To mark todays 80th anniversary of the Spanish revolution and what is also the 4th anniversary of the Rojava revolution in Kobane this recording of a Kurdish version of A Las Barricadas has just been released.

It's recorded in Qamişlo, Rojava by members of the Mohamed Şêxo art and culture centre. The performers say "What happened in Barcelona on 19th July 1936 was repeated 76 years later. We started in Kobanê, and it was there that we put up our fiercest resistance. Countless comrades have fallen to defend this city against the fascists, just like the countless comrades who gave their live to defend the revolution in Catalonia and Spain.

The spirit of revolutionary Barcelona lives on in the streets of the towns and villages of Rojava"

The English translation of the traditional lyrics from 1936 follow. The confederation referred to is the anarchist CNT.

The main changes to this new version are to make the lyrics explicitly feminist with the addition of

"Freedom, autonomy and women's liberation

Must be defended as the most precious values

...

Comrades, be ready with heart and love

To bring patriarchy and state to an end"

You can listen to the Kurdish version at http://youtu.be/-Juv6livzCY with English subtitles

Black storms shake the sky

Dark clouds blind us

Although pain and death await us

Duty calls us against the enemy

The most precious good

is freedom

And we have to defend it

With faith and courage

Raise the revolutionary flag

Which carries the people to emancipation

Raise the revolutionary flag

Which carries the people to emancipation

Working people march

onwards to the battle

We have to smash

the reaction

To the Barricades! To the Barricades!

For the triumph of the Confederation

To the Barricades! To the Barricades!

For the triumph of the Confederation

Kurdish lyrics

Bahozên reş hewayan dilerizînin

Ewrên tarî nahêlin em bibînin

Tevî ku mirin û zorî li benda me dibin

Bi ruha hevaltî em ê tirs derbas bikin

Azadî, xweserî û rizgariya jin

Wek pivan hejatirîn gerek bên parastin

Ala şoreşgeran em hildin azmanê

Û cîhanê nû bi destê xwe em afirînin

Ala şoreşgeran em hildin azmanê

Û cîhanê nû bi destê xwe em afirînin

Bi dil û evîn amade bin heval

Baviksalarî û dewlet dawî bikin

Werin barîkadan, werin barîkadan

Ji bo serkeftina konfederasyon!

Werin barîkadan, werin barîkadan

Ji bo serkeftina konfederasyon!