A Las Barricadas!

A Las Barricadas!

and Carlos Cortez.

First appearence, 346th edition.

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Negras tormentas agitan los aires,

N oscuras nos impeden ver;

Aungue nos espere cl dolor y la muerte, contra el enimigo nos llama el deber.

E bien preciado es la Libertéd,

Luchemos por ella con fe y valiér,

Alta bandera revolucionaria que llevera ¢l pueblo a la emancipacidén. (repeat)

En pie el pueblo obrero, a la batalla,

Hay que derrocar a la reaccién.

A las barricadas, a las barricadas, por el triunfo de la Confederacida! (repeat)

Malicious torments hang in the air,

Clouds of obscurity dim our sight.

Though we're (o meet pain and death, against the enemy we musi call the debt.

By far freedom is the most ious thing,

So let's fight for it with faith and valor.

Gaise Men the flag of revolution which will carry our people to emancipation.

On your feet, working people, march into battle;

We must defeat the reaction.

To the barricades, to the barricades, for the triumph of our Confederation! (repeat)

"To the Barricades" is a CNT song from the Spanish civil war, ite author unknown. The

Confederacién Nacional dei Trabajo (CNT-National Worker's Confederation) is » ia '

standing anarcho-syndicalist union whose ideology ia very close to that of the [WW Prior to

the fascist takeover by Francisco Franco, the CNT had job control over many of the job sites in

northern Spanish cities and had deep rooted influence among rural workers. During the 1936-

1939 fighting, the men and women of the CNT successfully collectivized farms, textile mills,

public utilities, ransport systema and health services while managing to send troops,

armaments, food and medical supplies to the battlefront.

It was during this conflict that the [WW and CNT recognized each other's membership cards

in a true spirit of solidarity. After the death of Franco in 1975, the CNT, which had boca has

underground for many years, has revived with » ger generation of workers. ile it

yet to regain its pre- strength, the CNT still plays « role in the Spanish labor movement.