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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IMO the correct way to experience Beowulf is to have somebody drunkenly stumble their way through it at a bar. This is how the authors intended it to be taken in.
The first word of it is hwæt, which in translation is given “Listen!” And in old English performance they make it a loud command.
But I always figured it was more like “So… weve heard the stories of the Danes and their kings yadda yadda yadda”