Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI)

The Federación Anarquista Ibérica (Iberian Anarchist Federation; FAI) is a social anarchist organisation in Spain and Portugal, which played an important role in the Spanish civil war and Revolution of 1936-9.

Young boy wearing an FAI cap, Barcelona August 1936

Young boy wearing an FAI cap, Barcelona August 1936

Vanguard (Vol. 4, No. 1, November 1937)

The November 1937 issue of Vanguard, an anarchist journal published out of New York, with articles by Victor Serge, Sam Dolgoff and Sidney…

Revolution and counterrevolution in Catalonia - Carlos Semprún Maura

First published in France in 1974, a “critical analysis of the bureaucratization of the CNT, with…

The CNT in the Spanish revolution, volume 2

Second volume of José Peirats' extensive work on the Spanish anarchist union the CNT, which in this volume focuses on the battles raging at both…

A barricade during the Spanish revolution

Anarchists in the Spanish revolution

Written by a lifelong member of the CNT, this is the most comprehensive, critical history of the Spanish Civil War and the role played in it by…

Ascaso on the Ramblas, Barcelona, on July 20, 1936

Ascaso Abadía, Francisco, 1901-1936

A very brief biography of leading Spanish anarcho-syndicalist militant, Francisco Ascaso, who was killed on the dawn of the Spanish revolution.

The One Big Union Monthly (June 1938)

The One Big Union Monthly (June 1938)

June 1938 issue of The One Big Union Monthly, with articles on the Spanish Civil War and Work Peoples College. Contributors include A.B. Cobbs,…

The One Big Union Monthly (December 1937)

The December 1937 issue of The One Big Union Monthly, with articles on the Spanish Civil War and the CIO. Contributors include John S. Morgan,…

The anarchists in the Spanish civil war - Robert Alexander

A significant, two-volume work by Robert Alexander, re-examining the role of the anarchists in the…

The CNT in the Spanish revolution, volume 3

Final volume of this extensive chronicle of the anarcho-syndicalist union CNT during the Spanish civil war and revolution of 1936-9.

The CNT in the Spanish revolution - José Peirats

Extensive, three volume work by chronicling the history of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT - "National Confederation of Labour"), the…

The CNT in the Spanish revolution, volume 1

A careful chronicle of political change and hope in 1930s Spain, this staggering work examines how the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT),…

Maria Luisa Cobos

Cobos Peña, Maria Luisa (1909-1973)

A short biography of Maria Luisa Cobos, Spanish anarchist and protagonist of women's liberation.