One of my favourite songs with the most beautiful lyrics.

A Rainy Night in Soho.
The Pogues.

I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways

We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell

I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms
I sang you all my sorrows

You told me all your joys
Whatever happened to that old song?
To all those little girls and boys
Sometimes I'd wake up in the morning
The ginger lady by my bed

Covered in a cloak of silence
I'd hear you talking in my head
I'm not singing for the future
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the first times
I never think about the last

Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams

Ernst Thälmann went to his death 80 years ago, unbroken. Today, his words reach us from 1944, undimmed and admonishing:

"The history of our life is harsh, therefore it requires people who give themselves entirely to the cause... For to be a soldier of the revolution means to maintain unshakable loyalty to the cause, such loyalty that is proven by life and death, means to show unconditional reliability, confidence, courage and energy in the struggle in any situation.
Let the flame that overwhelms us, blazing in our hearts and illuminating our spirit, like a bright torch lead us across the battlefields of our lives.

Loyalty and firmness, strength of character and confidence in victory - these are the necessary qualities, and only they allow us to stand firm in the battle with fate and fulfill our revolutionary duty, the high historical mission entrusted to us and lead the cause to the final victory of genuine socialism."
~ Ernst Thälmann
From a response to letters from a fellow prisoner. January 1944

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Before the demonisation of the Soviet Union sullied communism in the mind of the masses, many people in Western capitalist countries stood against any attacks on the first worker-led socialist country.

A "Defend the Soviet Union" rally in New York, 1920s.