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 explain what the point of the Bernie-AOC rallies are? Is it a presidential thing for 2028? Is it a plain grift? I’ve just never seen rallies outside of elections stuff. To me it would make more sense to use the organsing power for protests rather than filling stadiums. But what do I know
Continuing to sheep heard baby leftists to the Democrats? Honestly I don't really know.
It might be a presidential campaign thing for AOC. It definitely feels like it's serving as a distraction to deflate people's energy that could be used towards organizing or engaging in more meaningful action elsewhere and trying to salvage the DNC, as Rojo said. Like damn what if the 30,000 people who showed up to their damn rally in Folsom instead went to protest at an ICE detention center or something? Sheesh
to funnel popular enthusiasm away from the left