Introduction: Ready for revolution The Kate Sharpley Library team discuss Guillamón's work on the CNT's Defence Committees in relation to what we know about the start of the Spanish Revolution and why it's important.
The Spanish civil war: revolution and counterrevolution - Burnett Bolloten This monumental book offers a comprehensive history and analysis of Republican political life during…
Time & casual work Time operates on casual workers differently and further alienates them from other workers.
XXV Congress of the AIT-IWA From December 6-8, 2013, the XXV AIT-IWA Congress took place in Valencia, Spain. Around 150 people took part in the Congress, with delegates…
The International Working Mens Association I.W.M.A: Its policy, it aims, its principles An IWA-AIT position paper from 1933 addressing its principles, positions, and speaking to relations…
General principles and means of struggle of the American Continental Association of Workers This is an excerpt from the declarations of the American Continental Association of…
Interview with José Peirats – Josep Alemany A complete transcript of a 1977 interview with José Peirats, in which the Spanish historian and former militant of the CNT and FAI reminisces…
Means of struggle - Emilio Lopez Arango A translation of Lopez Arango, theorist of the FORA, on the question of industrial organization and industrial unionism. Here he defends the FORA…
From defense cadres to popular militias - Augustín Guillamón A short article summarizing the history and transformation of the CNT’s Defense Committees in…
An interview with Abel Paz - Miguel Riera, El Viejo Topo (2001) An interview on the Spanish civil war and revolution conducted in 2001 with Abel Paz, former…
The labour movement in Spain : Albert Meltzer on Spanish anarcho-syndicalism KSL: Albert Meltzer was a long-standing supporter of the anarchist movement in Spain. One of our…
Barricades in Barcelona: The CNT from the victory of July 1936 to the necessary defeat of May 1937 - Agustín Guillamón First published in 2006, this book, focusing on Barcelona in 1936-1937, provides an…
