Valeriano Orobón Fernández, born on this day in 1901, was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist theoretician, trade union activist, translator, and poet who wrote the lyrics of the revolutionary song “A Las Barricadas”.

Orobón believed in the organizational power of unions, believe that they would have a major role in reorganizing society in a more libertarian fashion. Orobón was also strongly opposed to the communist (i.e., Soviet) ideas in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.

Shortly before his untimely death from tuberculosis, Orobón wrote the words of “A Las Barricadas” to the tune of “Warszawianka 1905 roku”, itself a well-known Polish revolutionary song. The anti-fascist tune became the anthem of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), and one of the most popular songs of the Spanish anarchists during the Civil War.

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    umineko E2

    interested in how the ‘everyone on this island sucks’ framing I heard through osmosis manifested because to me thus far it just feels like, at least for the children (I do not trust any of the adults enough to make any sort of normative claims on them yet)

    Shannon unleashed Beatrice
    Kanon is Sasuke
    George is a nice-guy trying to marry a woman 2/3rds his age
    Battler sexually harassed his cousin and a maid
    Jessica
    Maria joyously abetted someone killing three people in front of her

    like what the fuck am I going to find out about Jessica. what did this woman do. what’s the deal with her.