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edoyle wrote a new post, Makhnovschina, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

Dm A Dm
Makhnovschina, Makhnovschina
F c Dm
Black army of Ukraine
Gm
Banners red with our blood
A Dm
Banners black with our pain

Like a storm breaking over the mountain
Like wind racing over […]

edoyle wrote a new post, Mother Anarchy Loves Her Children, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

Translation helped by: Emmett, Cal, Masha, and Liza

C Gm A
Our wheels are spinning on the highway
C F
Freedom has no price
Gm A Bb
The fascists gather ‘round like locusts
G A
We’ll watc […]

edoyle wrote a new post, Union Raid, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

To the tune of “Union Maid”

There once was a union raid
That crossed the lines of trade
That the AFL had drawn so well
with contract language they had laid
But low membership and dues
made them say “ […]

autonomenbrabant wrote a new post, Drop charges against feminist comrades in Spain!, on the site Autonomen Brabant 2 years, 2 months ago

Drop the charges against feminist comrades in Spain!

As Autonomen Brabant, we gladly support this appeal

#LasDelJersei

The undersigned feminist collectives and individuals demand that the city council of […]

autonomenbrabant wrote a new post, Drop charges against feminist comrades in Spain! Support this call, on the site Autonomen Brabant 2 years, 2 months ago

Drop the charges against feminist comrades in Spain!

As Autonomen Brabant, we gladly support this appeal

The undersigned feminist collectives and individuals demand that the city council of Corbera del […]

antifainfowhs wrote a new post, Stellungsnahme/Recherche des Bündnisses So.Wi.WIR vom 08.05.2021 zum Tag der Befreiung, on the site Antifa Infoportal Wildeshausen 2 years, 2 months ago

Das Bündnis So.Wi.WIR – Solidarisches Wildeshausen WIR und ihre AG MiCou – Mit Courage gegen Rechts haben haben eine Stellungsnahme/Recherche zum Tag der Befreiung veröffentlicht.

Quelle: So.W […]

indyhro wrote a new post, Wer nicht feiert hat verloren!, on the site Antifaschistisches Archiv für Rostock und Umgebung 2 years, 2 months ago

[Original erschienen unter https://de.indymedia.org/node/148282 ] Da dieses Jahr zum Tag der Befreiung die NPD den Kürzeren gezogen hat und ihre Demonstration in Demmin abgesagt hat, konnten wir uns auch mal was […]

chupete wrote a new post, La gran farsa del coronavirus: la vacuna es la enfermedad, on the site terraindomita 2 years, 2 months ago

La actual generación de vacunas podría suponer un grave riesgo para la salud pública. Lo dice hasta el prestigioso Instituto Salk en su artículo, titulado “The novel coronavirus’ spike protein plays additional key […]

endofroad wrote a new post, Kundgebung am Tag der Pflege, on the site endofroad 2 years, 2 months ago

Mittwoch, 12. Mai 2021 | 14:30 Uhr | Gesundheitssenat

Nicht erst seit der Corona-Pandemie sind die verheereden Verhältnisse in der Pflege bekannt: Schlechte Arbeitsbedingungen, zu wenig Personal und zu große B […]

edoyle wrote a new post, 1934 Strike Song, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

To the tune of last winter was a hard one

Dm F C

This summer’s been a hard one, Out on the picket line

Dm F C

In the kitchen and infirmary they’ve also served the time

Dm F C

Four month […]

edoyle wrote a new post, The Right to Live in Peace (El Derecho de Vivir en Paz), on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

Translation of the song by Victor Jara

For the right to live their lives
The people of Vietnam
Have faced the soldiers’ guns
The chemicals and the bombs,
Have planted themselves to the land
For the day o […]

edoyle wrote a new post, Jane Doe, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

To the tune of Red Iron ore

Jane Doe was brought in from off of the street

Laid out on the table wrapped up in a sheet

They wrote down her number without any name

A woman was murdered a […]

edoyle wrote a new post, Kanno Sugako, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

To the tune of Lullaby of Takeda

D A Bm

Shadows stretch long in the window

Bm A

Eleven standing on the scaffold high
d a bm

The gallows will creek to the blackbird singing

a g bm […]

edoyle wrote a new post, Ballad of Jimmy Hoffa Jr, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

to the tune of Casey Jones

Come all you fellow Teamsters and I’ll sing for you a song

It isn’t very clever but it isn’t very long

It’s about our fearless leader who will never t […]

edoyle wrote a new post, Yahr-Lange Sitdown Strike, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

to the tune of The Old Orange Flute

Now when I was a young man, I worked in Milwaukee

A pharmaceutical salesman, a pill-hocking jockey

Each caller and desk, every salesman and car

were ruled by […]

edoyle wrote a new post, Barikadn, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

Translation of a Jewish rebel song, here performed in original Yiddish by the Klezmatics

Papas, Mamas, children too, building barricades

Battalions from factories with rifles and grenades

Papa […]

edoyle wrote a new post, The Man Who Sets the Bomb, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

Translation of a song by Fabrizio de Andre

The boss says that I’m lazy, always dragging through my shift
But my after-hour hobbies are where I put my gifts
My baby’s almost ready, and I’ve nurse […]

edoyle wrote a new post, Shtil Di Nacht, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

Translation of a Vilna partisan song

Still the night is hung with starlight

The frost around the grass is spun;

Do you think, darling, on the summer evening,

I taught you how to hold your […]

edoyle wrote a new post, Harriet Tubman, on the site Emmett Doyle Songbook 2 years, 2 months ago

Co-written with Jessica Garraway

Running through the forest, running through the hills

Hear those dogs a-barking at Harriet Tubman’s heels

With a Bible in one hand, a pistol in the ne […]