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 Barricades Must Be Torn Down": Moscow-Fascism in Spain - Paul Mattick

Mattick ponders the then-recent events of May 1937 - when the counter-revolutionary consequences of…

Industrial collectivisation during the Spanish revolution - Deirdre Hogan

Interesting article by Deirdre Hogan about the collectivisation and worker control of industry in…

An account of agrarian collectives in Aragon - Augustin Souchy

An account of the workings of rural agricultural collectives in Aragon, revolutionary Spain, 1936-39

Barricades in the Barcelona May days, 1937.

The Tragic Week in May: the May Days Barcelona 1937 - Augustin Souchy

An account of the fighting in Barcelona in May 1937 when the Communists consolidated their hold on…

A soldier returns - letter from an American fighter in the Durruti Column

A letter from an American trade unionist and member of the revolutionary union the Industrial…

A day mournful and overcast... An account of the Iron Column

A personal account of a liberated prisoner's experience as a fighter during the Spanish Civil War…

Women's subversive individualism in Barcelona during the 1930s - Michael Seidman

This short text, drawing on H. E. Kaminsky's testimony, discusses the Spanish Revolution in regard…

Towards a History of Workers' Resistance to Work - Michael Seidman

Paris and Barcelona during the French Popular Front and the Spanish Revolution, 1936-38. Article…

Republican troops in the trenches

Quiet fronts in the Spanish civil war - Michael Seidman

A study of combat avoidance, fraternisation and desertion on both sides of the conflict during the…

Individualisms in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War - Michael Seidman

Agrarian Collectives during the Spanish Civil War - Michael Seidman

Michael Seidman on the farming collectives during the Spanish revolution.

Mughshot of Buenaventura Durruti.

Buenaventura Durruti - Peter E Newell

Profile of Spanish anarchist revolutionary Buenaventura Durruti.