Spanish Civil War
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(2014) “History Of A Workers’ Revolution In Catalonia” by Raymond S. Solomon
An article by Raymond S. Solomon about the Spanish Revolution of 1936. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (May 2014) During the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, Spanish anarchists and socialists set up an economy in Loyalist Spain that very closely resembled the type of industrial organization advocated by the Industrial Workers of… Continue reading
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(2013) “IWW members who fought in the Spanish Civil War” by Matt White
A short piece by Matt White about some of the IWW members who died during the Spanish Civil War. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (November 2013). Not surprisingly, a number of Wobblies went to Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Several served with the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), while it appears… Continue reading
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(2012) “Polarization past & present” by J. Pierce
An article by J Pierce on the polarization of society during revolutionary upsurges. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (November 2012). Two summers ago, the Phoenix IWW held an event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution. That same summer, while visiting a friend, I toured various abolitionist, African American, and Civil War historical… Continue reading
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(1937) “A soldier returns: letter from an American fighter in the Durruti Column” by Bill Wood
A letter from an American trade unionist and member of the revolutionary union the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) about his experiences as a fighter in the Spanish Civil War and Revolution of 1936-9 in the International section of the anarchist Durruti Column. Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (September 1937). Original… Continue reading
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(2015) “Did Commies kill Wobblies during the Spanish Civil War?” by Raymond S. Solomon
An article by Raymond S. Solomon about Communist Party repression during the Spanish Civil War. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (April 2015). In September 1938, Wobbly Ivan Silverman and “two unidentified Wobblies” were “forced by commies onto a bare field to face fascist machine guns [in] Spain.” This history was cited by Fellow Worker… Continue reading
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(1937) “Class collaboration – old and new” by Joseph Wagner + “Open letter to the CNT” by A. Shapiro
An article by Joseph Wagner critical of socialist parties and anarcho-syndicalists for participating in capitalist governments and A. Shapiro’s “Open letter to the CNT” which criticized its actions during the Spanish Civil War. Originally appeared in One Big Union Monthly (August 1937) Alone, or in coalition with more or less “liberal” bourgeois political parties, the… Continue reading
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