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C. C. Cowboys, short for Coca Cola Cowboys, is a Swedish pejorative term for U.S. soldiers, as lackeys of "American imperialism". The term was used and made popular in a 1985 rock song by the leftist band Imperiet, describing the world divided by the two opposing super powers of the Cold War. On the other side of the Iron Curtain stood the "Kalashnikov Comrades" of the Soviet Red Army.

The original song is in Swedish, but in 1988 an English version of the song was recorded, included on the album Imperiet.

Pejorative political terms | 1985 songs | 1988 songs

 

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