The Anarchists of the Spanish Civil War

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This month is the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Civil War is In many ways a dark prologue to the conflict that will engulf Europe and the world in 1939. Many remember The Spanish Civil War as a fight between fascist nationalists led by Francisco Franco and the Democratic/Communist Republicans in power at the time. However, there was a third, less remembered, faction that in that war. A group targeted by republicans and fascists alike. People who believed there was no government like no government. These are the people I am here to talk about today.

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Read More:
Bolloten, Burnett (1991). The Spanish Civil War: Revolution and Counterrevolution: http://amzn.to/2ap7lCJ
Dolgoff, Sam (1974). The Anarchist Collectives: Workers' Self-management in the Spanish Revolution, 1936-1939: http://amzn.to/2aUiijZ
Rocker, Rudolf (2004). Anarcho-Syndicalism Theory and Practice: http://amzn.to/2axLGb9


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Read More:
To Remember Spain: The Anarchist and Syndicalist Revolution of 1936: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra...

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