El pueblo unido jamás será vencido
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido ("The people united will never be defeated") is a song written by Sergio Ortega and originally recorded by the Chilean group Quilapayún used mostly during the Unidad Popular campaign and government times[1].
However, it was especially after Pinochet's September 1973 coup that the group Inti-Illimani (also from Chile) made it famous around the world.
During the course of time the song has been used in various protests around the world, most of which have nothing to do with the Chilean coup or Latin America, and it has been translated into various languages. In Iran the melody was used for a revolutionary song with Persian lyrics entitled "Barpakhiz" (in English "Stand up"), by the Iranian leftist activists during the Revolution against the monarchy in 1979 (later known as the "Islamic Revolution"). Same as the Filipinos in their song entitiled "Awit ng Tagumpay" (in english as song of victory) used to sung during demonstrations.
In 1975 Frederic Rzewski composed 36 piano variations on this song.
In 2006 US hardcore punk band Anti Flag performed a version of "El Pueblo Unido" in English at the Reading Festival. 'The People United' is also the name of one of their largest fansites.
In a more militant version the phrase El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido, is changed in the last verse to El pueblo armado jamás será aplastado — "The people armed will never be crushed".
References
- ^ Frederic Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!. New Albion Records. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
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