Anarchy in the navy - Peter E Newell

Republican sailors playing musical instruments on board battleship Jaime I, Almería, February 1937

Article responding to the frequent historical criticism of anarchism that a ship could not be run without hierarchy, using the example of sailor-run ships during the Spanish Civil War.

The destroyer Lepanto, also referenced in the text

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