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1. Apart of Rastafarians (which associated themselves to Ethiopian Nationalist in 30s-40s... a strong opposition to the Fascist Roma ) Is there any political uses of "By the rivers of Babylon" (Actually Psalm 137: Jews in Babylonia) hymmns? Any factions/movements use this prayers or the entire verses to call for change?
2. Had it been used in 1960s 'Black politics' (to end segregation in USA, and later to end Apartheid in ZAR (Or at least to permit enfrancisements to the 'cololured peoples' in that system.) )
3. And Boney M chose the original Psalm version rather than Rastafarians.




Is the intro an actual hymmn sung in any church? (and which Church uses this hymm.) Is the intro adaptations of J.S. Bach

4. And since Disco is usually associated with LGBT culture, is there any LGBT political movements make uses of the song for political purpose (LGBT with equal citizenship to that of the straights)?

Psalm 137 is used by all Nicene Christian denominations (and probably also the other ones), as well as the Jews.
The song here by Boney M uses several verses from it but not all. Specifically it uses verses 1, 3 and 4. It is not the original psalm so the song is not like how you would hear it in Church. Except maybe with Evangelicals and their ilk but they are obvious heretics .

I do not know anything whether the Psalm or the Boney M song was used in anti-Apartheid or 1960's Afro-American politics. The song by Boney M (or the Reggae song it is based on) can not have been used in politics of the 1960s since it dates to the 1970's. However, I imagine that since Psalm 137 is a song about exile, its message is not very suitable to either anti-Apartheid or Afro-American equal rights politics, since the message of those movements (we belong here and should have equal rights in our own land) is pretty much the opposite to the sentiments expressed in Psalm 137 (we are imprisoned in a foreign land, we really miss our homeland and want to go back). For the same reason, I can imagine LGBT groups would not want to use it since it implies you do not belong where you are.

It has been used quite often throughout history by groups or people that were forced to leave their homeland however, such as in this composition by Arvo Pärt (an Estonian composer who was forced to leave the Soviet Union after his music was deemed "too foreign"):

Is this Psalm 137 Hugernots favorite? Particularly when they were forced to leave France by Bourbon tyrants.