United Nations (Grenadian Revolutionary Song)

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A song from the Grenada Revolution which criticises the effectiveness of the United Nations in preventing crimes like Apartheid and Zionism from taking place despite most UN members voting against them.

Notes:
• Kurt Waldheim — The Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, later found to have been an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. He later served as the president of Austria despite this.
• Calypsonian — A performer of calypso music, AKA this song's genre.
• Viljoen — Marais Viljoen, the leader of Apartheid South Africa at the time.

Performer/Composer: Black Wizard (Elwyn McQuilkin)
Year: 1980
Source: Vinyl Record "Jour Ouvert"
Image: Soviet poster "To Account! The evil-doers will not escape the furor of the peoples!" (К ответсту! Не скрыться злодеям от гнева народов!), Nikolai Dolgorukov (Николай Долгоруков), 1952.
Category
Jazz
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