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!align="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|''If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next''
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|align="center" colspan="3"|[[Image:If_You_Tolerate_This_Your_Children_Will_Be_Next.jpg|225px|Single cover]]
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!align="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|[[Compact Disc]] single and [[Cassette tape]] by [[Manic Street Preachers]]
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!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|From the album ''[[This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours]]''
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!align="left" valign="top"|Released
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[August 24]], [[1998]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|Recorded
|colspan="2" valign="top"|???
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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Musical genre|Genre]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[rock and roll|Rock]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|Length
|colspan="2" valign="top"|?? [[minute|mins]] ?? [[second|secs]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record label]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Epic Records|Epic]] 
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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record producer|Producer]]
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!bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|Professional reviews
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!align="left" valign="top"|<small>???</small>
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!align="left" valign="top"|<small>???</small>
|valign="top"|???
|valign="top"|<small>???</small>
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!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours track listing
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|-align="center" 
|valign="top"|<small>''[[The Everlasting]]''<br />(1) ([[November 30]] [[1998]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>''If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next''<br />(2) ([[August 24]] [[1998]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>''[[You Stole The Sun From My Heart]]''<br />(3) ([[March 8]] [[1999]])</small>
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'''''If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next''''' was the first [[single (music)|single]] to be released from the [[Manic Street Preachers]]'  ''[[This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours]]'', on [[August 24]], [[1998]]. All three members of the band, [[James Dean Bradfield]], [[Sean Moore]] and [[Nicky Wire]] shared the writing credits.

The song was about the [[Spanish Civil War]], and the idealism of volunteers from around the world who joined the [[International Brigade]] fighting [[Francisco Franco|Franco's]] [[fascist]] army.

The song takes its name from a Republican poster at the time. A young child killed by the Nazis was portrayed on the poster and a stark warning written at the bottom: &#8220;If you tolerate this, your children will be next.&#8221; A variant poster came with the similar message, &#8220;What Europe tolerates or protects. What your children can expect.&#8221;

Various works on the Spanish civil war were the inspiration for this song, most notably George Orwell&#8217;s first-hand account, &#8220;Homage to Catalonia." [[Nicky Wire|Nicky]] has acknowledged that he was also inspired by a song by [[The Clash]], ''[[Spanish Bombs]]'', which has a similar subject.

Certain lyrics seem to pertain to these works. For example, the line &#8220;If I can shoot rabbits/then I can shoot fascists&#8221; is attributed to a Welsh farmer who signed up with the Republican fighters. 

&#8220;I&#8217;ve walked Las Ramblas/but not with real intent&#8221; brings to mind the account in Orwell&#8217;s book of fighting on the Ramblas, with the various factions seemingly getting nowhere with the fighting and often a sense of camaraderie overriding the vaunted principles each side was supposed to be fighting for. 

The single reached number one in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] charts on [[September 5]] 1998 to become the first of their singles to achieve this. (''[[The Masses Against The Classes]]'') also made number one on [[January 22]] 2000.

There were two CD singles; the first also included versions of "Prologue To History" and "Montana Autumn 78"; the second featured a 4'54" remix by [[Massive Attack]] and a 10'02" ''The Class Reunion of the Sunset Marquis Mix'' by [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]].

The song also made an appearance as track number three on ''[[Forever Delayed]]'' [[2002]] the ''Manics'' greatest hits album.

[[Category:Manic Street Preachers songs]]