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| Greek Leftists Adopt Patti Smith Anthem ‘People Have the Power’ as Their Own | Greek Leftists Adopt Patti Smith Anthem ‘People Have the Power’ as Their Own |
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| Two minutes after the polls closed in Greece on Sunday night, activists for the left-wing Syriza party celebrated projections of a decisive victory by posting a link on Twitter to “People Have the Power,” a song by the American poet and singer Patti Smith that has become something of an unofficial anthem for the populist movement. | Two minutes after the polls closed in Greece on Sunday night, activists for the left-wing Syriza party celebrated projections of a decisive victory by posting a link on Twitter to “People Have the Power,” a song by the American poet and singer Patti Smith that has become something of an unofficial anthem for the populist movement. |
| A look at the lyrics to the song — which Ms. Smith performed in Greece in 2013 during a concert at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on the southern slopes of the Acropolis — makes plain its appeal to supporters of the anti-austerity party. | A look at the lyrics to the song — which Ms. Smith performed in Greece in 2013 during a concert at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on the southern slopes of the Acropolis — makes plain its appeal to supporters of the anti-austerity party. |
| As my colleague Rachel Donadio reported in 2012, the song was a regular feature of Syriza rallies during the last election campaign, too. Syriza’s main rival, the center-right New Democracy Party, has relied on a less alternative tune to rev up supporters: the theme song to “Pirates of the Caribbean.” | As my colleague Rachel Donadio reported in 2012, the song was a regular feature of Syriza rallies during the last election campaign, too. Syriza’s main rival, the center-right New Democracy Party, has relied on a less alternative tune to rev up supporters: the theme song to “Pirates of the Caribbean.” |
| Journalists following party’s campaign in recent days reported that the soundtrack at the rallies of Syriza’s leader, Alexis Tsipras, has also included “Rock the Casbah,” from The Clash, and — more pointedly, given the tension between Greece and Germany over austerity — Leonard Cohen’s “First We Take Manhattan,” which features the refrain, “Then We Take Berlin.” |