Interesting likely-true thing: Cinco de Mayo is a minor holiday in Mexico commemorating the Battle of Puebla and wasn’t celebrated at all in the United States until the ’70s, when Mexican and Chicano student organizations were looking for a day to hold their large annual cultural events. Since Mexican independence day is September 16th, right at the beginning of the year, these organizations settled on May 5th, a date which gave them an entire school year to raise money and plan activities.
Years later everyone else decided that they like Corona and it became a thing in the US.
Canción: Cura y Guerrillero | Música, Letra, e Interpretación: José de Molina (México) | Album: Testimonios Rebeldes | Año: 1972
“Con el dedo en el gatillo, decía sus oraciones. Rezaba por que los hombres, hicieran revoluciones.”
Dedicada al sacerdote colombiano, Camilo Torres.
Autónomo | Boca Floja
hip hop revolucionario de mi mexico querido!
h/t to R.S.
OSCAR CHAVEZ - A SALVADOR ALLENDE [MEXICO, 1974]
“Allende el rico, Allende el pobre
tu regresarás dentro del cobre!”This is a really cool (and short, only 2:00) song by famed Mexican trovador Oscar Chavez, dedicated to the late, then-recently-deposed Chilean President Salvador Allende (pictured). This
comes from an album featuring leftist Mexican singers showing solidarity with the Chilean people, including a song by Amparo Ochoa, who I have previously featured on this blog. Download the album here.
Oscar Chavez is known for his sharp political critique of the corruption and nepotism in the then-ruling PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party), as well as his often humorous lyrics that poke fun at the idiosyncrasies of Mexican politics. He is not particularly well known for his voice, though it’s still worth a listen for the lyrical content in which he speaks of Allende as being resurrected among the people in various ways. Any questions or comments definitely let me know, and you can check out some previous episodes of this series here. Enjoy!
LYRICS:
Compañero Salvador
Allende el niño, Allende el hombre
tú regresarás en cada nombre
de pena en pena en pena
de uno en uno en dos
ha de vivir tu voz, patria chilena
Allende el mar, Allende el tiempo
tú regresarás, corazón del pueblo
en ala de canción ha de volar tu voz
en bala de cañón de uno en uno en dos
Allende el cielo, Allende tierra
tú regresarás, varonía chilena
hermano hermano hermano de uno en uno en dos
ha de correr tu voz de americano
Tú te salvas Salvador
Allende el fuego, Allende el viento
tú regresarás, tú nunca has muerto
de cabeza en cabeza de uno en uno en dos
ha de volver tu voz y tu entereza
Allende el niño, Allende el hombre
tú regresarás en cada nombre
de pena en pena en pena de uno en uno en dos
ha de vivir tu voz, patria chilena
Allende el rico, Allende el pobre
tú regresarás dentro del cobre
Recordando al compañero Salvador en este aniversario triste. Ni olvido, ni perdón! Muerte al imperialismo yanqui!
Corrido de Amor a Cuba | Judith Reyes | Mexico Oprimido | 1970
FMLN signatories to the 1992 Chapultepec Peace Accords- the document that officially ended the Civil War of El Salvador.
From left to right Eduardo Sancho (aka Fermán Cienfuegos), Joaquín Villalobos, Francisco Jovel, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, and Schafik Hándal
“Cada seis años mi amor,
yo te juro amor eterno
Pero siempre se me olvida
que cada seis años
rasuran a este gobierno
Y siempre es igual
Es picoso el mole
Diferente el dedo
Pero el mismo atole
Y siempre es igual
Desde aqui te digo
Se baila el jarabe
al son de lo gringo”
The last polls before the election showed Pena Nieto winning by like 15%.
The exit polls showed him winning by 8-10%.
The current gap between EPN and Lopez Obrador is only 3.3%.
WHY THE FUCK WOULD I TRUST ANY OF THIS SHIT.
Fuck this guy.
Abajo el neoliberalismo!
Paseaba el pueblo con sus banderas rojas…
Vamos con el Peje!!!
Mexican communist folk musician Judith Reyes sings a corrido about the events of October 8th, 1969, when the Uruguayan Tupamaro guerrillas temporarily seized the town of Pando from the military government.
The lyrics (which I transcribed) to this extremely rare song are embedded in the video for your convenience. Enjoy!
Mexican communist folk singer Judith Reyes. Click here to go to a site with her discography, available for free download.
Source exscnet.wordpress.com
Liberación femenina, de Oscar Chávez
Latin American revolutionary music, chavismo, Nicaraguan history, and other communist musings.
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