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"The Red Flag" (Roud V45381) is a socialist song, emphasising the sacrifices and solidarity of the international labour movement. It is the anthem of the British Labour Party, [1] [2] the Northern Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party and the Irish Labour Party. [3] It was used by the New Zealand Labour Party until the late 1940s. [4]
In 1994, the song was remixed, selling 600,000 copies and spending four weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart. The single also reached the top 10 in eight other countries. The Labour Party's central use of the song in their successful 1997 campaign led the song to appear on the UK Singles Chart for a third time. [3]
Labour Party – The Red Flag and Jerusalem [28] Liberal Party – The Land [citation needed] Liberal Democrats – The Land [29] Scottish Green Party - "Freedom Come-All-Ye" Scottish National Party – Scots Wha Hae; Socialist Workers Party – The Internationale; Socialist Party (England and Wales) – The Internationale; Trades Union ...
Pop band D:Ream have banned the Labour Party from using their hit song “Things Can Only Get Better” during their election campaign.. Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s general election ...
The Labour leader walked on to the sound of “Better Times” by Låpsley and KC Lights, which was also heard before and after shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech on Monday 27 May.
The English translation of a selection of Pottier's songs and speeches, Beyond the Internationale: Revolutionary Writings, includes, in addition to the traditional British version and Kerr's American version, a 1922 version endorsed by the Socialist Labor Party, as well as Bragg's adaptation and one by the Workers Party of Jamaica.
The Labour leader said Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, the EU’s anthem, ‘has a sense of destiny’ and is ‘very sort of Labour’ Keir Starmer praises ‘hugely optimistic’ EU theme tune - and ...
It became famous as the song of the British transportation workers. It is now used by many union movements, especially in the Caribbean. [3] The Preacher and the Slave: Joe Hill: 1911 United States: Written as an anti-religious, syndicalist song for the IWW. [4] There Is Power in a Union: Joe Hill: 1913 United States: Written for the IWW.