Color:
Spanish Anarchism
Spain has a long and intense history related to the
anarchist
movement.
You can also see an older version of this page in Spanish
The most outstanding event in Spanish anarchist history would certainly be the
Spanish Civil War of
1936-1939, and the
Spanish Revolution
of 1936.
Here are some reviews of the Movie "Land and Freedom" ("Tierra y
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Freedom Press
Movie Magazine
International
Movie
Reviews
British Cinima
Reviews
(Irish)
Republican News
Ritz
Filmbill
Sydney Morning
Herald METRO
Enternainment
Weekly
Smart Theatre
Systems

The
Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo
(CNT) is an anarcho-syndicalist labor union in Spain, and while it
was banned during the dictatorship of Franco, re-emerged with great popularity
after Franco died.
The FAI (Federacion Anarquista Iberica) is an
anarchist federation in Spain that was created to help keep the CNT in line with
it's origional libertarian goals. The FAI is a part of the International of Anarchist
Federations (IFA). The CNT-FAI alliance during the Spanish Civil War
officialy used the red and black flag which represents
anarcho-syndicalism (as opposed to simply anarchism, represented
by a purely black flag.)
The International Workers
Association (Asociaci�n Internacional de los Trabajadores, or AIT) is
the international anarcho-syndicalist federation of which the CNT is a part.
An anarchosyndicalist union formed by
a split in the CNT in 1979 is the CGT
(Confederaci�n General del Trabajo).
An outstanding anarchist
miliataman who fought in the war was Buenaventura Durruti. This
page also contains articles about Libertarian Communism and the history of the
CNT-FAI in the Spanish Civil War. See the article "Getting to Know
Durruti".
Here are some relevant chapters of books on anarchism:
Anarchism in
Spain, by Gerald Brenan, from
The Anarchists, Irving Horowitz/Dell
Pub./1964
...and...
The Spanish Case, by J. Romero Maura, from
Anarchism Today, David Apter/Anchor Pub./1972
Watch this space for electronic versions of these texts!
Music:
Here are the lyrics from The
Clash's song, "Spanish Bombs".
Poster Collections from the Spanish Revolution:
"BURN" Collection
Southworth Collection
Brandeis Collection
ALBA Collection
Chisholm Collection
Contemporary Links of Interest:

The International
Brigades
Spain 1936: The
Forgotten War, Remembered
El Kiosko
Libertario (The Libertarian Kiosk)
Ateneo
Libertario Electri�nico

Archivos ideologicos (Ideological Archives)
O Anarquismo em Portugal -
An Anarchist site in Portugal. If this link doesnt work try this one.
A web page on Catalonia.
To
Remember Spain, by Murray Bookchin
Anarquisme (Catalan)
Historia de
l'anarquisme a Gava (Catalan)
tierra y libertad
Enlaces de Anarquismo
(Nicaragua)
Preguntas frecuentes
sobre el anarquismo (Faq sobre anarquisme en castella)
...also at this site.
Todo lo que
siempre quiso saber sobre Anarquismo (y nunca se atrevi� a preguntar)
Centro Social
Libertario and...

El Acratador, Anarchist publication - "El" means
"The" and "acrata" is defined in the Real Academia Espaqola dictionary
as: partidario de la supresisn de toda autoridad. Roughly, one who
favors the elimination of all authority. Interestingly, a simmilar word,
"atracador" means "thief bank" (something of the opposite).

Moviment d'Objecci� de
Consci�ncia (Conscience Objection Movement)

Servidor Popular
de Informacion Electronica (Electronic Info Popular Server)
Controversies
Recently right-wing, pro-free market capitalists (who call
themselves "anarcho"-capitalists) have started to attack anarchism and in
particular the Spanish anarchists and their role in the Spanish Revolution/Civil
War. Here we present some replies to their attacks.
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