FWIIW, the Winnipeg Labour Choir (which I sang with until retiring to
Vernon in 2003) sang the Internationale regularly, particularly at
funerals for any of the old socialists/communists/labour activists who
asked us to sing. It was always for me one of the most inspiring moments
in our performances.
Paul P
Louis Proyect wrote:
http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2006/11/29/the-internationale/
On November 18th I attended a memorial meeting for Caroline Lund, a
socialist activist who I knew from the Socialist Workers Party in the
1960s and 70s. She had died a few weeks earlier of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s
Disease) at the age of 62 and the speakers and audience were honoring
her accomplishments.
In keeping with the traditions of our movement, the meeting concluded
with a singing of the Internationale. It was the first time I had sung
it in public since the last SWP convention I had attended in the
1970s. For people like us, this was like a national anthem but even
more central to our being. It always made my hair stand on end like a
great operatic aria. No matter how amateurish the singers, they always
sounded stirring.
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