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THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORKERS’ ARMY ( Friedrich Engels Song)

This song is a musical interpretation of Friedrich Engels’ 1872 essay On Authority — a polemic written against the illusion that revolution, industry, or collective life can exist without discipline, coordination, and command. Engels’ argument is simple and uncomfortable for liberals and anarchists alike: every complex system — a factory, a railway, a ship at sea, an army in struggle — requires authority. The question is not whether authority exists, but who wields it, and in whose interests. In capitalism, authority serves profit. In feudalism, it served kings and landlords. In a workers’ state, it must serve the working class itself. This song takes Engels’ logic and applies it to the idea of a workers’ army — not as a tool of conquest, but as a defensive instrument of class power. An organised force accountable to the masses, protecting the revolution from counter-revolution, imperialism, and internal sabotage. Discipline here is not obedience to a ruler, but collective self-discipline. Authority here is not imposed from above, but earned through necessity. As Engels wrote, you cannot run a factory, a railway, or a revolution on vibes alone. This track exists as a reminder: the working class does not seize power by asking politely — and it does not hold power without defending it.