Spanish civil war

CNT-FAI militant at the Bakunin barracks, Barcelona, August 28, 1936

CNT-FAI militant at the Bakunin barracks, Barcelona, August 28, 1936

The international group of the Durruti column

Samuel Kaplan: another mysterious disappearance in Spain

A short account of the fate of the Lithuanian anarchist Samuel Kaplan, who fought with the Durruti…

Welsh IB volunteers with Skinner, back left

The mysterious death of Alwyn Skinner (1912-1938)

A short account of the life and mysterious death of Alwyn Skinner, International Brigade volunteer

Pictured: some members of the Durruti column

Inglès, Pepita (1910-1937)

A short biography of Spanish anarchist Pepita Inglès, who fought and died with the Durruti Column.

A look at the past: the revolutionary career of Joaquín Pérez – Miguel Amorós

A vivid biographical sketch of Joaquín Pérez (1907-2006), based on a manuscript he wrote during the…

Did Commies kill Wobblies during the Spanish Civil War? - Raymond S. Solomon

An article by Raymond S. Solomon about Stalinist repression during the Spanish Civil War.

Spanish Republicans on the Guadalajara tank

The anarchists who liberated Paris, and why they did it - Robert P Helms

A short account of General Leclerc's 9th Company, better known as La Nueve, who were the first…

Anarchy #005

Issue of Anarchy magazine from July 1961 primarily about the Spanish Civil War.

The Spanish revolution 1931-1939 - Pierre Broué

An essay on the “political” dimension of the revolution and the years immediately preceding it in Spain during the 1930s, “the struggle of the…

An Interview with Miguel Amorós – Cazarabet-El Sueño Igualitario

In this 2015 interview, Miguel Amorós discusses his book about Buenaventura Durruti, Durruti in the…

Republican sailors playing musical instruments on board battleship Jaime I

Anarchy in the navy - Peter E Newell

Article responding to the frequent historical criticism of anarchism that a ship could not be run without hierarchy, using the example of sailor…

The historical significance of the POUM - Wilebaldo Solano

In this text based on a presentation delivered in 1985 at a conference on the POUM held in Madrid,…

Spain and the World. Vol. 1, no. 13

The thirteenth edition of Spain and the World, dated 4th June, 1937.