The Standard of Revolt (original French title: Le drapeau rouge, ''The Red Flag'') is a French

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...

and anarchist

revolutionary song Revolutionary songs are political songs that advocate or praise revolutions. They are used to boost morale, as well as for political propaganda or agitation. Amongst the most well-known revolutionary songs are "La Marseillaise" and "The Internatio ...

written in 1877 by

Paul Brousse Paul Brousse (; 23 January 18441 April 1912) was a French socialist, leader of the '' possibilistes'' group. He was active in the Jura Federation, a section of the International Working Men's Association (IWMA), from the northwestern part of Swit ...

to the melody of the Swiss patriotic song ''Les bords de la libre Sarine'' by Jacques Vogt. The English translation by M.L. Korr, published in 1932, is not based directly on the original French, but on the substantially modified

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1882 version by Bolesław Czerwieński, titled Czerwony sztandar, which became the anthem of the

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. Czerwieński's lyrics were also the basis for

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, Hungarian, Latvian,

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and other translations.

Lyrics and variants

French versions

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