Bella ciao

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One fine morning, I was awakened Oh bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao One fine morning, I was awakened To find the fascists at my door Oh Partigiano, take me with you Oh bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao Partigiano, please take me with you I don't feel frightened anymore

Well, hello and welcome to another episode of the Fighting Fascism Podcast.

I'm your co-host Aaron Regenberg and here with friend of the pod, Jonathan Smucker.

Music by Horseradish.

Questions, comments, concerns, email us at fightingfascismpod at gmail.com.

And someday people will pick the flowers Oh bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao So someday people will pick the flowers And say how beautifully they bloom These are the flowers of Partigiano Oh bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao These are the flowers of Partigiano Who fought for freedom to their tune These are the flowers of Partigiano Oh see how beautifully they bloom

I, I'm, I'm, I am finding some of the other reported, uh, engravings.

One was, "If you read this, you are gay." And another was, uh, part of the lyrics to the Italian anti-fascist protest song Bella Ciao.

But, um, all I'm seeing in terms of confirmed, uh, bullets recovered was the, "Hey fascist, catch."

Yeah.

The other target, American jazz.

[upbeat jazz music] Meanwhile, what the anti-fascist revolutionaries had was a fragile solidarity, and for what it was worth, a grassroots aesthetic, the music of rebellion, folk songs like Bella Ciao, a 19th century song against oppression that would carry over to the Second World War as a partisan anthem.

[singing] Oh, bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao.

Roughly translated, "Goodbye, beautiful.

I woke to find the fascists at my door.

[gentle music]

Una mattina, I woke up early.

O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao.

In a twist of fate, her living room will continue hosting more revolutions than any cabinet meeting, proving some spaces are just built for change.

Essay traces Bella Ciao from origin to global fame via Netflix.

When a partisan anthem becomes a Netflix star, its clear resistance now relies on streaming strategies and catchy melodies to overthrow oppression.

Scientists crack Narwha tusk mystery, debunk unicorn horn sales.

Some of the songs we cover are much more recent.

There is Bella Ciao, now sung around the world as an anthem of resistance, although its origins are far less straightforward than its reputation suggests.

There is Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, perhaps the most famous piece of organ music ever written, even though scholars still argue about whether Bach actually wrote it.

And there is Happy Birthday to You, a children's classroom song that became one of the most familiar melodies in the world, generated millions in royalties, and eventually ended up at the center of an extraordinary copyright case.

Arriving on UVU campus in a gray Dodge Challenger at approximately 8.29 a.m., Tyler Robinson had become more political in recent years.

A second unfired casing read, Oh, Bella Chow, Bella Chow, Bella Chow, Chow Chow.

And a third unfired casing read, If you read this, you are gay.

his wife, and two little children who will grow up without daddy.

man.

You gotta have a Prancing Gabagool and it needs to be singing Bella Ciao.

That could be your

horn.

And so what do they do? They create violent speech.

The words, married with the bullets, hey, fascist, catch, Bella Chow, Bella Chow, Do you understand? This is part of the pathology.

And to hear the defense lawyer up there stating it, remember, as a fact.

He said, it is true.