Swedish communist music: Learn From History [English subs] (Knutna Nävar – Lär av historien)

A song about a split in a communist party doesn't have the right to be this catchy. But when the Swedish communist band Knutna Nävar (Clenched Fists) tells the story of the 1970 split in the maoist party KFML to the tune of Proud Mary, that's exactly what it is. It has since then become one of the most popular Swedish socialist or communist songs, even among some people who aren't leftists, because of how dead serious it is when it tells us that a revolutionary communist party are in fact petty bourgeois socdems.

The song starts slow but really picks up later, so don't give up! If you want to skip the spoken intro (but why would you?) the proper song starts at 1:21.

Mentioned in the song:
KFML: Kommunistiska föreningen Marxist-Leninisterna (Communist League Marxist–Leninists): Swedish maoist party, founded in 1967.
KFML(r): Splinter group from KFML, inoffically founded in 1970, officially in 1977.
CPSU: The Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the ruling political party of the Soviet Union.
CCP: The Chinese Communist Party, the ruling party of China.

Learn From History is a great example of Swedish socialist music and Swedish communist music from its time. I will continue to translate and upload the best Swedish leftist music from the 1960s and 1970s, including songs about Vietnam - subscribe to not miss any in the future!