Protest chants

[BIXX]

A pretty simple idea-we should compile a list if protest chants here for any members wanting to learn new ones (like myself). It would be nice to have a bigger repertoire than what I currently have, and I'm sure many beginners would agree.

I'll start with the few I know.

"No cops, no KKK, no fascist USA"

"Pigs are everywhere, freedom nowhere"

There are several about cops being invaders that I liked, can't remember how they went though.

[Art Vandelay]

Best one I've ever encountered:

"123 fuck the bourgeoisie
456 fuck the bourgeoisie"

Doesn't exactly rhyme but whatevs.

[20ARM13]

Simple.

Quote Neruda and continually shout " Come and see the blood on the streets."

[ellipsis]

when X is under attack, what do we do? stand up fight back! what do we do? stand up fight back

no justice, no peace

this is what a police state looks like

homes not jails, housekeys not handcuffs

the movement will never die, hella hella occupy

fuck the feds, we don't need them, all we want is total freedom

from oakland to greece, fuck the police

no justice no peace

if we don't get no justice, you don't get no peace



i think we've done this thread before

[BIXX]

i think we've done this thread before

If we have, I'm sorry. I couldn't find one, but if anyone can it would be greatly appreciated if you could link me to it.

[ellipsis]

im not worried about it.

[Leftsolidarity]

Best one I've ever encountered:

"123 fuck the bourgeoisie
456 fuck the bourgeoisie"

Doesn't exactly rhyme but whatevs.

Haha that one was fun at the DNC

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"What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now. And if we don't get it? Shut it down. And if we don't get it? Shut it down."

"We are the 99%" (that one is boring though)

"That's bullshit, get off it, the enemy is profit. Disease and starvation will not be solved by corporations."

"Just like Ho Chi Minh, Occupy is gonna win."

"Ah-Anti-Anticapitalista!"

"Who's streets? Our streets."

[Sentinel]

I only know swedish ones. I'm not sure any even exist in finnish (my first language), people seem to march silent so I've never heard any, and I failed miserably trying to invent some at a protest in Finland..

If someone from Finland knows any I'd be grateful. Anyway, favourite Swedish ones:

Maybe best 'serious' one:

Internationell solidaritet - arbetarklassens kampenhet!
(International solidarity - working class unity in struggle!)

And the funniest one:

Vårat svar på monarkin - gör som Frankrike, giljotin!
(Our answer to the monarchy - do like France, guillotine!)

That last one is from the days when I was an anarchist, it's from some SAC mayday rally when marching past the royal castle.

We discussed using it with my current comrades but agreed that it kind of lacks the method of the transitional programme. :grin:

[ellipsis]

I only know swedish ones. I'm not sure any even exist in finnish (my first language), people seem to march silent so I've never heard any, and I failed miserably trying to invent some at a protest in Finland..

If someone from Finland knows any I'd be grateful. Anyway, favourite Swedish ones:

Maybe best 'serious' one:

Internationell solidaritet - arbetarklassens kampenhet!
(International solidarity - working class unity in struggle!)

And the funniest one:

Vårat svar på monarkin - gör som Frankrike, giljotin!
(Our answer to the monarchy - do like France, guillotine!)

That last one is from the days when I was an anarchist, it's from some SAC mayday rally when marching past the royal castle.

We discussed using it with my current comrades but agreed that it kind of lacks the method of the transitional programme. :grin:

do those rhyme?

[Sentinel]

do those rhyme?

Yeah. For the record I'm not sure if the last one was an officially SAC approved chant btw, if such exist, but it sure as hell catched on :lol:

SAC is a quite large syndicalist trade union. I was a member for a couple of years, although not very active.

[kashkin]

What do we want?
[Insert demand here]
How are we going to/gonna get it?
Fight for it!

[Tim Cornelis]

No justice, no peace, fuck the police.
1, 2, 3, 4 escalate the class war, 5, 6,7, 8 organise to smash the state.
No borders, no nations, stop deportations.

[Brutus]

I shit on your state.

[Brutus]

Oh, cameron is a wanker
He wears a silk cravat
He took one look at the welfare state and said I'm having that
He won't say no to bankers
He won't bail out the poor
We'll show these ConDem bastards the true meaning of class war

[DDR]

The most that I know are in spanish, people in the US could take notes in case they do some job with hispanic colectives.

Contra el fascismo y su violencia,ahora y siempre: resistencia
Against fascism and its violence, now and always: resistance

Ni guerra entre pueblos, ni paz entre clases
Nor war between people, nor peace between classes

Vosotros, fascistas, sois los terroristas
You, fascist, are the terrorist

Obreros y estudiantes, unidos y adelante
Workers and students, united and foward

Contra el Estado y su opresión ¡¡¡REVOLUCIÓN!!!
Against the State and its opression: Revolution!!!

contra el paro , lucha obrera
Against unemployement, worker's struggle

contra el capital, lucha obrera y popular
Against capital, worker and people's struggle

lo llaman democracia y no lo es
lo llaman democracia y no lo es
oe , oe , oe
oe , oe , oe
lo llaman democracia y no lo es
They call it democracy and it isn't
They call it democracy and it isn't
oe, oe, oe
oe, oe, oe
They call it democracy and it isn't

Es una dictadura y no se ve
es una dictadura y no se ve
oe, oe, oe
oe, oe, oe
es una dictadura y no se ve
It's a dictatorship and you don't see it
it's a dictatorship and you don't see it
oe, oe, oe,
oe, oe, oe,
it's a dictatorship and you don't see it

sin piernas , ni brazos , los nazis a pedazos
without legs, nor arms, the nazis in pieces

nativa o extranjera la misma clase obrera
native or foreing, the same working class

si esto no se arregla
guerra guerra guerra
si esto no se apaña
caña , caña ,caña
If this doesn't get fixed
war, war, war
and if this doesn't fixed
beat them, beat them, beat them

frente a la represion coctel molotov
Against repression, molotv cocktail

un bote, dos botes
X (capitalist, fascist, etc.) el que no bote
one jump, two jumps
X the one that doesn't jump

A, Anti, Anticapitalista

Así, así ni un paso atrás; esta batalla, la vamos a ganar
well, not a single step back; this battle, we're gonna win

Un desalojo, otra okupación
One eviction, another squatting

No estamos todos, faltan los presos
We're not all, we're missing the prisoners

El pueblo esta luchando, y no pueden con él. El Imperialismo es un tigre de papel
The people is fighting, and they cannot overcome it. Imperialism is a paper tiger

La próxima visita, será con dinamita
Next visit will be with dinamite

A, Anti, Antiimperialista

El yankee necesita jarabe vietnamita
The yankee needs vietnamese syrup

Obrero despedido, patrón colgao
Fired worker, hanged boss

And there's tons more, but I think is enough for now.

[TheRedAnarchist23]

I know portuguese protest chants:

Esta dívida é do patrão, queremos dinheiro para a saúde e educação!
This is the boss's debt, we want money for health and education!

There is a fun one which goes by the rythm of kalinka:
Ai, não troika não. Troika não. Troika não.
Usualy we begin jumping arround when we sing this one.

O povo unido jamais será vencido
The people united will never be defeated.

Fascismo nunca mais
Fascism never again.

[TheEmancipator]

I've heard these in belgian anti-fascist protests :

"Geen fascisten in onze landen!" (no more fascists in our country)

"Pas de quartier pour les fascos, pas de fascos dans nos quartiers" (Give no quarter to the fascists, no more fascists in our quarters/areas)

"On lache rien, on lache rien!"

"Los fascistos, hijos de puta"

Remember there's stuff like Bella Ciao and El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido.

[DDR]

There is a fun one which goes by the rythm of kalinka:
Ai, não troika não. Troika não. Troika não.
Usualy we begin jumping arround when we sing this one.


We do the same in spain but istead of troika no, is nazis no.



"Geen fascisten in onze landen!" (no more fascists in our country)

That reminds me of a very good antifa chant in spain:

Nazis no, X (town, state, country) no es un zoo.
Nazis no, X isn't a zoo.

[Starship Stormtrooper]

My favorite, shame its quite useless in the US :(

"Fuck the queen and union jack!"
"The people's flag is red and black!"

[Sasha]

Since we are a very international movement many of our chants are non dutch or translated from non-dutch many comon ones are already mentioned above, some others are;

Solidaritee avec le sain papiers (solidarity with those without papers)
Voor de vrijheid, voor het leven, nazi's van de straten vegen (for freedom, for life, swipe nazis of the street)
Achter het fascisme staat het kapitaal, vecht voor je vrijheid, internationaal (behind fascism stands capital, fight for your freedom, internationaly)
Ihr habst den krieg verloren (german for "you lost the war" shouted at nazis)
Raf, pkk, autonome antifa
Politie, fascisten, staatsterroristen (police,fascists, state terrorists)

[Skyhilist]

"Fuck your war, fuck your borders, we won't follow your fucking orders!"

These are from the forward on climate rally I went to:

"God. Goddamnit! Capitalism's killing the planet!"

"1-2-3-4 Climate change is class war!
5-6-7-8 Overthrough the bourgeois state!"

There were also a few very similar to ones already posted so I'll leave them out.

[ellipsis]

Our passion for freedom is stronger than your prisons.

[Comrade Nasser]

A pretty simple idea-we should compile a list if protest chants here for any members wanting to learn new ones (like myself). It would be nice to have a bigger repertoire than what I currently have, and I'm sure many beginners would agree.

I'll start with the few I know.

"No cops, no KKK, no fascist USA"

"Pigs are everywhere, freedom nowhere"

There are several about cops being invaders that I liked, can't remember how they went though.

"Bash the fash"

"No blood for oil"

"Follow your leader and shoot yourself" (to fascists)

"Anarchy for a free humanity"

"No Nazis, No Libs, the bourgeois must go too"

"White Flower" (to be yelled at neo-nazis when they start heiling to the late furher. I'll post more when I can.

[Comrade Nasser]

"SEEK HELP!" To be screamed in retaliation when Nazis start yelling Sieg Heil.

"Resistance is Fertile."

"War is expensive, peace is priceless."

"Patriots are idiots! Anarchy now!"

"Labor Camps for the Nazis."

"Some guys are good at talking to girls. Some capitalists have all the money in the world. Some guys have fancy uniforms and hats. I'm not one of those guys, but baby, I can bash the fash!"

[Leftsolidarity]

"No papers, No fears, immigrants are marching here."

[ellipsis]

Ain't no power like the power of the people, cause the power of the people don't stop! say what? (repeat)

[Sasha]

say what you want about the anti-germans, they do have cool slogans;

stalingrad was wunderbahr, mein(/dein) nazi opa stierbe da (stalingrad was fantastic, my Nazi grandpa got shot there)
deutsland from die karte schreiben, frankreich must nach polen reichen (strike Germany of the map, France should border Poland)
bomberharris flaggenbrand, deutchland einig akkerland (bomber Harris set it on fire, the whole of Germany down to barren farm land)

[ellipsis]

Seeing as English is the common language here, would folks mind translating foreign language chants, at least to the best of their ability.

[La Guaneña]

Che, Zumbi, Antônio Conselheiro! Na luta por justiça somos todos companheiros!

Che, Zumbi, Antônio Conselheiro! In the fight for justice we're all comrades!

You could switch the names in the start for local historical people and make it rhyme.

X somos nós, nossa força e nossa voz!

The X is us, our strength and our voice!

X is the party, union or whatever.

[ellipsis]

Strike! Take over! Occupy everything!

Sticky ?

[aty]

Fred mellan folk - Krig mellan klasser! = Peace between people - War between classes!

Organisera! - Expropriera! = Organize! - Expropriate!

Stalingrad, Stalingrad, varje minut en nazisoldat! = Stalingrad, Stalingrad, every minute a nazisoldier!
(In Salem during the biggest northern european nazi-march for many years we said "Salemgrad" instead)

Vi vill ha sex, vi vill ha sex, vi vill ha sex timmars arbetsdag! = We want six(sex), we want six, we want six hours work day!
(In swedish sex both mean the number six and sex, so it sounds first like "We want sex, we want sex"...)

De rika, de rika, vi måste bli av med de rika! = The rich, the rich we must get rid of the rich!

Fallskärmsavtal kostar hundratals miljoner, en kula i nacken bara några kronor! = Goldenparachutes costs hundreds of millions, a bullet in the neck just a few kronors!
(first word can be changed to other things)

Socialdemokrati - Klassförräderi! = Socialdemocracy - Classbetrayal!

AK4, AK5 - borgarjävel hälsa hem! = AK4, AK5, bourgeoise-bastard say good bye!
(AK4, AK5 = swedish military weapons)

Mörda ett borgarbarn - Släng en bomb på Stureplan! = Kill a
bourgeoise child, throw a bomb at Stureplan!
(Stureplan is located in the upper class area of Stockholm and is where the elite party)

[The Garbage Disposal Unit]

Sharpen our offensive capacity!
Proliferate the commune; zones of opacity!

What? Whatever! Whatever singularity!

Le capital nous fait la guerre - guerre au capital!

Stand!Fight!
On!Strike!
Block the economy!
Sabotage the system!
Build our autonomy!

So, on the last one, black is group a, red is group b, and the green bit is all together. It was actually used relatively impressively by some Anglos during the student strike.

Ni patrie! Ni etat!
Ni Quebec! Ni Canada!

Ni dieu, ni maître, ni etat, ni patron! Démocratie direct! Autogestion!

[Domela Nieuwenhuis]

Socialdemokrati - Klassförräderi! = Socialdemocracy - Classbetrayal!

I like this one! Sounds great!

[human strike]

Maggie, Maggie, Maggie: Die! Die! Die!

We're gonna have a party / We're gonna have a party / We're gonna have a party / When Maggie Thatcher dies
When Maggie Thatcher dies / When Maggie Thatcher dies / We're gonna have a party / We're gonna have a party / We're gonna have a party / When Maggie Thatcher dies!

Like this:

x-4FJcnX0i8
One direction: Insurrection!

Hoping to get this one going at the anti-privatisation demo at the University of Sussex on Monday:
When they say privatise, we say communise!

Unemployment and inflation are not caused by immigration (alternatively: Students, workers, and the sick, did not cause the deficit)
Bullshit! Come off it! The enemy is profit!

[Lokomotive293]

I like this one! Sounds great!

Wer hat uns verraten? - Sozialdemokraten! Wer war mit dabei? - Die grüne Partei!
(Who betrayed us? - The Social Democrats! Who was with them? - The Green Party!) :grin:

My all-time favorite is still students singing "Reiche Eltern für alle!" (Rich parents for everyone!), though.

[human strike]

The rich, the rich, we've gotta get rid of the rich!

1, 2, 1, 2, 3, how many cops in the BNP?

Follow your leader: Shoot yourself like Adolf Hitler!

If you don't need coke to protest clap your hands! (Reference to EDL)

We are black, white, asian, and we're jews,
We are black, white, asian, and we're jews,
We are black, white and asian, black, white and asian,
We are black, white, asian, and we're jews
And we're gay!
And there are many many more of us than you,
There are many many more of us than you,
etc. etc.

Build a bonfire, build a bonfire, put the Tories(/bailiffs) on the top,
Put the Lib Dems(/coppers) in the middle and we'll burn the fucking lot!

To be chanted at cops:
We had your mates at Millbank(/Stokes Croft/Tottenham),
We had your mates at Millbank(/Stokes Croft/Tottenham),
Na na na na, eh!
Na na na na, eh!

What do we want?
Full Communism!
When do we want it?
Now!

To the tune of Yellow Submarine:
We all live in a Tory's wet dream(/fascist regime), (a what?!) a Tory's wet dream(/fascist regime) (a what?!), a Tory's wet dream(/fascist regime)!

To the tune of London Bridge is Falling Down:
Harry Roberts is our friend, is our friend, is our friend,
Harry Roberts is our friend, he kills coppers,
Let him out to kill some more, kill some more, kill some more,
Let him out to kill some more, Harry Roberts!

The fash also sometimes chant that last one, but I think it's a sentiment we can all get behind.

[ellipsis]

Maggie, Maggie, Maggie: Die! Die! Die!

We're gonna have a party / We're gonna have a party / We're gonna have a party / When Maggie Thatcher dies
When Maggie Thatcher dies / When Maggie Thatcher dies / We're gonna have a party / We're gonna have a party / We're gonna have a party / When Maggie Thatcher dies!

Like this:

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Thanks for letting us know about this, she died and I started singing.

[Narodnik]

I don't know why people don't work on popularizing the Little red songbook e.g., or something like that.

Singing war songs is pretty powerfull, e.g. in Spain there's A las Barricadas, and in ex-Yu we songs like Fall, oh, force and injustice.

[ellipsis]

I don't know why people don't work on popularizing the Little red songbook e.g., or something like that.

Singing war songs is pretty powerfull, e.g. in Spain there's A las Barricadas, and in ex-Yu we songs like Fall, oh, force and injustice.

I think that's a ml thing, singing the Internationale etc.

[Narodnik]

Little red songbook is IWW published.

[ellipsis]

Little red songbook is IWW published.

Oh snap. I stand corrected. I really dig protest music, Pete Seeger is one of my favorite artists. I wish such things were more common.

[Total]

Schade Deutschland, alles ist vorbij, go ahead and die or we will make you cry
(Sorry Germany, but all is lost (WW2 reference) you can switch cry and die)

Jullie zijn net, goedbetaalde hooligans
(You act like, well paid hooligans (against riot pigs)

Wanna die for your believes? Let us help you!

[Ele'ill]

the best protest chants are the soft patter of footsteps in the darkness

[The Garbage Disposal Unit]

Speaking of songs, it's less epic than The Internationale, but I'm a fan of:

There's a sty in the sky,
Where pigs go when they die,
When they die!
When the die!
There's a sty in the,
Where pigs go when they die:
Die pig! Die pig! Die!

[ToldYouSo]

A.C.A.B
All Cops Are Bastards
A.C.A.B
All Cops Are Bastards

[The-Anarcho-Syndicalist]

Kamp mot stat och kapital - ingen människa är illegal!
Translation Struggles against state and capital - No human is illegal

Ak4 Ak5 -Borgarjävel hälsa hem!
AK4 AK5 - Bourgoise fuck au revoir

Arbetarklass mot överklass å inget jävla sossetjafs!
Workingclass against upperclass and no fucking sossebullshit sosse=socialdemocrat

One solution - Revolution
No states no borders no respect for law and order

[Pawn Power]

Less chants more songs!

One of the biggest problems with marches/protests/whatever in the US is crappy, boring, uninspiring chants (same problem with sports culture too).

Can we get some decent song up in this shit?

[nom de guerrevara]

"Eat your pheasant, drink your wine, your days are numbered bourgeois swine!"

"1,2,3, fuck the bourgeoisie
4,5,6, we've come to eat the rich!"

"No borders, no nations, no deportations!" - said whilst stopping refugees being deported.

And for when things get a little ulta-left..

"Not just chants and catchy slogans,
We need rifles and a programme!"

[blackstone]

No Justice, No Peace
What Do we Want? Justice. When do we want it? Now.
If their ain't gon be no justice - There ain't gon be no peace

And
Trayvon - Martin

[Brandon's Impotent Rage]

Save a soldier, shoot a general!

[Tobiastabinna]

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[Leftsolidarity]

Idk if this has been posted but I just remembered this one:

"Closing schools (or whatever the issue may be) by the hour. What do we do? Fight the power!"

[Comrade Jacob]

"E-E-EDL!" - skinhead #48
:lol:

[motion denied]

Two I heard recently:

Recua, polícia, recua! É o povo que tá na rua!
Retreat, police, retreat! It's the people on the streets!

Nem Alckmin, nem Cabral! A nossa luta, é internacional!/contra o capital!
Neither Alckmin nor Cabral, our struggle is international!/against capital!

I'll remember more later.

[Gimbell]

" No Education before Liberation ".

I know that was changed by the ANC and SACP numerous times by student protesters, university and secondary, during protests.

That is all I can offer, sorry.

[satire]

a couple good ones
some of them might be repeats

off of the sidewalks into the streets
defend your city from racist police

(alternate version to be shouted through the doors and windows of shops)
out of the shops into the streets
defend your city from fascist police

the rage
the rage
the rage inside of me
all cops are bastards
A-C-A-B

1,2,3,4 i declare a class war
5,6,7,8 eat the rich, smash the state

one solution, revolution
one direction, insurrection

from new york to greece
fuck the police