Shankill commemorates International Brigade volunteers from Northern Ireland
The Shankill library in Belfast hosted a successful meeting as part of the West Belfast Feile on the lives and contributions of working class people from the Falls and Shankill who fought against...
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Revolution & Counter Revolution in Barcelona
Seventy-five years ago, in Barcelona and across much of the rest of Spain, anarchists and other radical workers, in order to stop Franco’s attempted coup, stormed army barracks, took over the factories...
View ArticleThe Spanish revolution and its relevance today
This year marks the 76 anniversary of the ‘Spanish Civil War’ which is one of the most mis-understood conflicts in the 20th century. For some particular those wedded to a traditional view of history...
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Frank Conroy Commemoration upcoming in Kildare town
A commemoration of Frank Conroy will take place in Kildare town on Sunday December 16th 2012. Frank Conroy came from Fair Green, Kildare town and was an IRA activist who fought with the working class...
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Anarchism and the City - Revolutionary Barcelona in the lead up to the 1936...
Anarchism in Barcelona in the lead-up to the 1936 Spanish revolution. This is the audio and video of the talk given at the 2013 Dublin anarchist bookfair by Chris Ealham (author of 'Anarchism and 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...
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Industrial 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...
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The 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...
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The 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...
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The 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....
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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...
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Anarchism and the City - Revolutionary Barcelona in the lead up to the 1936...
Anarchism in Barcelona in the lead-up to the 1936 Spanish revolution. This is the audio and video of the talk given at the 2013 Dublin anarchist bookfair by Chris Ealham (author of 'Anarchism and the...
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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 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...
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Industrial 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 ArticleClik here to view.
The 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...
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