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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Orobón Fernández and the Workers Alliance – Ramón Álvarez Palomo
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Can anyone recommend a few books to help a friend's political education
Nothing too overtly commie just like baseline understanding why capitalism is bad, maybe some history books as well. Like I was thinking The Black Jacobins would be a good one.
A People's History of the United States
I think debt is very readable
Are they literally not at the level of “capitalism is bad”? I was thinking blackshirts and reds but that might be too advanced if so
i mean yeah they're american so i think that's kind of a hard thing to get over
Idk how other people here feel about
but I like recommending Chomsky to people that are no where near being socialist, because his style is very factual and about critiquing the system and you can't dismiss him with the typical anti-communist propaganda