Song From Les Misérables Becomes Hong Kong’s Protest Anthem

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01-10-2014 | 11:32
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Tens of thousands of protestors calling for democracy in Hong Kong, bringing the city to a standstill, decide that “Do You Hear The People Sing?” from Les Misérables, perfectly describes their plight.

“Do You Hear the People Sing? describes the exact situation in Hong Kong,” said a spokesman for Occupy Central, the group behind the protests that has adopted the song as its anthem.

The song, a call to arms, has long chimed with protesters around the world, from angry unionists at Wisconsin’s state capitol building in 2011, to Australians objecting to a local branch of McDonald’s last year, to Istanbulites singing out against President Recep Erdogan.

But romantic Asian students have taken it a step further, creating their own versions of the song in both Taiwan and now Hong Kong.

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