She's probably talking about May Day itself when she said that. Either that, or the AMERICAN LYRICS to the Internationale, rather than the original song.
@JreynoldsC1010 The problem with these lyrics is not that they're wrong, but that they're an extremely literal translation of the French original which, as Pete Seeger has observed, is completely unsingable in English and has none of the poetic merit of the original.
Yeah, she is a little confused. However, May Day originated to honor the Haymarket Riots. Maybe that is what she is getting confused about. Yeah, that's right, that communist holiday originated HERE. Too bad we have forgotten our radical heritage. High time to recall it.
To honor the American workers in the aftermath of the Haymarket Riots? What the hell? It was to express and preserve the spirit of the Paris Commune after it was brutally suppressed after the Franco-Prussian war as the poet, Eugene Pottier, hid for his life in a cellar.
I don't blame her for the historical errors, I blame the capitalist school system in the US
NordicStormtrooper 2 months ago
She's probably talking about May Day itself when she said that. Either that, or the AMERICAN LYRICS to the Internationale, rather than the original song.
ViveLRoi 4 months ago
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Long live communism and the memory of the USSR
2773katie 7 months ago
My response when I saw this video:
*Facepalm*
I have nothing to say to his typical idiocy.
BRC98 10 months ago
Typical American history. Comepletely incorrect. And the wrong lyrics.
JreynoldsC1010 11 months ago
@JreynoldsC1010 The problem with these lyrics is not that they're wrong, but that they're an extremely literal translation of the French original which, as Pete Seeger has observed, is completely unsingable in English and has none of the poetic merit of the original.
Razhumykin 8 months ago
@Razhumykin
Billy Bragg has a much better version. His lyrics are miles more correct
JreynoldsC1010 8 months ago
Some awful history there, but hey, the spirit is right.
Niiauyr 1 year ago
(The Haymarket riots were 5 years after L'Internationale was written, anyway)
AaronTAB 1 year ago 4
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Yeah, she is a little confused. However, May Day originated to honor the Haymarket Riots. Maybe that is what she is getting confused about. Yeah, that's right, that communist holiday originated HERE. Too bad we have forgotten our radical heritage. High time to recall it.
asy4 5 months ago 5
To honor the American workers in the aftermath of the Haymarket Riots? What the hell? It was to express and preserve the spirit of the Paris Commune after it was brutally suppressed after the Franco-Prussian war as the poet, Eugene Pottier, hid for his life in a cellar.
AaronTAB 1 year ago 21
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wwg77 1 year ago
....Don't cling so hard to your possessions / you have nothing, if you have no rights!
sabradan 1 year ago
Arise, Arise!
sextusloverlord 2 years ago 3