The Internationale
The Internationale L'Internationale (French) Интернационал (Russian) 國際歌 (Chinese) | |
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 "Workers of the world, unite!" — Chinese poster (1971). The music behind is the Internationale. | |
| Written by |
Eugène Pottier Pierre De Geyter |
| Written in | June, 1871 |
| Audio version |
Instrumental In French In Russian In Chinese |
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A library version of The Internationale is available. |
The Internationale is an international left-wing anthem of numerous socialist movements and tendencies. It was originally written in french by Eugène Pottier during the aftermath of the defeated Paris Commune. It was originally sung in the tune of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", with an independent melody being composed by Pierre De Geyter. It mostly serves as the party anthem of numerous communist parties.
Translations
It has been translated into almost every language of the world as revolutionary movements around the world, mostly inspired by Marxism or a related tendency, arose. Eugène Pottier was the first to write a translation in English as he fled to exile to England and, eventually, the United States of America.
Numerous Marxist poets and artists translated the Internationale into their own native languages, such as Jose Maria Sison.
Usage amongst left-wing tendencies
The Internationale has been used by Marxists, Marxist-Leninists, Maoists, "democratic" socialists, Social democrats, and Anarchists. It served as the offical national anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1944.
Unfortunately, the Internationale has been used by countries who claim to be socialists, but are actually developing their own native capitalisms (i.e. the modern People's Republic of China[1], Republic of Cuba[2], Democratic People's Republic of Korea[3], etc.)
See also
References
- ↑ China Global Television Network (May 4, 2018),The Internationale played in memory at conference celebrating Karl Marx’s 200th birth anniversary Youtube.
- ↑ tranbylamber (May 1, 2013), La Internacional, The Internationale for Fidel Castro, Cuba April 2011. Youtube.
- ↑ Comrade Boris (November 12, 2022),"인터내셔널가" - North Korean Version of The Internationale Youtube.