Spain
Orive, Wenceslao Jimenez 'Wences', 1922-1950
A short biography of Wenceslao Jimenez 'Wences' Orive, Spanish anarchist who fought in the guerrilla resistance to Franco following the fascist victory in the Civil War.
Wenceslao Jimenez ‘Wences' Orive
Born Spain, 28 January 1922, died Spain, 9 January 1950
Wences was born in Gijon (Asturias) on the 28th January 1922. He was the oldest of four brothers. His father was a railway worker, ticket collector and activist in the anarcho-syndicalist union the CNT.
Tejada, Macario, 1913-1967+
Biographical information about Spanish soldier, anarchist and Civil War fighter Macario Tejada.
Macario Illera Tejada
Born 1913 - Vitoria, Spain, died in date and place unknown
Tejada was born in Vitoria in 1913, into a very poor family, he spent some time in the workhouse.
Class struggle in the unemployment capital of Europe, Lower Andalucia, 1995-96
This article deals with a number of specific episodes of class struggle in Lower Andalucia[1] in the recent period.
Collectives in the Spanish Revolution - Gaston Leval
Detailed account of worker-controlled agriculture in revolutionary Spain during the civil war.
COLLECTIVES IN THE SPANISH REVOLUTION
by Gaston Leval
Published by Freedom Press, London, 1975
Text from anarchosyndicalism.net
"The Barricades Must Be Torn Down": Moscow-Fascism in Spain - Paul Mattick
Mattick ponders the then-recent events of May 1937 - when the counter-revolutionary consequences of the CNT and POUM's compromises with bourgeois democracy and Stalinism became deadly reality.
Class Struggle in the Unemployment Capital of Europe Lower Andalucia, 1995-96 - Loren Goldner
This article deals with a number of specific episodes of class struggle in Lower Andalucia[1] in the recent period. Although these struggles have specific regional characteristics, connected to the highest unemployment rate in Europe (43% in Jerez[2] and Cadiz[3]) and exceptional poverty (only a handful of regions in Europe are poorer), they actually fit a national and, above all, international pattern.
Industrial Collectivisation during the Spanish Revolution - Deirdre Hogan
Although it was in the countryside where the most far-reaching
anarchist socialisation took place, the revolution took place in the
cities and the towns too. At that time in Spain almost 2 million out
of a total population of 24 million worked in industry, 70% of which
was concentrated in one area - Catalonia. There, within hours of the
An account of agrarian collectives in Aragon - Augustin Souchy
An account of the workings of rural agricultural collectives in Aragon, revolutionary Spain, 1936-39
The Tragic Week in May: the May Days Barcelona 1937 - Augustin Souchy
An account of the fighting in Barcelona in May 1937 when the Communists consolidated their hold on power and turned decisively against the anarchists and revolutionary workers
A soldier returns - letter from an American fighter in the Durruti Column
A letter from an American trade unionist and member of the revolutionary union the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) about his experiences as a fighter in the Spanish Civil War and Revolution of 1936-9 in the International section of the anarchist Durruti Column.
The following letter was published in the paper of the American IWW's paper, One Big Union Monthly in 1937.
Original introduction
