Labour movement activist Pauline Bradley pens a song in memory of Hadi Saleh.

Remember Hadi Saleh

The shock has hit us like a bomb,
The news we heard today,
Our comrade Hadi Saleh,
Killed in a savage way,
His family and friends
Are mourning as we speak,
But he kept the unions together,
Through the Saddam years so bleak,

He wanted peace and freedom,
Equality for all,
No racial divisions,
No violence and scorn,
He spent 5 years in prison,
For his independent mind,
Escaped and lived in Sweden,
Worked for peace and humankind,

Saddams police wanted him dead,
So powerful was he,
But they won’t kill his spirit,
His soul or memory,
Occupation, war and “resistance”
Cause barbarity,
But he kept the union together,
So that we can become free,

So remember Hadi Saleh,
Who stood for right and good,
And raise the red flag high,
Shrouded in our martyrs blood,
His soul it lives inside us,
And we’ll keep his dream alive,
And we’ll build our unions together,
So that light and love survive.