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

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.

Juan García Oliver, CNT member who became Minister of Justice in the Civil War.

Controversy: Anarchists in the Spanish Revolution - Sam Dolgoff

Sam Dolgoff analyses and discusses the decision of the anarcho-syndicalist CNT to join the…

Umberto Marzocchi.

Marzocchi, Umberto, 1900-1986

A short biography of Italian anarchist shipyard worker Umberto Marzocchi who fought Mussolini's fascists in Italy, Franco's in Spain and Hitler's…

Leonida Mastrodicasa

Mastrodicasa, Leonida, 1888-1942

A short biography of Italian anarchist metal worker, Spanish Civil War and French Resistance fighter Leonida Mastrodicasa, who died in a Nazi…

Celso Persici.

Persici, Celso, 1895-1988

A short biography of Italian anarchist bricklayer Celso Persici, who fought fascism across Europe and in Morocco, by his son.