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

Diego Camacho aka Abel Paz

Paz, Abel aka Diego Camacho, 1921-2009

A short biography of anarchist militant and historian Diego Camacho aka Abel Paz

Libertarian communism - Isaac Puente

Classic pamphlet on libertarian communism by Spanish anarcho-syndicalist Isaac Puente.

The Scala nightclub on fire

The Scala file: a case history of state provocation, 1978

Investigative article on the 1978 bombing of the Scala nightclub in Barcelona and the involvement of…

Women in the Spanish revolution - Liz Wills

Liz Willis writes on the conditions and role of women in and around the Spanish Civil War and revolution of 1936-1939. Originally published by…

1936-1967: A history of Spanish anarchist youth paper 'Ruta'

Victor Garcia's brief history of the Catalan libertarian youth newspaper from its founding in the civil war to its final issue.

Every year the exploitation of workers kills 700 times more people than 9/11

Spanish anarcho-syndicalist union CNT poster about deaths at work.

Struggles in the Spanish shipyards re-ignite - reports from September and October 2004

This is a blow by blow account of the shipyard workers revolt in Spain in the Autumn of 2004. The…

Puerto Real in flames-Industrial action at shipyards in Spain, February & March 2004

This is a series of on the spot action reports, from the strike in the Puerto Real (Cadiz) shipyards…

Those who defend their rights: they do not make violence- Interview with a member of the union branch of CNT in the Shipyard of Seville

This an interview with a CNT member working in the shipyard of Seville in March…

CNT in conflict with Ryanair at Zaragoza

A brief statement from the CNT, Spanish anarcho-syndicalist union, about a conflict with Ryanair.

Striking shipyard workers fight with police, Puerto Real, 1987.

Anarcho-syndicalism in Puerto Real: From shipyard resistance to community control

An account of resistance to shipyard closures in Puerto Real, Spain, that lead to community wide…

1938-1956: The tragedy of Karaganda

The story of members of the CNT and other Spanish anti-fascists left stranded in the Soviet Union following the Spanish civil war.