Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT)

Content by or about the anarcho-syndicalist union in Spain the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Confederation of Labour; CNT).

Spanish anarcho syndicalists in 1936 fighting the fascists

Spanish anarcho syndicalists in 1936 fighting the fascists

Lucía Sánchez Saornil addresses a gathering of Mujeres Libres

1 May 1937: Controllers and Controlled – Lucía Sánchez Saornil

An article by one of the founders of the Mujeres Libres grouping, which appeared in its review in…

Fedorov A.Y. Oranges of Discord: How the Struggle for Control of Citrus Harvesting and Export Undermined Anti- Fascist Unity in Spain in 1936-1937

Albert Einstein in Barcelona: "My name is Albert Einstein and I am also revolutionary, an anti-authoritarian"

In February 1923, Albert Einstein visited Barcelona at the invitation of the…

North American Anarchist Vol. 1, No. 4, April/May 1980

Issue #4 of the North American Anarchist, with articles on war, the Quebec independence referendum,…

North American Anarchist Vol. 1, No. 3, February/March 1980

Issue #3 of North American Anarchist, with articles on the CNT, the Persons Unknown trial, the 1980…

Abraham Guillén

Abraham Guillén, Between Bakunin and Marx: Anarchism, Socialism, and the Economics of Self-Management

An introduction to the life and ideas of Abraham Guillén by Tommy Lawson of Red…

A Visit to the Paris CNT - Ben Debney

Between May and August 1998 I travelled from Melbourne. Australia to England, France and Spain. During my holiday in Europe I visited a number of revolutionary unions, including the "Vignoles CNT" in Paris and Lyon, who were expelled from the International Workers' Association at its last congress in Madrid. Article from Black Flag #216 1999.

The Course of Libertarian ideas in Colombia - Black Flag

Article from Black Flag #216 1999.

The Durruti Column

The Durruti column – Carl Einstein

A posthumous address on Buenaventura Durruti by German anarcho-syndicalist volunteer in the Durruti Column, Carl Einstein. It was broadcasted by…

Collectives in the Spanish Revolution - by Gaston Leval (2018 Updated & Improved Edition)

A new, updated, and improved edition of a classic of anarcho-syndicalist economics …

Direct Action #48 (April/May 1988)

Issue #48 of Direct Action, with articles on a health service dispute and a Scottish demonstration in support of it, welfare restructuring and…

Direct Action #58 (June 1989)

Issue #58 of Direct Action, with articles on public sector disputes, poll tax resistance, union action against an AIDS prevention leaflet that…