Some of the more avid history fans might be thinking, "Casey Jones saved several lives, why is he being portrayed as a scab?"

The intro that Utah gives for this song doesn't explain it enough in my opinion. It's a fictitious and comedy song that uses the name recognition of Casey, simply because there weren't really any well known railroad scabs and Joe Hill was basing this song on the Ballad of Casey Jones in honor of a rail strike.

I didn't know about Tom Morello doing folk music until today, and I'm very pleased

Spanish

Atrapada en piel de hombre y una mente de mujer
No eres normal, berreaban los demonios
Le robaron la sonrisa innata de la niñez

Libre, sueña ser libre
Entre mofas y exclusión
Quiere ser libre, del todo libre
Y obedecer al corazón

Ámale, ámala
Ignora toda religión
Que no te permita amar
Ámale, ámala
Levanta la multicolor
Viva la diversidad

Dura opresión que se esconde entre la burla
El desprecio y la ignorancia de un cerebro medieval
¿Quién cojones eres tú?
Para injerir en vida ajena
A la mierda reaccionarios
Siempre amé la libertad

Libre, sueña ser libre
Entre mofas y exclusión
Quiere ser libre, del todo libre
Y obedecer al corazón

Ámale, ámala
Ignora toda religión
Que no te permita amar
Ámale, ámala
Levanta la multicolor
Viva la diversidad

No hables de revolución
No hables de fraternidad
Si te vuelves a mofar de su sexualidad
¿Qué tipo de rebelión tú pretendes ensalzar?
Si te vuelves a olvidar de la libertad
Por la libertad es fundamental la diversidad
Por la libertad, por la libertad
Es fundamental la diversidad

Por la libertad, por la libertad
Es fundamental la diversidad
Por la libertad, por la libertad
Es fundamental la diversidad

Ámale, ámala
Ignora toda religión
Que no te permita amar
Ámale, ámala
Levanta la multicolor
Viva la diversidad

English Translation

Trapped in a man's skin and a woman's mind
You're not normal, the demons bawled
Robbed of her innate childhood smile

Free, she dreams of being free
Amidst mockery and exclusion
She wants to be free, totally free
And obey the heart

Love him, love her
Ignore all religion
That doesn't allow you to love
Love him, love her
Raise the multicolor
Long live diversity

Harsh oppression that hides among the mockery
The contempt and ignorance of a medieval brain
Who the fuck are you?
To interfere in other people's lives
Fuck reactionaries
I always loved freedom

Free, dream to be free
Amidst mockery and exclusion
Wants to be free, totally free
And obey the heart

Love him, love her
Ignore all religion
That doesn't allow you to love
Love him, love her
Raise the multicolor
Long live diversity

Don't talk about revolution
Don't talk about fraternity
If you mock her sexuality again
What kind of rebellion do you pretend to extol?
If you forget freedom again
For freedom, for freedom, diversity is fundamental

For freedom, for freedom
Diversity is fundamental
For freedom, for freedom
Diversity is fundamental
For freedom, for freedom
Diversity is fundamental

Love him, love her
Ignore all religion
That does not allow you to love
Love him, love her
Raise the multicolor
Long live diversity

Bella Ciao has a long history with leftists, but this is likely the original! Rather than being about partisans fighting against fascists, this version is about the brutal working conditions laboring women faced in the Italian rice paddies.

This song is about how workers have been injured, maimed, and died on the job for capitalists. This song highlights how there's already violence inherent to the system of capitalism, though I feel it's impossible to see that message without also realizing that we should not be afraid of violence when opposing the capitalist class in strikes, protests, and other direct action.

This song is by the band Los Lobos, and actually comes from the album used as our community art! The band wanted to commemorate the 1965 Delano Grape Strike by the UFW. The phrase "viva la huelga en general!" means "long live the general strike!" Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta were the leaders of this strike, with Dolores also coordinating the wine and grape boycott with the International Longshoremen union and community supporters.