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Description: Anarchism has historically gained the most support and influence in Spain, especially in the seventy or so years before Francisco Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. There were several variants of anarchism in Spain: the peasant anarchism in the countryside of Andalusia; urban anarcho-syndicalism in Catalonia, particularly its capital Barcelona; and what is sometimes called "pure" anarchism in other cities such as Zaragoza. However, these were complementary trajectories, and shared a great deal of ideological similarities. Early on, the success of the anarchist movement was sporadic. Anarchists would organize a strike and ranks would swell. Usually, repression by police reduced the numbers again, but at the same time further radicalized many members. This cycle helped lead to an era of mutual violence at the beginning of the 20th century, in which armed anarchists and pistoleros, armed men paid by company owners, were both responsible for political assassinations. In the 20th century, this violence began to fade, and the movement gained speed with the rise of anarcho-syndicalism and the creation of the huge libertarian union, the CNT. General strikes became common, and large portions of the Spanish working class adopted anarchist ideas. The FAI was created as a purely anarchist association, with the intention of keeping the CNT focused on the principles of anarchism. Anarchists played a central role in the fight against Franco during the Spanish Civil War. At the same time, a far-reaching social revolution spread throughout Spain, where land and factories were collectivized and controlled by the workers. The revolution was virtually snuffed out towards the end of the civil war, by the communist/Stalinist controlled forces who wanted to ensure that the social model adopted in the Spanish Republic would be of their own choosing whilst proving to the western neoliberal democracies that communist Russia would not sponsor social revolutions unfriendly to the established social order. All remaining social reforms ended in 1939 with the victory of Franco, who had thousands of anarchists executed. Resistance to his rule never entirely died, with resilient militants participating in acts of sabotage and other direct action, and making several attempts on the ruler's life. Their legacy remains important to this day, particularly to anarchists who look at their achievements as an historical precedent of anarchism's validity. |
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| vaultsjan ::: Favorites 2008-01-08 05:00:22 'rose-tinted history of the republican/communist movement and their murdering, lawless behaviour. Total hypocrisy' So you are saying that Francos regime did not do the same? (of course you need to multiply some numbers to get match....) __________________________________________________ | |
| saoralba13141320 ::: Favorites 2008-01-07 18:45:39 This is just one-sided pro-communist nonsense. Franco brought order and stability to a Spain that was riven by lawlessness and anarchy. I don't support fascism or the repression against the Basques and Catalans or the atrocities committed by Franco,but neither will I listen to a rose-tinted history of the republican/communist movement and their murdering, lawless behaviour. Total hypocrisy. __________________________________________________ | |
| Saglint ::: Favorites 2008-01-04 07:39:35 viva stalin __________________________________________________ | |
| Astur56 ::: Favorites 2007-12-25 17:56:58 Perhaps if he reads just one book he would have read one more than you have. The democratically elected government (elected by a miniscule margin in elections full of irregularitys), was anything but democratic...unless killing one of the main leaders of the opposition with total impunity can be considered a "democratic" act and I have not yet been informed. __________________________________________________ | |
| Astur56 ::: Favorites 2007-12-25 17:40:44 True..but the fact remains that the moderate left government that you talk about, in fact did not govern, and the few laws it passed were, to say the least, doubtfully democratic..anarchy was rampart and unrestrained..there was the burning of churches and monasterys..the killing of priests..the closing of newspapers critical with the government..the persecution of moderate center-right republicans, etc. The law was that there was no law, the rule that no rules were allowed. __________________________________________________ | |
| Astur56 ::: Favorites 2007-12-25 17:12:53 You could count the african americans that went to Spain with the Lincoln Brigade with the fingers of one hand..if there were that many...which is doubfull. __________________________________________________ | |
| Astur56 ::: Favorites 2007-12-25 17:08:40 You forgot to mention other undemocratic heads of State that were democratically elected..Hitler and Chavez. By the way..both of them attempted to seize power by force before gaining power by votes. So did the socialists in Spain in 1934, just two years before they won power, by the smallest of margins, with that coallition of strange bed-partners that was the Popular Front..proof of that is that even during the war against Franco the Popular Front "allys" continued to kill each other... __________________________________________________ | |
| Astur56 ::: Favorites 2007-12-25 16:52:48 Let us not forget that the so called democratic government of Spain at the time of the insurrection, had, just two years before, attempted a coup themselves against a democratically elected center-right goverment. To sided and this video to be taken as anything but cheap propaganda...not to speak about outright lies. __________________________________________________ | |
| CubanodePlacetas ::: Favorites 2007-12-18 02:23:25 Yes, the Pasionaria was demanding resistance and sacrifice up to the last drop of blood! When the people of Madrid were listening that "recording" on radio she was confortable on a ship sailing to the Soviet Union with the national tresure she and the russians stole. __________________________________________________ | |
| CubanodePlacetas ::: Favorites 2007-12-18 02:18:25 Que viva, por derrotar a las ordas stalinistas en Espana.Viva Cristo Rey. __________________________________________________ | |
| kirkd17 ::: Favorites 2007-12-15 18:58:03 Viva el Generalisimo Franco! Sin el, Espana seria un pais sin religion. __________________________________________________ | |
| BVargas78 ::: Favorites 2007-12-15 00:09:01 Calvo Sotelos assasination wasnt sanctioned by the republic, rather it was part of a tit for tat series of events. Some of the republic guardsmen and other hot heads were getting revenge for the murder of their captain. The republic didnt do itself any favours by not punishing the perpetrators however. __________________________________________________ | |
| sciautereb ::: Favorites 2007-12-11 08:12:06 It is a democratic republic the one who the opposition's leader is killed by the official police, and the governement keep silent ? That is the case of Calvo Sotelo, few days before the insurrection. So better dont talk of democratic republic. __________________________________________________ | |
| pk031664 ::: Favorites 2007-12-06 00:18:17 no olvides que los vascos eran nacionalistas como franco fue en la guerra civil. mas espanoles muerren hoy que en esa guerra (aborto) espana esta en un estado de descojonimiento voluntario por falta comprender el mundo actual __________________________________________________ | |
| paulkelly64 ::: Favorites 2007-12-04 16:09:56 the brits/saxons cannot stop mixing there ideas all over the world. __________________________________________________ | |
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