Shadows of a revolution - Nick Lloyd's Spanish civil war walking tour reviewed
Ask an anarchist for an example of a time and place where their ideas were put to the test and they will most likely reply with “Barcelona, 1936”. In July of that year, the workers of Barcelona, mainly...
View ArticleKurdish version of A Las Barricadas released to mark anniversaries of Spanish...
To mark todays 80th anniversary of the Spanish revolution and what is also the 4th anniversary of the Rojava revolution in Kobane this recording of a Kurdish version of A Las Barricadas has just been...
View ArticleVideo - Living Utopia - The Anarchists and the Spanish Revolution
This documentary has interviews with 30 anarchist participants in the Spanish revolution alongside footage captured at that time. [Video]"Living Utopia is a unique documentary that blends the...
View ArticleThe Anarchist Collectives in the Countryside during the Spanish Civil War
Many people, upon hearing about Anarchism, consider a society based on anarchist principles as unrealistic, idealistic and naive - the vision of dreamers. Given the homogenous view of the world...
View ArticleMujeres Libres - Free Women of Spain
Conditions for the vast majority of people in Spain in the 1920s and 1930s were appalling. For women they were especially bad. There were extreme gender divisions. Most women were economically...
View ArticleIndustrial Collectivisation during the Spanish Revolution
Within hours of the start of the Spanish revolution workers had seized control of 3000 enterprises. This included all public transportation services, shipping, electric and power companies, gas and...
View ArticleThe revolutionary message of the 'Friends of Durruti'
The Spanish anarchist organization 'The Friends of Durruti' was formed by members of the CNT in 1937 in opposition to the collaboration of the CNT leadership in the government of Republican Spain. The...
View ArticleThe Spanish Civil War: Anarchism in Action
A detailed introduction to the role anarchism played in the Spanish Civil War and the anarchist revolution within the republican zone.Much has been written about the Spanish Civil War but the...
View ArticleThe Spanish Revolution: A quick introduction
The 19th of July marked the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Revolution. For a brief time, capitalism and the State were replaced by solidarity, mutual aid and respect for others....
View ArticleWhat We Believe - WSM Points of Unity Explained (Audio)
This is a series explaining the 9 Points of Unity of the Workers Solidarity Movement - an anarchist organisation active on the island of Ireland. [Download PDF of these explanations] The WSM regularly...
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