Spanish

```Ella nació en un cuerpo equivocado Atrapada en piel de hombre y una mente de mujer No eres normal, berreaban los demonios Le robaron la sonrisa innata de la niñez

Libre, sueña ser libre Entre mofas y exclusión Quiere ser libre, del todo libre Y obedecer al corazón

Ámale, ámala Ignora toda religión Que no te permita amar Ámale, ámala Levanta la multicolor Viva la diversidad

Dura opresión que se esconde entre la burla El desprecio y la ignorancia de un cerebro medieval ¿Quién cojones eres tú? Para injerir en vida ajena A la mierda reaccionarios Siempre amé la libertad

Libre, sueña ser libre Entre mofas y exclusión Quiere ser libre, del todo libre Y obedecer al corazón

Ámale, ámala Ignora toda religión Que no te permita amar Ámale, ámala Levanta la multicolor Viva la diversidad

No hables de revolución No hables de fraternidad Si te vuelves a mofar de su sexualidad ¿Qué tipo de rebelión tú pretendes ensalzar? Si te vuelves a olvidar de la libertad Por la libertad es fundamental la diversidad Por la libertad, por la libertad Es fundamental la diversidad

Por la libertad, por la libertad Es fundamental la diversidad Por la libertad, por la libertad Es fundamental la diversidad

Ámale, ámala Ignora toda religión Que no te permita amar Ámale, ámala Levanta la multicolor Viva la diversidad ```

English Translation

```She was born in the wrong body Trapped in a man's skin and a woman's mind You're not normal, the demons bawled Robbed of her innate childhood smile

Free, she dreams of being free Amidst mockery and exclusion She wants to be free, totally free And obey the heart

Love him, love her Ignore all religion That doesn't allow you to love Love him, love her Raise the multicolor Long live diversity

Harsh oppression that hides among the mockery The contempt and ignorance of a medieval brain Who the fuck are you? To interfere in other people's lives Fuck reactionaries I always loved freedom

Free, dream to be free Amidst mockery and exclusion Wants to be free, totally free And obey the heart

Love him, love her Ignore all religion That doesn't allow you to love Love him, love her Raise the multicolor Long live diversity

Don't talk about revolution Don't talk about fraternity If you mock her sexuality again What kind of rebellion do you pretend to extol? If you forget freedom again For freedom, for freedom, diversity is fundamental

For freedom, for freedom Diversity is fundamental For freedom, for freedom Diversity is fundamental For freedom, for freedom Diversity is fundamental

Love him, love her Ignore all religion That does not allow you to love Love him, love her Raise the multicolor Long live diversity ```

Bella Ciao has a long history with leftists, but this is likely the original! Rather than being about partisans fighting against fascists, this version is about the brutal working conditions laboring women faced in the Italian rice paddies.

This song is about how workers have been injured, maimed, and died on the job for capitalists. This song highlights how there's already violence inherent to the system of capitalism, though I feel it's impossible to see that message without also realizing that we should not be afraid of violence when opposing the capitalist class in strikes, protests, and other direct action.

This song is by the band Los Lobos, and actually comes from the album used as our community art! The band wanted to commemorate the 1965 Delano Grape Strike by the UFW. The phrase "viva la huelga en general!" means "long live the general strike!" Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta were the leaders of this strike, with Dolores also coordinating the wine and grape boycott with the International Longshoremen union and community supporters.

I could honestly post any WDU song on this page (or Pat the Bunny song, for that matter), but I found this community and instantly thought of this track.

Why yes, I did discover a new artist, could you tell?

Adjusted for age this is very much a leftist message.

If I were in my youth this song would have me in the streets fighting riot cops while dancing.

My favourite example of a song that people think is patriotic but isn't even close.

Too often this song is seen as an unwavering patriotic song, which to me indicates that people aren't paying attention to all the lyrics. This song is about the country forcing the poor and downtrodden to go to war on behalf of people they will never meet and then expected to, somehow, return to normal. When understood in it's appropriate context, this song is better than anything uncritical listeners hear.

This is another legendary classic. Seeing the protest crackdowns on college students had me thinking about this song for the last few days.