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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I tried to do some soldering with lead-free solder a little while back and it was toxic to my mental because I couldn't do jack shit with it (mostly a skill issue but w/e). Been meaning to try again with some lead solder but my ego is still bruised...but then again, with the tariff situation I've been feeling extra motivated to learn how to do some basic electronics repair.
Lead-based solder is definitely easier to use. It has fallen out of favor because it is not RoHS compliant. I have also found that rosin helps a lot. Not rosin-core solder, just a syringe tube of rosin goo. You add a little of it to the contacts and then the solder on a tinned iron flows a little more quickly, heating up the contacts. I think it causes the iron tip to decay a little more quickly though.