The most detailed history to date of the million-strong revolutionary trade union, the CNT, and of its grassroots supporters who, in July 1936, embarked upon the most far-reaching of all 20th century revolutionary experiments. It is the history of the giddy years of political change and hope in 1930s Spain, when the so-called 'Generation of 36,' Peirats's own generation, rose up against the oppressive structures of Spanish society. It is also a history of a revolution that failed, crushed in the jaws of its enemies on both the democratic-left and the reactionary right. Containing a bounty of original documents produced by the trade unions, revolutionary assemblies and rural and industrial collectives of the 1930s, many of which are unavailable elsewhere, and all translated into English for the first time, Peirats explores the new social, economic and cultural arrangements that were introduced in the streets, fields and factories of republican Spain. A staggering work - fully indexed and footnoted, with 20 pages of photographs. Superlatives like mandatory and monumental really fail to do this justice. A vital book about a crucial era in history.
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Anarchism in Spain has its roots in the so-called 'Bourgeois' revolutionary period of Spanish history between 1868 and 1873 when the pillars of the old semi-feudal regime finally collapsed and the State became transformed into an organ of bourgeois government. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
peninsular committee, defence cadres, confederal militants, regional plenum, national plenum, libertarian communism, national industrial federations, comunismo libertario, anarchist organisation, anarchist militants, anarchist activists, conscious minority, anarchist influence, anarchist principles, local federation, anarchist federation, local revolutionary committees, anarchist workers, anarchist groups, higher committees, anarchist revolution, anarchist position, military rising, revolutionary objectives, libertarian movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Garcia Oliver, Solidaridad Obrera, Los Solidarios, Largo Caballero, National Secretary, Civil Guard, Socialist Party, Federica Montseny, Primo de Rivera, Francisco Ascaso, Alejandro Gilabert, Alto Llobregat, Buenaventura Durruti, Casas Viejas, Horacio Prieto, National Congress, First International, Gerald Brenan, Isaac Puente, Social Obrera, Bajo Llobregat, Constituent Cortes, Francisco Carrasquer, Iberian Anarchist Federation, Juan Lopez New!
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Anarchism in Spain has its roots in the so-called 'Bourgeois' revolutionary period of Spanish history between 1868 and 1873 when the pillars of the old semi-feudal regime finally collapsed and the State became transformed into an organ of bourgeois government. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
peninsular committee, defence cadres, confederal militants, regional plenum, national plenum, libertarian communism, national industrial federations, comunismo libertario, anarchist organisation, anarchist militants, anarchist activists, conscious minority, anarchist influence, anarchist principles, local federation, anarchist federation, local revolutionary committees, anarchist workers, anarchist groups, higher committees, anarchist revolution, anarchist position, military rising, revolutionary objectives, libertarian movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Garcia Oliver, Solidaridad Obrera, Los Solidarios, Largo Caballero, National Secretary, Civil Guard, Socialist Party, Federica Montseny, Primo de Rivera, Francisco Ascaso, Alejandro Gilabert, Alto Llobregat, Buenaventura Durruti, Casas Viejas, Horacio Prieto, National Congress, First International, Gerald Brenan, Isaac Puente, Social Obrera, Bajo Llobregat, Constituent Cortes, Francisco Carrasquer, Iberian Anarchist Federation, Juan Lopez New!
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- Anarchists In The Spanish Revolution by Jose Peirats on page 10, and page 8
- The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution & Revenge (Rev. Ed.) by Paul Preston on page 18, and page 7
- Coming of the Spanish Civil War by Paul Preston on page 18, and page 7
- American Power and the New Mandarins: Historical and Political Essays by Noam Chomsky in Front Matter
- Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Spain by Felix Morrow on page 21
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