The CNT in the Spanish Revolution Volume 1

by Peirats, José; Ealham, Chris

Edition: Reprint

ISBN13: 9781604862072

ISBN10: 1604862076

Format: Paperback

Pub. Date: 2011-08-01

Publisher(s): PM Press

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Summary

A careful chronicle of political change and hope in 1930s Spain, this staggering work examines how the Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), rose up against the oppressive structures of Spanish society. Documenting a history of revolution that failed at the hands of its enemies on both the reformist left and reactionary right, this intelligent account covers all areas of the anarchist experiencefrom the spontaneous militias and the revolutionary collectives to the moral dilemmas occasioned by the clash of revolutionary ideals and the stark reality of the war effort. Passionately written and carefully indexed, this edition is the only in-depth English-language text available and converts the work into a usable tool for historians and anarchists alike.

Author Biography

José Peirats joined the anarcho-syndicalist CNT at the age of 14 and became one of the great intellectuals of the Spanish anarchist movement. He is the author of Anarchists in the Spanish Revolution. Chris Ealham has spent more than 20 years researching Spain's anarchist and anarcho-syndicalists movements. He is the author of Anarchism and the City: Revolution and Counter-Revolution, 1898-1937 and Class, Culture and Conflict in Barcelona, 1898-1937.

Glossary of organisations	p. viii
The history of a history	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
From the Bellas Artes Congress to the Primo de Rivera dictatorship	p. 7
From the military Directory to the Second Republic	p. 17
The Republic of Casas Viejas	p. 31
From the November elections to the October Revolution	p. 55
6October 1934 in Asturias and in Catalonia	p. 72
The end of the 'black biennium' and the Popular Front triumphant	p. 83
From the Zaragoza Congress to 19 July 1936	p. 93
Spain in flames	p. 116
The revolutionary achievement	p. 133
The dilemma of revolution and war	p. 156
The CNT in the government of Catalonia	p. 168
The CNT in the government of the Republic	p. 182
Politics and revolution	p. 198
Consequences of the Confederation's collaboration	p. 243
The collectivisations	p. 264
A chronology of José Peirats's major writings	p. 343
Notes	p. 347
Index	p. 386
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