La Rivoluzione Spagnola: Pubblicazione quindicinale del Partito Operaio D'Unificazion Marxista Anno 1, Num. . Barcelona 1 Abril 1937
La Rivoluzione Spagnola: Pubblicazione quindicinale del Partito Operaio D'Unificazion Marxista Anno 1, Num. . Barcelona 1 Abril 1937
The tragic week, Spain 1909 - Murray Bookchin
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 30 2014 15:51
Murray Bookchin's history of the "tragic week": a spontaneous workers' uprising in Catalonia, Spain, which was isolated and crushed by the government, leaving hundreds dead.
Hernáez Vargas, Casilda aka Kasi, 1914-1992
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 16 2014 08:16
A short biography of Basque anarchist Casilda Hernaez.
Rafael Garcia Muñoz : A Micro-biography
Submitted by Kate Sharpley on Jun 19 2014 09:41
Biography of an anarchist militant described by the fascists as “Chief leader and life and soul of the CNT in Sanlúcar"
Rius, Maria, 1909-c.1970
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jun 17 2014 10:32
A short biography of the Spanish anarchist Maria Rius.
Not, Josepa “Pepita” (1900-1938)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jun 16 2014 08:18
A short biography of Pepita Not, active in the Spanish anarchist group Los Solidarios.
Slippery slopes (the anarchists in Spain) - Manuel Azaretto
Submitted by Alias Recluse on Jun 15 2014 20:06
Written in 1939 by a member of FORU (Regional Workers Federation of Uruguay), this book—a scathing indictment of the leaders of the Spanish CNT and FAI for their “betrayal” of anarchist principles—contains, in addition to official documents and proclamations of the CNT and FAI and articles from the Spanish and international anarchosyndicalist press, relevant passages drawn from Max Nettlau, Diego Abad de Santillán, David Antona, Federica Montseny, Juan García Oliver, Pierre Besnard, Alexander Schapiro, Sebastién Faure, Camillo Berneri, Mariano Vázquez, Mikhail Bakunin and other anarchists and anarchosyndicalists.
Daybreak in dark times: the origins and vicissitudes of the village commune, the municipality, the nobility and the urban oligarchy in Catalonia - Miguel Amorós
Submitted by Alias Recluse on Jun 3 2014 18:30
A brief essay reviewing the social, economic, political and demographic changes that affected the urban centers of Catalonia during the period between the fall of the Roman Empire in the West and the consolidation of a united Spanish state in the 1400s, depicting the development and decay of feudalism from the perspective of the struggle of the common people for democratic rights of assembly and self-government against the engrossing tendencies of the competing feudal, royal and nascent bourgeois powers.
Can Vies: violent protest as the only answer – Antonio Maestre
In this short article about the recent (May 2014) riots in Barcelona in the neighborhood of Sants in response to the attempt to close down and demolish a popular cultural center known as “Can Vies”, the author argues that the “arrogant” and “irresponsible” attitude and behavior of the City Government forced the “citizens” to resort to violence as a sort of last resort to defend their “social conquests”.
Can Vies: the reason of force in Barcelona under police rule - Argelaga
Submitted by Alias Recluse on Jun 1 2014 01:49
A short article about the recent riots in Barcelona after the city attempted to enforce an eviction order and demolish a popular social center in the neighborhood of Sants known as “Can Vies”, in which the authors observe that, “The total domination of Capital demands a kind of urban space that is managed like a business and pacified like a prison. Within this space there is no room for neighborhood assemblies, or ways of life at the margins of the market economy. In this space, the framework cannot be more authoritarian, and politics is not distinguished from social control. In a world that is heading towards totalitarianism, political management is repression.”
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