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A las Barricadas
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Wikipedia article
"'A las Barricadas'" ("'To the Barricades'") was one of the most popular songs of the Spanish anarchists during the Spanish Civil War. "A las Barricadas" is sung to the tune of "Whirlwinds of Danger" ("Warszawianka"), composed by Jzef Pawiski. The lyrics written by Valeriano Orobn Fernndez in 1936 were partly based on the original Polish lyrics by Wacaw wicicki.
"The Confederation" referred to in the final stanza is the anarcho-syndicalist CNT ( "National Confederation of Labor"), which at the time was the largest labour union, the main anarchist organisation in Spain, and from 1936 to 1939 were a major force opposing Francisco Franco's military coup against the Spanish Republic.
Lyrics
Covering artists
* Bandista (with the name "Haydi Barikata")
* Jean-Marc Leclercq
* Pascal Comelade
* Victor Manuel and Ana Beln (as a duet piece).
* Los Muertos de Cristo
* Feminazgl
See also
*Songs of the Spanish Civil War
References
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