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Spanish Civil War - further reading guide

Steven. — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:28:31 +0000

- Homage to Catalonia - Orwell*
- The Civil War in Spain - Broue/Themin
- Wrong Steps: Errors in the Spanish Revolution - Juan Garcia Oliver
- The Friends of Durruti Group, 1937-9 – A. Guillamon
- We, the Anarchists: A Study of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927-1937 - Stuart Christie

Anarcho-syndicalism in Puerto Real from shipyard resistance to community control

Jason Cortez — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:49:36 +0000

Foreword
The recent struggle in and around the shipyards of Puerto Real, Spain, in both workplace and community, against threatened closure witnessed the anarcho-syndicalist union CNT playing both a prominent and decisive role.

Guerra, Armand, 1886-1939

Battlescarred — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:26:39 +0000

Born 4 January 1886, Liria, Spain. Died 10 March 1939, Saint Mande, France.

Armand Guerra was born Jose Estivalis Cabo at Liria near Valencia on 4th January 1886, the son of a farmer and of a mother who was already looking after a child of 5 years. First as a choirboy and then as a pupil at a seminary in Valencia, he developed an intense hatred for the Church.

70,000 Spanish truckers strike, blockade border with France

anarchyjordan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:30:24 +0000

In the latest show of distress with fuel prices, Spanish truckers on Monday began a blockade of their country's border with France, lining up their rigs and slowing them to a crawl to protest the cost of fuel. The strike blocked the highway in both directions in southwestern France.

Grand Rapids Starbucks Union and Spanish CNT announce global day of action

GRSBUXUNION — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:25:30 +0000

Day to protest recent firing of CNT member in Spain and continuing anti-union discrimination in Grand Rapids

The Foreign Legion of the Revolution

David in Atlanta — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:08:50 +0000

Dieter Nelles
"The Foreign Legion of the Revolution“[1]
German anarcho-syndicalist and Volunteers in Anarchist Militias during the Spanish Civil War

Borrell, Federico 1912-1936

Battlescarred — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:44:51 +0000

Federico Borrell Garcia was born in Benilloba in Alicante, Spain on April 3 1912.

The son of Vicente Borrell and Maria Garcia, he was one of a large family with 3 brothers and 2 sisters, who lived in poverty-stricken conditions.

Coordinadora - Spanish dock workers build union without bureaucrats

JH — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:47:17 +0000

"The unity maintained during our difficult strike [in 1976] taught us that this unity was too precious to be destroyed by endless sloganeering and sectarianism. We understood that our decisions could not be delegated to union bureaucrats.

Estorach, Soledad

Battlescarred — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:05:34 +0000

Soledad Estorach Esteri was born on the 6th February 1915 at the small village of Albatarrech near Lerida.

Silva Cruz, Maria, 1915-1936

Battlescarred — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:43:25 +0000

Maria was born into a family of day labourers and charcoal burners in the impoverished village of Casas Viejas in Andalucia on 20 April 1915.

Her father Juan Silva Gonzalez and her uncle Jeronimo were in the CNT. Her grandmother read anarchist novels out loud to her as a young girl.