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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Hello my beloved posters, I am asking for some help. I’m going to write an essay on the Zapatistas for college, and I’m interested in whether or not they should be described as a Marxist movement. I vaguely remember hearing that they reject the label of Marxism and see it as a Eurocentric ideology (or am I getting them mixed up with another group?). Anyway, if anyone has any interesting literature or videos or anything about the Zapatistas and their ideology, I would love to see it.
The shortest answer is that Zapatismo takes elements from Marxism-Leninism and Anarchism while ultimately being its own thing, and as a consequence labeling them under either umbrella is ultimately more reductive than informative. The Zapatistas themselves reject both labels, and should primarily be seen as its own unique indigenous movement.
I’d suggest diving a bit into the nuances of Zapatismo, the strategy and organizational structure of the Zapatistas, why the Chiapas region rebelled in general, and more unique factors.
We’ve got the Zapatista general mega and the Subcomandante Marcos general mega (or at least that’s the two ones that the shite search function dragged up also I haven’t re-read them to see if anyone linked resources in the comments)
Here are some book links they are in spanish tho, neozapatismo should be describe as a socialist indigenous movement that takes elemensts from Marxism (mostly cuba) and anarchism (mostly flores magon)