"1936 Live"  Parental Advisory genre: Punk
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	July 19, 1936 - the dawn of the Spanish Revolution. Perhaps one of the most significant revolutionary movements in modern history. The lessons of the Russian Revolution (1917 - 1921) and the betrayal of the soviets by the Bolshevik regime had not yet been forgotten.
	Credits: The Martyr Index
	Story Behind the Song July 19, 1936 - the dawn of the Spanish Revolution. Perhaps one of the most significant revolutionary movements in modern history. The lessons of the Russian Revolution (1917 - 1921) and the betrayal of the soviets by the Bolshevik regime had not yet been forgotten. Bakunin's prophetic critique of Marxism was carried in the spirit of the people of Andalucia, Catalonia, Barcelona, etc. An anarchist militant, Buenaventura Durutti organised the first democratically organised militia to go defend the collectives of the regions against the oncoming onslaught of Franco's fascist armed force, the Falange. "We have always lived in slums and holes in the wall. We will know how to accommodate ourselves for a time. For, you must not forget, that we can also build palaces and cities, here in Spain and in America and everywhere. We, the workers. We can build others to take their place. And better ones. We are not in the least bit afraid of ruins. We are going to inherit the earth. There is not the slightest doubt about that. The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history. We carry a new world, here, in our hearts. That world is growing this minute." - Buenaventura Durruti Lyrics This is the final moment of the beginning of our lives. Watching the stars above the Barcelona sky. We wait for dawn with revolution in our eyes When we'll face the men that Franco sent to die. This city may crumble and along with it out homes, But we'll live in ruins if we can call this city our own! Down with the landlords, the tyrants and the kings! Down with the bosses, the politicians and the thieves! We stand defiant, united to defend This new society that we have built with our own hands! Well we've built this city once and we'll build this city again. This time we'll do it for ourselves! We couldn't read, so we started our own schools! We took the factories - they jeered and called us fools. Even the communists, with their lofty rhetoric Thought we were incapable. They thought we were incompetent! But we've built this city once and we'll build this city again. This time we'll do it for ourselves! We don't need no priests and we don't need no cops! We don't need no guidance from some fucking vanguard! This time we'll build a world where no one needs to beg. Smash this bourgeois world of hate! We'll build this city on love and we'll build this city with life! This time we'll build this city right! Tierra y libertad! Mujeres libres! Viva la revolución!

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