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

Montjuich prison, 1939

Political persecution in republican Spain

Short article by Emma Goldman giving an overview of Stalinist persecution of revolutionary antifascists during the Spanish civil war.

Problems of syndicalism and anarchism – Juan Peiró

A pamphlet first published in 1930 composed of a series of articles by Juan Peiró—anarchist glass worker, twice National Secretary of the CNT, …

The aftermath of the massacre at Casas Viejas

A journey into libertarian historical memory; Casas Viejas, January 1933

A short history of the tragically unsuccessful uprising of anarchist peasants in the small town of…

Orobón Fernández and the Workers Alliance – Ramón Álvarez Palomo

A short biography of Valeriano Orobón Fernández, widely regarded as one of the great figures of…

Lola Iturbe

Iturbe, Lola aka Kyra Kyralina aka Kiralina (1902-1990)

A short biography of the Spanish anarchist Lola Iturbe, fighter for women's liberation

Barcelona, July 31, 1909

The First Congress of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT) (Barcelona, September 8-10, 1911)

The Agenda and texts of the Reports presented to the assembly of delegates…

Beyond the IWA: An Interview with the CNT’s International Secretary

Discretely, almost silently, something is happening which will have serious consequences for the future of the international Anarchist movement: the reorganization of anarcho-syndicalism on a global scope, at the initiative of the CNT. Following the agreements of its XI Congress in 2015, the CNT – together with the German FAU and the Italian USI – has organized an international conference of anarcho-syndicalist and…

The CNT and the IWA, part 2: The crisis in the IWA as seen from the CNT

Continued from Part 1. Originally written by RABIOSO. Translated by Lifelong Wobbly.

Valeriano Orobón: la porunuiga voĉo de la Konfederacio en 1934

Valeriano Orobon estis Anarkiisto-Syndikalisto en Hispanio. Li kredis en la "Laborista Alianco"…

CNT-FAI militants during the Spanish revolution

Anarchist organisation: the history of the FAI

The first book-length history of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) from 1927 until it was repressed at the end of the Spanish Civil War in…

CNT members in Valencia, 1978

A new world in our hearts: the faces of Spanish anarchism

Book published in 1978 by Cienfuegos Press, edited by Albert Meltzer, giving an overview of the…

La Kolektivigoj en Katalunio (1936-1939)

Eseo de Antoni Castells Duran pri la kolektivigoj en Katalunio okazigitaj inter la jaroj 1936 kaj 1939.