Whenever I stumble across a song I like on youtube I download it into my personal music folder, I started this practice more than 4 years ago and I accumulated a large amount of socialist music from very niche spaces, spanning across a wide variety of languages. Because I see that nobody else is doing this specific thing on this site, I feel compelled to share this collection track by track, maybe it will lead to someone else also feeling the same inspiration that I felt when first listening to it.

My favorite version of the song, sung live where the crowd was integrated into the song, giving it the energy it deserves.

The song was made shortly before the overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile, the songwriters had to live in exile during Pinochet's dictatorship and only returned after his reign was over. Meanwhile their song grew to outstanding popularity.

Whenever I stumble across a song I like on youtube I download it into my personal music folder, I started this practice more than 4 years ago and I accumulated a large amount of socialist music from very niche spaces, spanning across a wide variety of languages. Because I see that nobody else is doing this specific thing on this site, I feel compelled to share this collection track by track, maybe it will lead to someone else also feeling the same inspiration that I felt when first listening to it.

The Sacred War was the song made by the Red Army Choir mere days after the start of the Great Patriotic War, when the fascist armies of Europe launched the largest land invasion in the history of the world against the Soviet Union.

It was a brutal war waged with the sole purpose of enslaving and exterminating the Soviet people and the original song conveyed that feeling pe

Whenever I stumble across a song I like on youtube I download it into my personal music folder, I started this practice more than 4 years ago and I accumulated a large amount of socialist music from very niche spaces, spanning across a wide variety of languages. Because I see that nobody else is doing this specific thing on this site, I feel compelled to share this collection track by track, maybe it will lead to someone else also feeling the same inspiration that I felt when first listening to it.

This is the modernized version of the anthem of the Fifth Regiment of Republican Spain, when the Spanish Civil War broke out the Communist Party of Spain organized new fighting units to fight back against francoist forces. Out of them the Fifth Regiment became the most famous due to its effectiveness and organization, it was composed of working class people of all ages and p

Whenever I stumble across a song I like on youtube I download it into my personal music folder, I started this practice more than 4 years ago and I accumulated a large amount of socialist music from very niche spaces, spanning across a wide variety of languages. Because I see that nobody else is doing this specific thing on this site, I feel compelled to share this collection track by track, maybe it will lead to someone else also feeling the same inspiration that I felt when first listening to it.

Happy 1st of May everyone! This song is the American classic Solidarity Forever adapted into the Chinese language, now titled Song of Unity. Solidarity Forever is usually sung with little instrumentation backing the vocals, if there is any at all, this version however includes a whole modern set of instruments, the result sounding much more like a contemporary rock song with

Whenever I stumble across a song I like on youtube I download it into my personal music folder, I started this practice more than 4 years ago and I accumulated a large amount of socialist music from very niche spaces, spanning across a wide variety of languages. Because I see that nobody else is doing this specific thing on this site, I feel compelled to share this collection track by track, maybe it will lead to someone else also feeling the same inspiration that I felt when first listening to it.

The story of the Italian communist movement is a tragic one, but there are few western countries where the population has so persistently pursued those ideas. Fischia Il Vento is an older song from the days of the partisan struggle inside Italy, being first composed in 1943 and adopted as the unofficial anthem of the Garibaldi Brigades, the communist unit of the resistance which was also by far t

Whenever I stumble across a song I like on youtube I download it into my personal music folder, I started this practice more than 4 years ago and I accumulated a large amount of socialist music from very niche spaces, spanning across a wide variety of languages. Because I see that nobody else is doing this specific thing on this site, I feel compelled to share this collection track by track, maybe it will lead to someone else also feeling the same inspiration that I felt when first listening to it.

The Internationale is a classic all can recognize, but this rendition in particular is my favorite. The inflection of the vocalist, distinct choices of instrumentation as well as the upbeat tempo give it an unmistakable energy which makes it stand out from other renditions of the song. As far as the musical group this originates from I sadly can't provide much insight, but surface level information says that they are politically active and involved in the fight for minorities rights in Japa

Whenever I stumble across a song I like on youtube I download it into my personal music folder, I started this practice more than 4 years ago and I accumulated a large amount of socialist music from very niche spaces, spanning across a wide variety of languages. Because I see that nobody else is doing this specific thing on this site, I feel compelled to share this collection track by track, maybe it will lead to someone else also feeling the same inspiration that I felt when first listening to it.

Song 2 is my favorite from bANDİSTA, Haydi Barikata, it is a modern version of A Las Barricadas sung in Turkish. For context, A Las Barricadas was the anthem of the CNT-FAI, the anarchist organization that fought at the frontlines of the Spanish Civil War. The lyrics are quite faithful to the original, but modified to be more upbeat, combined with the new instrumentation it gives the song less of a "we are about to die" type of energy and more of a "we will win and dance to celebrate" sort

Whenever I stumble across a song I like on youtube I download it into my personal music folder, I started this practice more than 4 years ago and I accumulated a large amount of socialist music from very niche spaces, spanning across a wide variety of languages. Because I see that nobody else is doing this specific thing on this site, I feel compelled to share this collection track by track, maybe it will lead to someone else also feeling the same inspiration that I felt when first listening to it.

Song 1 is from what I discovered to be a modern band, explicitly leftist in its messaging and based in Turkey of all places. All of their songs are in Turkish, but some of them will be immediately familiar as they were made with a melody picked up from one of the classics, but with a modern twist. Aim is based on the melody of Die Arbeiter von Wien, which is also based on the melody of White Army, Black Baron, both famous revolutionary songs. The title "Aim" is just the initials of Avustury