"A las Barricadas" ("To the Barricades") was one of the most popular songs of the

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during the

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. "A las Barricadas" is sung to the tune of "

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" ("Warszawianka"), composed by Józef Pławiński. The lyrics written by

Valeriano Orobón Fernández Valeriano Orobón Fernández (1901–1936) was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist theoretician, trade-union activist, translator and poet, who wrote the lyrics of the revolutionary song ''A Las Barricadas''. Born in Cistérniga, Valladolid (province) ...

in 1936 were partly based on the original Polish lyrics by Wacław Święcicki. "The Confederation" referred to in the final stanza is the

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CNT ( es, Confederación Nacional del Trabajo — "National Confederation of Labor"), which at the time was the largest

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, the main anarchist organisation in Spain, and from 1936 to 1939 were a major force opposing

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

's military coup against the

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(with the name "Haydi Barikata") *

Jean-Marc Leclercq Jean-Marc Leclercq (also known as JoMo) is a French singer and Esperantist from Toulouse. The former singer of the group ''Les Rosemary’s Babies'' (or ''La Rozmariaj Beboj'') who published two CDs with the French record production company ''Bou ...

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and

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(as a duet piece). *

Los Muertos de Cristo Los Muertos de Cristo (LMDC, ''The Dead Of Christ'') was a Spanish anarchist punk band, formed in Utrera, Andalusia in 1989. LMDC announced its dissolution in 2006, although they did one last tour in 2008 and then released their final album (' ...

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– Hosting mp3s of "A Las Barricadas"
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