles to Nazi concentration camps, Bolsheviks sent Poles to Russian concentration camps. 10s of 1,000s more died. It is astonishing how totalitarian propaganda can rot a man's mind. It was the Soviets who paved the way for the Nazi Holocaust. The Nazis were copying the numerous Soviet Holocausts, such as in the Ukraine.
Maybe I did learn something and this is why I posted it. Wasn't it adopted by the Chinese Communist Party, which subsequently installed a totalitarian system which cost millions and millions of lives? Didn't Mr Robeson support that party? Mao was the greatest enemy the Chinese people ever had
This man's great work was, to the eternal shame of American society, repressed because he (in pointing out the obvious) linked resistance to Jim Crow laws to worldwide struggles for freedom and justice such as in the USSR against the autocratic Tsars and in the PRC against what we would see today as Afghan-style feudal drug lords. This selective interpretation of history has reinforced a condescending view of Blacks that they "sure love them some preacher men."
1978-82 - March on! People of all heroic nationalities! The great Communist Party leads us in continuing the Long March, Millions with but one heart toward a communist tomorrow, Bravely struggle to develop and protect the motherland. March on, march on, march on! We will for generations, Raise high Mao Zedong's banner, march on! Raise high Mao Zedong's banner, march on! March on! March on! On!
I have few heroes. Mr. Paul Robeson is one of those few.
When I was a very little girl my Dad took me from Montreal to New York City to attend a rally/demonstration where Mr. Robeson was scheduled to attend and, we hoped, to sing. I remember sitting high on Dad's shoulders, gripping his turban (and no doubt thoroughly disheveling it!) and watching and hearing this incredible voice. I must have been 3 or 4 years old, but I remember very clearly.
@simayana what a beautiful story. There was not ONE type of person, race, religion or culture that Robeson did not welcome with his voice. Thanks for sharing your memory with us!
@dsindc i agree. robeson was duped like many regarding communism. its a clever deception that fools even the educated. he went to rutgers for pete sake and he still fell for the lie of communism. youre right.. i dont think he'd be supportive of it today. if he would be, then he'd really be either obstinate or dellusional. great singer, but politically naive.
GREAT CHINA ! China need to build a strong base first, to a point when min wedge reach-- US$3,000 per person FIRST, --A key vital index,-- so she can maintain powerful status in the world.... then carry out 三民主義 "eventurely, no doubt
Next 500 years world is ours, --Have strategic vesion, --have united power-
i love mr robeson. but i cant help but think the english wording is quite wrong.
it's: arise! dont be slaves! using our flesh and blood we will make a new great wall! china is in her greatest hour of need! everybody must roar in defiance!
arise! arise! arise! we are millions of hearts with one mind. brave the enemy's gunfire! march on! brave the enemy's gunfire! march on! march on! march on, on!
holy dumb fuck why do communist people always call their countries "democratic" and shit like that. 1:18 is total shit. not a hint of democracy in china
@kalinga01 because china is a people's democratic dictatorship. the communist party is chosen by the people to represent and dictate the workers and peasant's wishes. it is also called a dictatorship of the proletariat.
@kalinga01 for the same reason that idiotic americans called their country "democratic" and shit like that, when people who looked like Paul Robeson couldn't drink out of public water fountains or eat in restaurants.
@kalinga01 and you apparently pull your knowledge of history out the shit that comes from your ass. You can wave your gaudy flag until it frays and falls apart, asshole. It will not ever change the reality of both slavery and segregation, all of which your country seemed to have no problem with while touting its false "democracy". You obviously know NOTHING about Robeson, his life, or your own nation.
@iVenge i know shit about my country, but i am not saying anything about paul robeson, ok? if you and all the other communists will shut up and stop talking to me, i will stop commenting about this video and stop argueing with you. damn, you guys are sensitive.
How true! BUT people like you and me have to COMMIT to tell the REAL story of one of the GREATEST FIGHTER for FREEDOM and worker's rights of modern time!!! SEG
hats off to mr. robeson!! he recorded this song in 1941 before it became the national anthem in 1949, wow!! his mandarin version in fact was quite impressive. at least its better than my cantonese accented mandarin, LOL!!
fhlew, thank you for your upload and the detail information!!
Paul Robeson's name of almost erased from the role of those who gave their LIVES for the GLOBAL struggle for Human Rights and Dignity by the U.S. government during the 1950s. But some of us have not forgotten his OUTSTANDING contributions, and we can not allow the world to forget either.
Thank you! If we all keep shining our LIGHT on the wealth of work by Paul Robeson, not only will we not forget him; no one else will either! GOD Bless You!!!
@SEGWW2 How true, they've almost been successful at turning one of the great heros in the struggle for freedom into the Black and White Minstrel Show. You can buy "Old man river" anywhere but just try to get your hands on to his great political anthems.
Paul Robeson 保罗·罗伯逊（1898——1976）, 英文版 (义勇军进行曲) Arise！You who refuse to be bound slaves！ Let's stand up and fight for Liberty and true democracy！ All the world is facing The change of tyranny， Everyone who wants freedom is now crying： Arise！Arise！ Arise！ All of us in one heart， With the torch of freedom， March on！ With the torch of freedom， March on！March on！March on and on！ 田汉 聶 fhlew
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What I find most interesting about this is that his translation of the Chinese lyrics is very different. The Chinese version has no mention of "freedom" and "liberty." It shows how music can be re-interpreted for different ideological perspectives. The original is more about unity and sacrifice in the face of an enemy.
His Chinese pronunciation is also way off, but I forgive him for that in lieu of his talent.
sorry , dude, i cannot stand with you, because the language is a sylbol of culture. you'd better translate the meaning but every word directly. "不愿做奴隶的人们" in the lyrics means people who do not want to be Slaves. it is other way to say freedom and liberty. thus, i have to say that you have bias on that.
For those defending Robeson....I agree he's entitled to his beliefs but some here forget that the USA and USSR were already in a Cold War period and Robeson was an advocate of Stalin and we all knew Stalin was a murdering tyrant that murdered MORE people than Hitler.
That's why he got treated the way he did. He defended an evil tyrant that's main goal was to squash the USA.
You might like to watch my playlists on the 14th Army AIr Corp, also called the China AIr Task Force or Flying Tigers. Stalin did not show his colors until the end of the war--during the war he was an ally and our only hope of victory. HIstory has blurred the significance of international solidarity during WWII, but the singing of this song by a descendent of American slaves was bold and stirring--patriotic. It's popularity waned during the cold war he didn't anticipate Stalin's failed state.
I am grateful for this 4:15 sound track. His singing reminded me so much of my late father. Not that was my father an African-American, he was a pure Chinese but Mr. Robeson had a great impact in my father's life. My father taught us to stand strong and don't back down to any superior power. Thank you very much!!
With the torch of freedom march on. march on march on and on.
MaoistLeninistMarx 1 day ago
As much as I hate communism, Paul Robeson was a great and brilliant man, and a great singer.
Communism can plague even the most intelligent and educated minds, and the most ideological people as well.
Communism is as dangerous as Capitalism, educate yourself, the evils of Capitalism are no reason to stray towards the evils of Communism.
TheEnviroFriend 5 days ago
although the song itself does mention democracy, it never lived up to that through mao. the ideals were never implented for the benefit of the people, only for the communist party. keep in mind when the japs invaded china, mao ordered his troops to not attack the japs. he wasnt strong enough. only a few guerrila bands did. remember that it was the r.o.c. who fought the japs to exhaustion then the ccp took advantage a weak kmt army later. true democracy came out of the kmt not the ccp.
bigblondman1 1 month ago
@bigblondman1 I was a bit puzzeled about the democracy part because the Original Chinese Lyrics speaks nothing of Democracy.... I don't know where the Democracy came into the song.....
nchan1995 3 weeks ago
@nchan1995 personally, i think robeson was a communist sympathizer. the reason he leaned that way, i think was because of the way black were treated here during his life. he felt that the u.s. democracy wasnt addressing true freedom for black people so he embraced a revolutionary concept in protest of the u.s. gov. lack of consideration toward black people. i also think that he simply fell for the deception that is communism. it deceives people with false hope and only benefits the few in charge
bigblondman1 3 weeks ago
@nchan1995 sorry my mistake. i meant to write that it "doesnt" mention democracy, not "does". i meant that the ideals of democracy may seem to be in the song to a point, but its a deception. hope that clarifies it .
bigblondman1 3 weeks ago
@bigblondman1 what i meant was that the song sounded like it upheld democratic principles but was a deception. i meant to write, the song "doesnt" mention democracy not "does".
bigblondman1 3 weeks ago
Hey, I'm Jewish and know all the words in Chinee! Learned Chi Lai at sleepaway camp called CAMP WOCHICA (Workers Children Camp) The words are embedded in my brain!!
thanks for the memories.
TheBubbemeinses 2 months ago
why would you go to a camp like that at all? it promoted communism which is nothing but deception you and others along with robeson were simply naive or duped into believing that the communists were doing something democratic. thats absurd one has nothing to do with the other. i think robeson would change his mind about the ccp in china today when they recently said to be on gaurd against westernizing, which really means democratizing. china is not democratic if it was the ccp wouldnt be there
bigblondman1 3 weeks ago
Interesting...as a black South African, totally appreciate!
Integritube 2 months ago
@Integritube dont be so naive as to fall for the decption that is communism. robeson was veryy intelligent he went to rutgers and even he was deceived by the false hope that communism offered. ill never understnd why he praised it so much. but i think if he was around today he would change his mind after he heard that the ccp warned against westernizing the country and spliting the party. the commies are very insecure and paranoid all they care about is holding onto power by any means necessary
bigblondman1 3 weeks ago
Thank you for the wonderful post, bio and lyrics.
nooyawkfun 3 months ago
This person is a true human. Loving and caring for all the races that were suffering. This dude should have been the Nobel peace prize winner.
heshin117 3 months ago
@heshin117 he was duped by the false appeal communism had on many free thinkers. sure compared to fascim it seemd like a viable alternative. but what they missed was that all communism really does is oppress people after deceiving them and real power isnt with the people but only the few who are in charge. communism is wrong, oppressive and liaes. it benefits no one but the party itself.
bigblondman1 3 weeks ago
I love this man! I am so proud to read about him !I often ponder his works!
successfulwadi 4 months ago
I did'nt mean right wing, I mean correct.
teslashark 6 months ago
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bennyleung2100 6 months ago
And the usa beat him down too!!
SpiritWarrior1957 6 months ago
@SpiritWarrior1957 Now in the US Paul Robeson is still seen as a hero of the 50s', because he is right.
teslashark 6 months ago
Robeson!
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wvwvwvwvv 7 months ago
better not, becoz I really dont want to have anything to do with you people if there is a choice
eddielung31 8 months ago
pity he wasnt around to sing the song in the 1980's when african students in china were being discriminated
romalondra 9 months ago
@romalondra 1980' China was ruled by revisionists.
stureremil1942 8 months ago
@stureremil1942
True
Wakizashiwakizashi 8 months ago
What a beautiful anthem and beautiful rendition from Mr. Robeson, a true scholar and a gentleman. This world needs more people like him.
nooyawkfun 9 months ago
Great anthem...but what has the "Commie Version" given the world apart from Mao Zedong, The Global Recession of 2009, and Persecution of Tibetians? China was much better off when it had an Emperor or when it was occupied by Japan. Things would have gone better if the Chinks set up a democracy with Chang Kai Shek instead of Mao Commie Zedong.
MMusashi7 10 months ago
@MMusashi7 You would rather china be controlled by facists then by communists?!
also, the recession has nothing to do with China.
Zusk0 10 months ago
@MMusashi7 Just naming Chang Kai Shek and democracy in one sentence is a pure abomination. What kind of democracy would that be? Organized crime and warlords were the center of his power, what democracy is that? or what about him fleeing to Taiwan and killing more than 200.000 people during the White Terror, oh wait, thats democracy too? Maybe its similar to the "democracy" that USA tried to bring to the USA, when it killed like 7 million people there. Fuck you.
Okhlopkov 9 months ago
*Vietnam that is.
Okhlopkov 9 months ago
@Okhlopkov
USA tried to bring democracy to USA and killed 7,000,000 people? My family has been in America for a dozen generations, and no one told me about that, lol...
Robertz1986 8 months ago
@Robertz1986 Its quite sad that the genocide of the Native Americans is so easily forgotten. Since it was probably one of the biggest genocides in human history.
Okhlopkov 8 months ago
@Okhlopkov
In the area that now constitutes the United States, there were only ever 3,000,000 natives. Most of the natives that died, did so as a result of infectious diseases, primarily small pox, that was spread intentionally during British colonization (by the British military) and after American independence is sometimes spread accidentally (but no evidence Americans ever intentionally spread it). What is this genocide you talk about? There are more natives now than when we came here...
Robertz1986 8 months ago
@Robertz1986 Only native American are Indians.
stureremil1942 8 months ago
@Robertz1986 Black slaves.....
Tougemaster06 6 months ago
@Okhlopkov if you are Chinese too, please stop making us look bad with all your lack of knowledge and non-sense, thanks
eddielung31 8 months ago
@eddielung31 No worries, I would never ask the opinion of someone from Hong Kong about Chinese affairs.
Okhlopkov 8 months ago
@Okhlopkov Chiang Kai-Shek was lucky he had compentent men to lead Taiwan and he was also lucky Taiwan was a small enough country for democracy to work. Taiwan became a democracy in the 80s and only had its first elections in 1996.
Noobssuckass300 2 months ago
@MMusashi7 better off while being occupied by japan?
you have no idea of the horrific things that the japanese did to the chinese.
they went through cities and villages, rounded people up, RAPED every woman, TORTURED everyone, then KILLED them!
in their biological weapons farms, they had labs where they tested biological weapons on the chinese, then performed vivisection on live humans, and they gave them no pain medications because it might effect the scientific results.
TheEnviroFriend 5 months ago
@Wakizashiwakizashi: If you had family who lived in Poland during the war you would know it is said that while the Nazi's were in control the poles prayed for deliverance but after the bolsheviks "liberated" them the poles prayed the Nazi's would come back. Many atrocities were committed by the bolsheviks and blamed on the Germans.
As to this upload: Paul Robeson seems like a fine and talented man. It is a shame that this song was chosen by the communist as their anthem.
annulus1 10 months ago
@Wakizashiwakizashi: If you had family who lived in Poland during the war you would know it is said that while the Nazi's were in control the poles prayed for deliverance but after the bolsheviks "liberated" them the poles prayed the Nazi's would come back. Many atrocities were committed by the bolsheviks and blamed on the Germans.
As to this upload: Paul Robeson seems like a fine and talented man. It is a shame that this song was chosen by the communist as their anthem.
annulus1 10 months ago
better than the anthem it's self sung before the PRC was formed it should be the republic of china's anthem controlled by the rightful owners Taiwan
usmctate 11 months ago
i m bowing to you from the bottom of my heart
tianya1382 11 months ago
great man ... he 's way ahead of his time .
jk12578 1 year ago
PRC LONG LIVE , LOVE BLACK BROTHERS
Mreleezy 1 year ago
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iamlcf50 1 year ago
love this version of the anthem sounds way better than the communist version in which The PRC stole
usmctate 1 year ago
...and thank you for the enlightening information above!
nooyawkfun 1 year ago
I agree, amazing pronunciation! He clearly took pains to learn to pronounce the words clearly, or as clearly as his native speaking skills would allow. A man of intellect and world class.
nooyawkfun 1 year ago
whitedogsrule 1 year ago
Robeson was such a treasonous idiot. As he sung these idiotic words, China was undergoing the greatest act of mass murder in history.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
@VictorLepanto
Robeson was an American who actually cared about the People.
Chine just came out of fascist oppression by the Kuomintang opressors.
If you enjoy capitalist and fascism so much, enjoy it. But let the People liberate themselves, and do not stand in their way.
Wakizashiwakizashi 1 year ago
@Wakizashiwakizashi: How happy it would have been for the China if they had continued to be "oppressed by the Fascists" of the Koumintang. Mao is usually credited w/ having murdered about 40 million Chinese in his career. According to the most recent biography of Mao, he actually collaborated w/ the Japanese against Chiang who fought the Japanese. As Mao patron Stalin also allied w/ the Nazis. But you're a brain dead ideologue, like Robison, who actually toured Stalin's GULAGs.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
@VictorLepanto
And how many lives did Mao Zedong save? You never hear something about that, do you? Mao created the most powerful nation in the world, improved the lifes of over a billion people.
The CCP was the only real force fighting the Japanese in China. Chiang Kai Shek allowed the Japanese to annex ever more pieces of Chinese lands because he refused to make a ceasefire with the Communists to fight off the Japanese. It took a warlord to kidnap him and force him to finally take on Japan.
Wakizashiwakizashi 1 year ago
@Wakizashiwakizashi: There is no way to dispute that Mao was the greatest disaster to ever be imposed on the Chinese people. W/in a decade of Mao's acquisition of power, millions were reduced to cannibalism. That is the legacy of Marxism, a world where people have no other choice but to eat each other. It was only b/c of a madman like Stalin, that a madman like Mao was able to take over China.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
@VictorLepanto
And if you thinkg that the Non AGRESSION Pact between the USSR and Germany was an alliance, you actually have no idea whatsoever what a non-agression pact is. The USSR did not stand a chance against the Thrid Reich in 1939, and Stalin knew that very well. After the signing of the NAP, the USSR greatly increased military spending, for the inevitable war everyone knew that was coming. Without the NAP, the USSR could never have defeated Hitler, and without the USSR, nobody could.
Wakizashiwakizashi 1 year ago
@Wakizashiwakizashi: When nations join together on a common enemy, they are allies. The common enemy was Poland. WWII began as a war of agrression against Poland.Germany & Russia invaded Poland together. Stalin supplied material aid for Germany's later wars against Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Holland & even Britain. The Wehrmacht ran on Russian oil. Quit talking like a demented Marxist lunatic.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
@VictorLepanto
Poland was not a common enemy, nor was there ever an alliance between the USSR and Germany.
The USSR claimed and demanded pieces of Poland, because they knew the Germans would otherwise occupy that as well, in which case they would be at the very borders of the USSR. The occupation of Poland by the Red Army was necessary for the protection of the USSR itself. Countless Poles were spared from the nazi genocides because of the Russians, as they could go east to escape the nazis.
Wakizashiwakizashi 1 year ago
@Wakizashiwakizashi: The Nazis & Bolsheviks invaded Poland together. They were both fighting the Poles. 1,000s of Poles were murdered by the Nazi-Marxist alliance. Nazis sent Poles to Nazi concentration camps, Bolsheviks sent Poles to Russian concentration camps. 10s of 1,000s more died. It is astonishing how totalitarian propaganda can rot a man's mind. It was the Soviets who paved the way for the Nazi Holocaust. The Nazis were copying the numerous Soviet Holocausts, such as in the Ukraine.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
Five people are happy being slaves.
number1historybuff 1 year ago
The russian national anthem also uses the word freedom, so does ours. I often wonder who has the right definition.
skiie 1 year ago
this would be the republic of china anthem if shang had tookin China
usmctate 1 year ago
Robeson, singing the song of Chinese totalitarianism? Telling!!
mainsqueeze1977 1 year ago
@mainsqueeze1977
Why don't you try to learn something instead of posting slogan like rubbish here?
March of the Volunteers is a song for the independence of the nation of China.
helloterran 1 year ago
@helloterran
Maybe I did learn something and this is why I posted it. Wasn't it adopted by the Chinese Communist Party, which subsequently installed a totalitarian system which cost millions and millions of lives? Didn't Mr Robeson support that party? Mao was the greatest enemy the Chinese people ever had
mainsqueeze1977 1 year ago
This man's great work was, to the eternal shame of American society, repressed because he (in pointing out the obvious) linked resistance to Jim Crow laws to worldwide struggles for freedom and justice such as in the USSR against the autocratic Tsars and in the PRC against what we would see today as Afghan-style feudal drug lords. This selective interpretation of history has reinforced a condescending view of Blacks that they "sure love them some preacher men."
number1historybuff 1 year ago
what is this bullshit? The guy is singing about shit that never happened in china and never will.
BadboybillyC 1 year ago
US should change it's anthem to this ENglish version.
arfwang 1 year ago
the great Afro-American, beautiful.
nettletondj 1 year ago
solidaritet2010 1 year ago 2
Arise! All who refuse to be slaves!
Let our flesh and blood forge into our new Great Wall!
As the Chinese people faces its greatest peril,
Every person's forced to expend their very last cry.
Arise! Arise! Arise!
Million hearts beat as one,
Brave the enemy's fire, March on!
Brave the enemy's fire, March on!
March on! March on! On!
solidaritet2010 1 year ago
Paul Robeson and China live on in our hearts.
Anton in France on China's 61st Anniversary-1 October 2010
anton83320 1 year ago
這歌聲站更多一奏國歌。 關於中國現行和這說明他們是一次像這作為奴隸，但他們一次為自己站在和想要自由
kyawmawthu 1 year ago
I have few heroes. Mr. Paul Robeson is one of those few.
When I was a very little girl my Dad took me from Montreal to New York City to attend a rally/demonstration where Mr. Robeson was scheduled to attend and, we hoped, to sing. I remember sitting high on Dad's shoulders, gripping his turban (and no doubt thoroughly disheveling it!) and watching and hearing this incredible voice. I must have been 3 or 4 years old, but I remember very clearly.
It is one of my most wonderful early memories.
simayana 1 year ago 37
Thank you for sharing your memories !
fhlew 1 year ago 2
@fhlew You're welcome. Those of us who have such memories have a happy duty to share them with those who come after!
C'est la lutte finale!
simayana 1 year ago
@simayana hahahaha, turban, there funny
brettsworld99 1 year ago
@brettsworld99 My Dad was a Sikh - as am I - and would never be seen in public without his turban. BTW, his hair were never cut in his whole life.
simayana 1 year ago
@simayana what a beautiful story. There was not ONE type of person, race, religion or culture that Robeson did not welcome with his voice. Thanks for sharing your memory with us!
BrickLaneBetty 1 year ago
@simayana Really nice
GoldSolis 9 months ago
@simayana
Thanks for sharing! A great man, a true internationalist and hero!
Doooku 4 months ago
Paul Robeson: Advocate of Freedom, a patriot of Humanity.
Hissanrach 1 year ago 5
@Hissanrach And would he have sung this in Tiananmen Square during the uprising? No? He was a tool. To call him naive is a gross understatement.
dsindc 1 month ago
@dsindc i agree. robeson was duped like many regarding communism. its a clever deception that fools even the educated. he went to rutgers for pete sake and he still fell for the lie of communism. youre right.. i dont think he'd be supportive of it today. if he would be, then he'd really be either obstinate or dellusional. great singer, but politically naive.
bigblondman1 3 weeks ago
hey, i'm chinese, and this guy is actually pretty good at it!
That baratone voice is brilliant, this version is awesome!
thank you and fuck fascism! :)
BluefootStalin 1 year ago 23
l'Orient est rouge!
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fdoca 1 year ago
保罗·罗伯逊 (Paul Robeson) - Arise (义勇军进行曲)
ac3761G 1 year ago
Wonderful wish i could learn it too!
cultofmao 1 year ago
i love mr robeson. but i cant help but think the english wording is quite wrong.
it's: arise! dont be slaves! using our flesh and blood we will make a new great wall! china is in her greatest hour of need! everybody must roar in defiance!
arise! arise! arise! we are millions of hearts with one mind. brave the enemy's gunfire! march on! brave the enemy's gunfire! march on! march on! march on, on!
ahoyhoy79 1 year ago 3
@ahoyhoy79 He modified it, like he did with the USSR's anthem.
qwastic 1 year ago
@qwastic ah ok. i figured it was either that or someone had mislead him. tx
ahoyhoy79 1 year ago
@ahoyhoy79 I think it may be because he wants it to be applicable and relevant not just to Chinese.
Glyre777 1 year ago
@ahoyhoy79
Well, he made a poetic translation, so that he could sing it in English with the same melody. It doesn't have to be of the exact same meaning.
And I personally find his translation as remarkable as the original.
timfidotru 1 year ago
His Chinese is decent
zezking 1 year ago
@zezking Not really, he sang the soviet anthem too that doesnt make him a russian or in your case chinese
okpapereat 1 year ago
@okpapereat ?? What? I was saying his chinese speaking (or singing if I could say) is really good.
zezking 1 year ago
笑左……^^
sniper092811 1 year ago
好，很好听！
hfgfgs 1 year ago 4
唱得很好
dragonhru 1 year ago 3
唱得很好！！！！
chinesecommando808 1 year ago 3
Wonderful recording from a great man. Thanks for posting!
Derwentcub 1 year ago
respect to this great man
Sasuk3xxx 1 year ago 2
What happened to great Black civil activists like Paul Robeson, Martin Luther King, and Fred Hampton?
The battle against racism, economic injustice, and opression is not over.
Long live the people's of the world in solidarty! All who refuse to be slaves, march on! march on! march on!
wnxsilence 1 year ago 4
holy dumb fuck why do communist people always call their countries "democratic" and shit like that. 1:18 is total shit. not a hint of democracy in china
kalinga01 1 year ago
@kalinga01 because china is a people's democratic dictatorship. the communist party is chosen by the people to represent and dictate the workers and peasant's wishes. it is also called a dictatorship of the proletariat.
MrOldMajor 1 year ago
@kalinga01 for the same reason that idiotic americans called their country "democratic" and shit like that, when people who looked like Paul Robeson couldn't drink out of public water fountains or eat in restaurants.
iVenge 1 year ago 5
@iVenge you faggot ass, america is a fucking democracy. the people have rights.
kalinga01 1 year ago
@kalinga01 and you apparently pull your knowledge of history out the shit that comes from your ass. You can wave your gaudy flag until it frays and falls apart, asshole. It will not ever change the reality of both slavery and segregation, all of which your country seemed to have no problem with while touting its false "democracy". You obviously know NOTHING about Robeson, his life, or your own nation.
iVenge 1 year ago
@iVenge i know shit about my country, but i am not saying anything about paul robeson, ok? if you and all the other communists will shut up and stop talking to me, i will stop commenting about this video and stop argueing with you. damn, you guys are sensitive.
kalinga01 1 year ago
@kalinga01 China is the most democratic dictatorship in the world.
Alastor308 1 year ago
@Alastor308 you can go to jolly pirate doughnuts and take a 2 hour shit for all i care
kalinga01 1 year ago
How true! BUT people like you and me have to COMMIT to tell the REAL story of one of the GREATEST FIGHTER for FREEDOM and worker's rights of modern time!!! SEG
SEGWW2 1 year ago
Well, Robeson wasn't too bad at pronunciation...
Anonie324 1 year ago
hats off to mr. robeson!! he recorded this song in 1941 before it became the national anthem in 1949, wow!! his mandarin version in fact was quite impressive. at least its better than my cantonese accented mandarin, LOL!!
fhlew, thank you for your upload and the detail information!!
youtubie4u 1 year ago 18
Share with you.
fhlew 1 year ago
love his voice and love this song
MaxViars 1 year ago
Paul Robeson's name of almost erased from the role of those who gave their LIVES for the GLOBAL struggle for Human Rights and Dignity by the U.S. government during the 1950s. But some of us have not forgotten his OUTSTANDING contributions, and we can not allow the world to forget either.
SEGWW2 1 year ago
paul robeson will live forever in our hearts. Never forgotten!!!
flytrap66 1 year ago
Thank you! If we all keep shining our LIGHT on the wealth of work by Paul Robeson, not only will we not forget him; no one else will either! GOD Bless You!!!
SEGWW2 1 year ago
@SEGWW2 How true, they've almost been successful at turning one of the great heros in the struggle for freedom into the Black and White Minstrel Show. You can buy "Old man river" anywhere but just try to get your hands on to his great political anthems.
A scandal.
abcdsean 1 year ago
The jazz version is really nice! And his voice is amazing too~
MsDaisy36 2 years ago
唱英文版干什么。当然要唱自己国家的版本。
Hfter789 2 years ago
給美國佬聽 給美國佬知道中國多強
a23091399824 1 year ago
不識抬舉, 人家專重你才會唱你的歌!!!
LouisLeeKH 1 year ago 4
@LouisLeeKH 我没说他唱我们国歌有问题，我只是说中国要要唱回自己真正的版本。
Hfter789 1 year ago
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LouisLeeKH 1 year ago
英文版的歌詞是 Paul Robeson 為爭取黑人民權而寫的, 他視當時的美國政府為 tyrant - 即暴君, 所以要爭取 true democracy - 真正的民主。
LouisLeeKH 1 year ago 2
great man
bearnesauce 2 years ago 3
Thanks! It's beautiful, not for the song, and the courage and love of the singer.
maggie9669 2 years ago 3
ac3761G 2 years ago 6
NOT MATCH WITH THE CHINESE VERSION...
escodo456 2 years ago
The art of translation - you don't have to translate verbatim especially for a song, or a poem.
dcpghy 1 year ago
英文版真難唱 我就怕我不會唱
到時候被大陸指派去外國
我不會歌唱國家 我到時就難看了
a23091399824 2 years ago
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ac3761G 2 years ago 11
謝謝您的告知。謝謝!
fhlew 2 years ago
Bravo!!
that is quite swing and a little bit drag...
googoo0202 2 years ago 3
Beautiful!!! Thanks for the upload-
I'm here offering another version on the English Lyrics, with some words I hear PR singing in the translation.
Arise you who refuse to be bond slaves,
Let's stand up and fight for Liberty and true democracy,
All our world is facing the Chains of the Tyrant,
Everyone who works for freedom is now crying,
etc. etc.
ramosean 2 years ago 4
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googoo0202 2 years ago
nice tongue work there
lastsongtosing 2 years ago 5
What I find most interesting about this is that his translation of the Chinese lyrics is very different. The Chinese version has no mention of "freedom" and "liberty." It shows how music can be re-interpreted for different ideological perspectives. The original is more about unity and sacrifice in the face of an enemy.
His Chinese pronunciation is also way off, but I forgive him for that in lieu of his talent.
heseltonc 2 years ago 4
sorry , dude, i cannot stand with you, because the language is a sylbol of culture. you'd better translate the meaning but every word directly. "不愿做奴隶的人们" in the lyrics means people who do not want to be Slaves. it is other way to say freedom and liberty. thus, i have to say that you have bias on that.
silikmel 2 years ago
yes he translate it right:
"who refuse to be bond slaves"
means that, but in a much more beautiful English than yours
googoo0202 2 years ago 3
I think he actually changed the lyrics so as to actually fit the song's rhythm.
slaytheinfidels 2 years ago
five stars！
maoismlzm 2 years ago
I'm amazed. His Chinese is quite good.
krustykelvin 2 years ago 5
i wonder how china would be today if communism had never taken over.
Judacoth 2 years ago
Much worse.... However we (or at least our larger corporations) would have owned a great deal of it.
Ironically, the Chinese own quite a bit of us now.
It's all so strange.
Anyway, Robeson was brilliant, one of the greatest renaissance men of the last century.
vonKressenstein 2 years ago
a Nationalist state that would opress massive ethnic groups. Basicly China would be a 3rd world country in equivilent to the Kingdom of Kampuchea.
PolishSoviet 2 years ago
Comrade Robeson's pronunciation is really good. Glory to Communism!
curran2000 2 years ago
Arise! you who refuse to bond slaves!
Let's stand up and fight for liberty and true democracy!
All our world is facing the change of the time and,
Everyone who works for freedom is not crying.
Arise! Arise! Arise!
All of us with one heart,
Wield the torch of Freedom! March on! Wield the torch of Freedom! March on! March on! March on and on!
marxotube 2 years ago 2
a man such as thing？
dorfliug 2 years ago
His Chinese pronunciation is pretty good
dorfliug 2 years ago 4
The translation is really off though...REALLY off...
hankpin 2 years ago
thats beacuse this is his version he made into english
bearnesauce 2 years ago
For those defending Robeson....I agree he's entitled to his beliefs but some here forget that the USA and USSR were already in a Cold War period and Robeson was an advocate of Stalin and we all knew Stalin was a murdering tyrant that murdered MORE people than Hitler.
That's why he got treated the way he did. He defended an evil tyrant that's main goal was to squash the USA.
HokiesAndDawgs 2 years ago
You might like to watch my playlists on the 14th Army AIr Corp, also called the China AIr Task Force or Flying Tigers. Stalin did not show his colors until the end of the war--during the war he was an ally and our only hope of victory. HIstory has blurred the significance of international solidarity during WWII, but the singing of this song by a descendent of American slaves was bold and stirring--patriotic. It's popularity waned during the cold war he didn't anticipate Stalin's failed state.
DadsBlueAngel 2 years ago
Just like the USA was already squashing blacks at home, right?
HeshimaJameni 2 years ago
African Americans weren't thrown into gulags like Stalin was throwing citizens in back during the 30s.
Use your brain.
HokiesAndDawgs 2 years ago
Oh So African Americans were not thrown into gulags!
So they got a more humane treatment? Hmmmm what of the lynch mobs in broad daylight and... the strange fruits?
HeshimaJameni 2 years ago 4
@HokiesAndDawgs
laddercast 2 years ago
@HokiesAndDawgs no they where trown under the train . You have any idea about your history as a slave nation
laddercast 2 years ago
Wrong
HokiesAndDawgs 2 years ago
do you live in a ormer slavestate or not
slavery is indefenceble
laddercast 2 years ago
BTW - It says you live in the USA. By all means, move out if you don't like it.
HokiesAndDawgs 2 years ago
Oh, I am so sorry! Next time I will make sure I ask your permission before I set foot in your neighborhood, Mr. Gestapo!
HeshimaJameni 2 years ago
Commenting and representing stupidity with wrong conclusions is what they call ignorance.
HokiesAndDawgs 2 years ago
Exactly!! You have, finally, seen the light!
HeshimaJameni 2 years ago
I am grateful for this 4:15 sound track. His singing reminded me so much of my late father. Not that was my father an African-American, he was a pure Chinese but Mr. Robeson had a great impact in my father's life. My father taught us to stand strong and don't back down to any superior power. Thank you very much!!
lmc2664 2 years ago 6
my mother bought me this album when i was in high school; it's great.
grofys 2 years ago 2
The Chinese people and the brotherhood of humanity thank you!
letterboxes108 2 years ago
Paul Robeson was a truly great man, hounded to death by those who hated the freedom and equality he championed.
Perhaps he was naive, perhaps he was mistaken, but he was strong and courageous.
simayana 2 years ago 21
admire
chaojidaluobo 2 years ago
he wasn't naive, and he was probably one of the least "mistaken" people who has ever lived. everything else you say i agree with.
hitzaskar 2 years ago