Death of Pinochet 2/3
Inti-Illimani made the song “El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido” famous when, during an overseas tour, Pinochet came to power and they recorded a version. They took up exile in Italy.
There is a right-wing blog that I suspect, but do not as yet know, would have supported Pinochet ‘ Samizdata. According to that site, the definition is
Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR
[Russ.,= self-publishing house]
It involved receiving a copy, making a few copies and passing them on to others who would be expected to do the same. Inti-Illimani’s lyrics were passed around Chile by this method. The Salar mentioned in the song is the world’s largest salt flat.
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido,
¡el pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
De pie, cantad, que vamos a triunfar.
Avanzan ya banderas de unidad,
y tú vendrás marchando junto a mí
y así verás tu canto y tu bandera florecer.
La luz de un rojo amanecer
anuncia ya la vida que vendrá.
De pie, luchad,
el pueblo va a triunfar.
Será mejor la vida que vendrá
a conquistar nuestra felicidad,
y en un clamor mil voces de combate
se alzarán, dirán,
canción de libertad,
con decisión la patria vencerá.
Y ahora el pueblo que se alza en la lucha
con voz de gigante gritando: ¡Adelante!
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido,
¡el pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
La patria está forjando la unidad.
De norte a sur se movilizará,
desde el Salar ardiente y mineral
al Bosque Austral,
unidos en la lucha y el trabajo irán
la patria cubrirán.
Su paso ya anuncia el porvenir.
Y ahora el pueblo que se alza en la lucha
con voz de gigante gritando: ¡Adelante!
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido,
¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
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The people united will never be beaten
The people united will never be beaten!
On foot, sing, that we will win
Already flags of unity are going forward
and you will come walking next to me
And so you will see your song and your flag flourish
The light of a red dawn
heralds the life that will come
On foot, struggle,
The people will win,
The life that will come will be better
And the shout of a thousand combative voices
will rise, and they will say,
Song of liberty,
with decision the country will win through
And now the people that rises to the struggle
Cry with a giant’s voice: Onwards!
The people united will never be beaten
The people united will never be beaten!
The country is forging its unity,
From the north to the south they will come,
From the shining, mineral Salar
to the southern forest,
united in the struggle and the work they will go
They will cover the country
Their steps announce the future
And now the people that rises to the struggle
Cry with a giant’s voice: Onwards!
The people united will never be beaten
The people united will never be beaten!
xD.
January 1st, 2007 at 3:45 am
No, we did not support Pinochet, we just wondered why so many who hate Pinochet’s murders and repression seem quite ok with Castro’s ongoing murders and repression.
Oh, and one of our editors actually worked for a real samizdat in communist Czechoslovakia.
January 1st, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Then I apologise - I shouldn’t have assumed.
I would add that I am not OK by any means with what goes on in Cuba.
xD.