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- Proletarian Poetry
Proletarian Poetry is an electronic and political project based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The musical inspiration comes from Electronic Body Music (EBM) and Synthpop.
The music is combined with socially critical lyrics about the warlike and inhuman world we live in and takes a stand against genocide, warmongering, injustice and everything that threatens the survival of the planet.
The first release, the single Demonize Dehumanize about Gaza becoming a graveyard for children, came in February 2024. Since then Proletarian Poetry has released two EPs with ten songs, the last EP is called Feel the Fear.
Proletarian Poetry’s music has not yet reached the masses, but there is a growing listenership on streaming services, and each new release is played by a number of electronic-oriented radio stations in Sweden, the UK, France, Spain, the US etc.
Motivation
It is July 25, 2024. He enters the stage. Applause and cheers. The audience is lyrical. The guest says that we are facing a crossroads in history. That the struggle is between civilization and barbarism. Applause and cheers again…
Seeing what happened in the US Congress last year is surreal. It is absurd and horrible at the same time. The country that claims to be “leader of the free world” welcomed and praised a prime minister who was at the same time committing genocide in Gaza. And the members of Congress almost competed to show their support for the war criminal.
This gave rise to the song Darkness by Proletarian Poetry. The lyrics take their starting point from Netanyahu’s words about ending the darkness, terror and violence and creating a brighter future. He never said though that this future is built on the ruins of bombed hospitals and homes and the mass murder of 40,000 people – actions that would have been impossible to carry out if Israel had not had support from the US and other countries.
The lyrics are performed to electronic music with roots in synthpop and the harder, tougher synth style EBM (Electronic Body Music).
Parts of the music came about even before Netanyahu’s visit to the US. But it was only at the end of last year, when the lyrics came into place, that the right feeling came to complete the song that appears in Falastinvision 2025.
Song Title: Darkness
Darkness – Proletarian Poetry
1.
He enters the stage to loud applause
a show of strength before the world
It’s a crossroads in history, he claims
a clash between barbarism and civilization
They say it is the end of darkness,
end of terror, end of violence
A hope for a brighter
future…
But it is built on the ruins of
hospitals and homes,
of 40.000 dead, this is
the real – darkness
2.
The consequences are worsening day by day
But his friends are still behind his back,
Delivering what he needs to continue,
Strangling solidarity at home
They say it is the end of darkness,
end of terror, end of violence
A hope for a brighter
future…
But it is built on the ruins of
hospitals and homes,
of 40.000 dead, this is
the real – darkness
They say…
This is a mad world
A moment of justice, for whom?