{"id":630,"date":"2012-10-18T12:32:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T12:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/wecannotremainsilent\/?page_id=630"},"modified":"2020-05-11T14:02:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:02:19","slug":"brazilian-biographies-geraldo-vandre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/wecannotremainsilent\/biographies\/brazilian-biographies-geraldo-vandre\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraldo Vandr\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geraldo Vandr\u00e9<\/h2>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Geraldo Vandr\u00e9 is a Brazilian musician whose political songs greatly contributed to the resistance movement against the military regime. “Pra n\u00e3o dizer que n\u00e3o falei das flores” encapsulated the sentiments of hope, unity, and change in a politically engaged song of opposition that proclaimed:<\/p>\n

In the schools and streets
\nIn the fields or amongst building sites
\nWe all are like soldiers
\nHolding guns or not
\nWalking ahead and singing
\nFollowing the verses of the melody
\nWe all are equal
\nUnited or not<\/p>\n

(Nas escolas, nas ruas<\/em>
\nCampos, constru\u00e7\u00f5es<\/em>
\nSomos todos soldados<\/em>
\nArmados ou n\u00e3o<\/em>
\nCaminhando e cantando<\/em>
\nE seguindo a can\u00e7\u00e3o<\/em>
\nSomos todos iguais<\/em>
\nBra\u00e7os dados ou n\u00e3o…)<\/em><\/p>\n