Campesino
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Campesino may refer to:
Peasant
in Spanish.
The arts
People
Politics
Peasant
Peasant
A peasant is an agricultural worker who generally tend to be poor and homeless-Etymology:The word is derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays, or countryside, ultimately from the Latin pagus, or outlying administrative district.- Position in society :Peasants typically...
in Spanish.
The arts
- Los Campesinos!Los Campesinos!Los Campesinos! are a seven piece indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in early 2006 at Cardiff University. Although the band formed in Wales, none of its members are Welsh. They released their debut album, Hold on Now, Youngster..., in February 2008 and followed this up by releasing a record...
, an indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales - Teatro CampesinoTeatro CampesinoEl Teatro Campesino , is a theatrical troupe founded in 1965 as the cultural arm of the United Farm Workers. The original actors were all farmworkers, and El Teatro Campesino enacted events inspired by the lives of their audience...
, a theater group founded by the United Farm Workers
People
- El Campesino, Valentín GonzálezValentín GonzálezValentín González González was a Republican military commander during the Spanish Civil War. Known as El Campesino , González was one of many competent officers to have served in the Ejército Popular of the Second Spanish Republic.Born in Malcocinado, Badajoz, Spain, Gonzalez worked as a miner...
, a military leader during the Spanish Civil War
Politics
- Bloque Obrero y Campesino, the Workers and Peasants' BlocWorkers and Peasants' BlocThe Workers and Peasants' Bloc was a "Right Opposition" communist group in Spain. BOC was founded in Barcelona in 1931, as the mass front of the Catalan-Balearic Communist Federation , after the merger of the Catalan Communist Party into FCCB...
in 1930s Barcelona - Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y CampesinosConfederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y CampesinosThe Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos is a Mexican trade union confederation. It is one of the most important and influential trade unions in the History of Mexico....
, Mexico - Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia, Unique Confederation of Rural Laborers of Bolivia