Political Music
Posted: 2014-04-02, 11:24
I thought we could have a thread to share political music. Not as in ideology-affiliated necessarily, but having to do with social (ie political) issues. Any language. Any time period. Describe the theme briefly.
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Greece has a rich history of political songs due to their circumstances, but I'll start with something from Cyprus:
[flag=]el-cy[/flag][flag=]tr[/flag] Gavur İmam İsyanı (Dolama) [The Revolt of the Infidel Imam] / Το σύστημα [The System]
1880s uprising against the Ottoman tax authorities. The Turkish Cypriot version is the original.
[flag=]el-cy[/flag] Η Στολή του Μπάτμαν [Batman's Uniform]
Anti-clerical
[flag=]el-cy[/flag] Πατρίδα [Fatherland]
Anti-war, anti-nationalist
[flag=]es[/flag] Clandestino [Illegal Migrant]
immigration
[flag=]fr[/flag] On Lâche Rien [We don't give up]
Protest song, immigration
[flag=]el[/flag] Μπήκαν στο χωρίο τα ΜΑΤ [The Anti-terror squad invades the village]
Environmentalism, civil disobedience
[flag=]el[/flag] Ο Αχιλλέας απ' το Κάιρο [Achilles from Cairo]
homosexuality in the 90s, marginalisation
[flag=]el[/flag] Εδώ μωρή θα λέγεσαι Μαρία [Here, bitch, your name will be Maria]
Human trafficking, sexual violence against women
[flag=]el[/flag] Sarajevo
Anti-war
[flag=]el[/flag] Διακοπές στη Μεσόγειο [Holidays in the Mediterranean]
anti-militarism, Balkan and Middle East wars. Cover of the above.
[flag=]el[/flag] Βαλκάνια [Balkans]
antiwar, antinationalism, antiborders
[flag=]el[/flag] Φάνης [Steve]
Prison industrial complex, criminalisation of drug addiction, sexual violence against men
[flag=]el[/flag] Η Ασφάλεια [The Intelligence Agency]
Privacy, police-stateism
[flag=]el[/flag] Τα Κανονικά Παιδιά [Normal Children]
Normativity, social roles
[flag=]el[/flag] Το Αιρετικό [Heretical]
Anti-clerical
[flag=]el[/flag] Φυσάει Κόντρα [Opposing Wind]
Refugees, global migration, anti-racism
[flag=]el[/flag] Ο Φασισμός [Fascism]
anti-fascism
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Greece has a rich history of political songs due to their circumstances, but I'll start with something from Cyprus:
[flag=]el-cy[/flag][flag=]tr[/flag] Gavur İmam İsyanı (Dolama) [The Revolt of the Infidel Imam] / Το σύστημα [The System]
1880s uprising against the Ottoman tax authorities. The Turkish Cypriot version is the original.
[flag=]el-cy[/flag] Η Στολή του Μπάτμαν [Batman's Uniform]
Anti-clerical
[flag=]el-cy[/flag] Πατρίδα [Fatherland]
Anti-war, anti-nationalist
[flag=]es[/flag] Clandestino [Illegal Migrant]
immigration
[flag=]fr[/flag] On Lâche Rien [We don't give up]
Protest song, immigration
[flag=]el[/flag] Μπήκαν στο χωρίο τα ΜΑΤ [The Anti-terror squad invades the village]
Environmentalism, civil disobedience
[flag=]el[/flag] Ο Αχιλλέας απ' το Κάιρο [Achilles from Cairo]
homosexuality in the 90s, marginalisation
[flag=]el[/flag] Εδώ μωρή θα λέγεσαι Μαρία [Here, bitch, your name will be Maria]
Human trafficking, sexual violence against women
[flag=]el[/flag] Sarajevo
Anti-war
[flag=]el[/flag] Διακοπές στη Μεσόγειο [Holidays in the Mediterranean]
anti-militarism, Balkan and Middle East wars. Cover of the above.
[flag=]el[/flag] Βαλκάνια [Balkans]
antiwar, antinationalism, antiborders
[flag=]el[/flag] Φάνης [Steve]
Prison industrial complex, criminalisation of drug addiction, sexual violence against men
[flag=]el[/flag] Η Ασφάλεια [The Intelligence Agency]
Privacy, police-stateism
[flag=]el[/flag] Τα Κανονικά Παιδιά [Normal Children]
Normativity, social roles
[flag=]el[/flag] Το Αιρετικό [Heretical]
Anti-clerical
[flag=]el[/flag] Φυσάει Κόντρα [Opposing Wind]
Refugees, global migration, anti-racism
[flag=]el[/flag] Ο Φασισμός [Fascism]
anti-fascism