Arbetare Och Förtryckta

Annotation

"Arbetare och förtryckta" (Knutna Navar) "Workers and Oppressed" - reference to Vietnam Proletärkultur # PROLP 171 Swedish. Contemporary folk. Anti-war. "Workers here in Sweden who strike of consciousness Know that the increased baiting is no coincidence In order to raise profits and increase their productivity Capitalist raises the pace and that's no accident Capitalists abroad draws and that's no accident In order to increase their market and subjugate peoples rebellion Military machine then boots in, but it's no accident In Vietnam, the fight is the hardest as everyone surely knows Where hitting peoples back and that's no accident. At the forefront of the fight at the front where there is agreement Are workers and peasants, this is no accident

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — European Songs

"Arbetare och förtryckta" (Knutna Navar) "Workers and Oppressed" - reference to Vietnam Proletärkultur # PROLP 171 Swedish. Contemporary folk. Anti-war.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Workers here in Sweden who strike out of consciousness / Know that the increased agitation is not a coincidence / To be able to increase profits and increase their productivity / The capitalist raises the pace and it is no coincidence / For even higher profits and increased profitability / The capitalists head abroad and it is no coincidence / To be able to increase their market and subdue / The peoples' rebelliousness / The military apparatus then boots in, but it is no coincidence / In Vietnam the fight is hardest as everyone certainly knows / There the People strike back and there is no coincidence / At the forefront of the struggle at the front where there is unity / Are workers and peasants standing, this is no coincidence / Workers and oppressed of different nationalities / Struggle against imperialism for our / Proletarian Solidarity / Struggle against imperialism for our Proletarian Solidarity! __________ Swedish: Arbetare här i Sverige som strejkar av medvetenhet / Vet att den ökade hetsen inte är någon tillfällighet / För att kunna höja profiten och öka sin produktivitet / Kapitalisten höjer takten och det är ju ingen tillfällighet / För ännu högre profiter och ökad lönsamhet / Kapitalisterna utomlands drar och det är ju ingen tillfällighet / För att kunna öka sin marknad och kuva / Folkens upproriskhet / Militärapparaten då stövlar in, men det är ingen tillfällighet / I Vietnam är kampen hårdast som alla helt säkert vet / Där slår Folken tillbaka och det…

About the artist

Communist progg band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active in the first half of the 1970s; grew out of the Gothenburg wing of the Freedom Singers after the KFML split and recorded for the KFML(r) label Proletärkultur, including Balladen om Ho Chi Minh. Members included Anders Lönnbro and Maria Ahlström. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden. [Source: Swedish Wikipedia; Last.fm]

Themes

Anti-War · Solidarity

In collections

European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]