Poet' s Corner- Bertolt Brecht's "United Front Song"

Markin comment:



This one must have been written during the Communist International's (CI) "third period" (after the CI Sixth World Congress, 1928). Definitely not after the "popular front" period (after the CI Seventh World Congress, 1935). Whenever it was written the sentiment is right. We, desperately, need a workers united front, an international workers united front. And pronto.





United Front Song


And because a man is human
He'll want to eat, and thanks a lot
But talk can't take the place of meat
or fill an empty pot.

So left, two, three!
So left, two, three!
Comrade, there's a place for you.
Take your stand in the workers united front
For you are a worker too.

And because a man is human
he won't care for a kick in the face.
He doesn't want slaves under him
Or above him a ruling class.

So left, two, three!
So left, two, three!
Comrade, there's a place for you.
Take your stand in the workers united front
For you are a worker too.

And because a worker's a worker
No one else will bring him liberty.
It's nobody's work but the worker' own
To set the worker free.

So left, two, three!
So left, two, three!
Comrade, there's a place for you.
Take your stand in the workers united front
For you are a worker too.