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Italian Protest Song 'Bella Ciao' Embraced As Iran Freedom Anthem

The song became well-known in Italy after World War II as an anti-fascist rallying cry.

Until yesterday, I never heard of this song. Now it's gone viral, and Iranian women have embraced this Italian antifascist protest song as a rallying cry.

Some of the lyrics were rewritten by the women:

We wake up from a moonlight night
Someone calls out ‘hey, all humanity’
Either all of us together
Or all of us individually
We will stay awake till tomorrow.

Here are Ukrainian soldiers showing solidarity with their own rendition:

Surprisingly (because the U.S. media didn't spotlight opposition to the new fascist Prime Minister), people in Italy were once again using the song as a rallying cry:

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