A Progressive Anthem

Political movements often use something to identify themselves as a movement. For Tea Partiers, it is teabags. For Poles, it was the word “Solidarnosc”. In Ukraine it was the color orange, and in Iran it’s the color green. During the civil rights movement in the USA, it was the song, "We Shall Overcome."

I will be so bold as to suggest an anthem for progressives. Reading about the absolutely scandalous defacing of the Koch Theater, I went to the webpage of the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, where I had an aural epiphany. One of the songs played by RMO, “Bella Ciao,” a song of Italian anti-fascists, punched me in the frontal lobe and demanded to be presented as an anthem for the Progessive Movement. I must obey the Muse.

Here is the music, provided by RMO

Here are lyrics suggested by the Muse:

We are Progressives
We are Progressives
We fight for all to be equal and free, free, free
We are fighting
the fascist forces
to give the world
democracy.

No, those are not the original lyrics. But our national anthem started as an English drinking song. I suggest you also have strong drinks while singing the Progressive Anthem. It improves the volume.

Fond regards to all Progressives, regardless of nationality,

Alex Budarin