Ni Oubli, Ni Pardon

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Neither Forgetting, Nor Forgiveness

Remember, Madrid, 2007, on that subway train
November 11th, the day Carlos Palomino fought
Brother in arms killed by a fascist soldier
Arrested by Democracia Nacional, we were all fired up
Four comrades taken down by Franco's heirs

Alert, alert! Antifascist murdered!
Vengeance and rage fill our hearts
We’re always with you, Pollo!
The blade strikes our brothers, our sisters, a fatal blow
Ian in Prague, Ivan in Moscow, dead from this cold rain of bullets
The best moment of their lives under the watch of the complicit State

They’ll assassinate Anastasia Baburova, aided by the police
David Cesare, 2003, Milan, 13 knife wounds
Your death sparks a riot even in the hospitals
It was when you left your place that you took down Fyodor Filatov
It was at an Antifa concert that Alexey Krilov collapsed

The best tribute is to keep fighting
Neither forgetting, nor forgiveness, in the face of murders
Against police abuse, against fascist crimes
Never, never will we back down
Our hatred is not fake!

The best tribute is to keep fighting
Neither forgetting, nor forgiveness, in the face of murders
Against police abuse, against fascist crimes
Never, never will we back down
Our hatred is not fake!

Schulz meets a 15-centimeter blade at this station
Piercing the heart of a father leaving behind what he created
Kodja Luckin, on his birthday, is ambushed
Stone to the head, a deadly blow that the Nazis celebrate
In service of the bourgeoisie, attacking those who help the homeless

They go after Timur Kacharava and his two friends
Too many deaths still, Borodenko and Ryukin
23 dead, 240 injured, 2010 in Russia
Back to Italy: I didn’t tell you about Renato
Creator of the Renoze label, spearhead against fascism
Alternative reggae that blows up the sound system

Antifa who got stabbed in the back
I won’t leave as fast as the bullet Markelov received
Right in the head, in broad daylight, in Moscow, right on the street
Defender of the rights of the oppressed and the disabled
Despite the repression, we will always stay convinced

The best tribute is to keep fighting
Neither forgetting, nor forgiveness, in the face of murders
Against police abuse, against fascist crimes
Never, never will we back down
Our hatred is not fake!

The best tribute is to keep fighting
Neither forgetting, nor forgiveness, in the face of murders
Against police abuse, against fascist crimes
Never, never will we back down
Our hatred is not fake!

(Clément, Clément, Antifa!)
(Clément Méric died after a violent fight with skinheads last night in Paris)
(A committed student, antifascist activist, and close to the far left, he died a few hours ago in the hospital)

To all those we’ve forgotten
Those who have and will be martyred by the fists
Hungarian Roma humiliated, Colombian unionists killed
Zapatistas persecuted, Palestinians locked up
Foreigners, every country abused
Ethnicities attacked, independence fighters tortured
Assassinated activists, occupied peoples
Exterminated communities
Our struggles, our memories, our texts are dedicated to you

Neither forgetting, nor forgiveness
Neither forgetting, nor forgiveness
Neither forgetting, nor forgiveness
Neither forgetting, nor forgiveness

The best tribute is to keep fighting
Neither forgetting, nor forgiveness, in the face of murders
Against police abuse, against fascist crimes
Never, never will we back down
Our hatred is not fake!

The best tribute is to keep fighting
Neither forgetting, nor forgiveness, in the face of murders
Against police abuse, against fascist crimes
Never, never will we back down
Our hatred is not fake!

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