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The CNT in the Spanish revolution, volume 3
CNT-1936.jpg Final volume of this extensive chronicle of the anarcho-syndicalist union CNT during the Spanish civil war and revolution of 1936-9. read more
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The anarchists in the Spanish civil war - Robert Alexander
CNT-1936.jpg A significant, two-volume work by Robert Alexander, re-examining the role of the anarchists in the Spanish civil war and revolution, from their participation in the military to the...
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Remembering Spain: Italian anarchist volunteers in the Spanish civil war -...
marzocchi3.jpg Marzocchi supplied arms to Spanish anarchists at the start of the Spanish Revolution and fought on the Aragon front from October 1936 until 1937. This is his account , covering the...
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The plot to assassinate Franco from the air, 1948 - Antonio Tellez
Franco-Hitler.jpg The incredible story of the ultimately unsuccessful attempt by Spanish anarchists to assassinate military dictator General Franco from the air in 1948. read more
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A Note on the Civil Society Offensive – Miguel Amorós
Podemos1.jpgSome comments on the most recent wave of civil society agitation in Spain (Summer 2014), defining the purpose of this movement as “[preventing] the formation of social institutions that are...
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Electoral Insubordination – Miguel Amorós
etienne-de-la-boetie.jpgA personal appeal in favor of civil disobedience in response to the Spanish electoral law (which does not prohibit abstention, but rather the refusal to serve as a poll...
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Torres Escartín, Rafael, 1901-1939
ascaso1.jpg A short biography of Rafael Torres Escartín, a Spanish anarchist pastry cook who was active in the anarcho-syndicalist CNT union and Los Solidarios action group. read more
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Ascaso Abadía, Francisco, 1901-1936
Ascaso-Rambles-Barcelona.jpg A very brief biography of leading Spanish anarcho-syndicalist militant, Francisco Ascaso, who was killed on the dawn of the Spanish revolution. read more
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“Castro turned his back on anti-Francoists”: interview with Octavio Alberola...
Octavio.jpg An interview with ‘Interior Defence’ (D.I.) organiser Octavio Alberola in Basque journal Argia by Aitor Azurki, translated by Paul Sharkey, where he talks about how the Cuban communist...
View ArticleReady for Revolution : The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933-1938....
A review of Agustin Guillamon's "Ready for Revolution" on the Spanish anarchist defence committees, assessing its relevance to today's revolutionaries. Ready for Revolution is not some worthy, dry,...
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1936-37: the war in Spain exposes anarchism's fatal flaws
catalannationalism1936.jpg I am posting this recent article on anarchism in Spain in the 1930s (the first of two) - the most recent addition to the ICC’s long-running series ‘Communism is not just a...
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Solidaridad Obrera: another way of understanding anarcho-syndicalism
535009_377266255736511_999660271_n.jpg A description of Solidaridad Obrera, a split from the Spanish CGT, by one of its members. read more
View Article1997: CGT conference in Spain
A reportback by Guy Cheverton of a conference of the Spanish syndicalist union, the CGT. We do not necessarily agree with some of the points made, but reproduce for reference. read more
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Peirats J. Anarchists in the Spanish Revolution
51RPNKN1YWL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg Written by a lifelong member of the CNT, this is the most comprehensive, critical history of the Spanish Civil War and the role played in it by the CNT-FAI, the...
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2006: Interview with a CNT striker at Mercadona
241524311_ec6cb66d4e.jpg A 2006 interview with a CNT member on strike in Barcelona. read more
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Mortgaged Lives
mortgagedlives.1-page-001.jpg Written by two of the founders of the PAH, Mortgaged Lives explains the causes of and points towards those responsible for the Spanish mortgage crisis and the broader...
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Review of Ready for Revolution, by Jorge Valadas.
ready_for_rev_frnt_cover_72web-197x300.jpg A really sharp review of Agustin Guillamon’s Ready for Revolution: The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933-1938 was just published on H-net. Links to...
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Spain: Pandora’s box
inocentes culpables.jpg Meetings attended by thousands of people have been held in several cities of Spain in the wake of arrests of anarchists by police on the morning of December 16. In the course of...
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What's behind Operation Pandora? - Revista Argelaga
CARTELLV1.jpgA short article featuring observations and analysis of the government crackdown on and arrests of anarchists in Barcelona and Madrid in December 2014, written by the editors of the...
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Catalan manifesto for the social history of town and country - Miguel Amorós...
2103648168.jpgA succinct “Manifesto” for the purpose of rectifying public opinion concerning the libertarian history of separatist and independence movements in Northeastern Spain since the decline and...
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