Credited on the record as Anna Casalino con Orchestra di Bruno Canfora.
Noi siamo
1970 · Partito Socialista Italiano PSI 1 · Italy
- Artist
- Anna Casalino
- Credited on the record as
- Anna Casalino con Orchestra di Bruno Canfora
- Title
- Noi siamo
- Release
- Dialogo tra due elettori al disopra di ogni sospetto / Noi siamo
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Partito Socialista Italiano # PSI 1
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Italy
- Genre
- Pop · Italian Pop
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Lyrics
English: Housing: a promissory note / To be paid to those who speculate, / Because land is gold / In the hands of the bosses. / Health is currency / That makes an industry rich. / Sickness is a luxury, / Schools belong to the barons. // And we, we, we... / We are the ones... / For housing for all, / For land for all. / We are the ones... / For peace for all, / For schools for all. / We say NO / To the Marines in Vietnam! / The same NO / To the cannons in Prague! // You work on your own land, / Yet you break your back for those who speculate. / You leave the factory, / And they strip you and search you. / Reggio, Battipaglia, Avola— / The dead in their graves / Carry our / Red flag. // And we, we, we... / We are the ones... / For work for all / In a world for all. / We do not believe / In the bosses who offer / 'Loyalty bonuses.' / We say NO / To those who starve the countryside! / The same NO / To those who strangle the cities! // The 'autumn of the unions' / Has opened a breach / On the labor front, / Against the power of the bosses. / We will open another / Within the centralized State, / Within the authoritarian State: / Through the creation of the Regions. // And we, we, we... / We are the ones... / For housing for all, / For land for all. / We are the ones... / Who reject those who exploit, / Demanding instead work and freedom— / For work is freedom— / Yes, work and freedom. __________ Italian: La casa: una cambiale / da pagare a chi specula, / perché la terra è oro /…
Notes
B-side of a Partito Socialista Italiano propaganda 45 for the regional elections of 7 June 1970, produced by the party's Sezione Stampa e Propaganda; the A-side is a spoken sketch by Nino Manfredi with Gianni Bonagura. A second pressing carries the number "ssp 1". No writer credits on the record.
Themes
Protest · Anti-Capitalism · Peace · Election
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]