101:"The main motivation is to be part of a political group and to combine political activism with singing. ... You don't have to be able to sing to join the choir, because strictly speaking the choir is not a music project. Rather, it is a political-social group event and offers the opportunity to raise our voices at demonstrations and other public events."
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In 2015, the choir initiated the first
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struggle and socialist construction (which situates the choir as a part of an international current). The repertoire has changed and grown since then, now including world-renowned anti-fascist and "anti-nationalist" songs such as
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