spanish civil war

The inspiring Spanish anarchist collectives: Look what we must do!

The inspiring Spanish anarchist collectives: Look what we must do!

From resilience dot org by Ted Trainer

We are entering can era of severe scarcity in which centralised and top-down systems will fail to provide for us and we will have to develop cooperative and self-sufficient localized economies. The achievements of the Spanish anarchist workers collectives in the 1930s show what miracles ordinary people can do.

Carlos Saura: An Intrepid, Curious, & Music-loving Filmmaker

From Le Monde Libertarie
by Daniel Pinos
February 19, 2023

On Friday February 10, Carlos Saura, the Aragonese director, died at the age of 91.

Carlos Saura joined Buñuel, Berlanga and Bardem, the greatest Spanish filmmakers of our time. Together with his illustrious friends, he created the essence of Spanish cinema during the most difficult period of its recent history, the Franco dictatorship and the transition.

Support the Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo one of the largest anarchist archives in the world

From Kate Sharpley Library
https://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/3n5vq0

The Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo [1] (FAL) is one of the largest archives on the history of the anarchist and labour movements in Spain and worldwide. Part of the historic union CNT (Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo), our holdings span from the beginning of the workers’ associative endeavours in the nineteenth century, all the way up to the present era, including the momentous events during the Spanish Civil War and the Spanish Revolution of 1936-1939.

Why Amsterdam is home to a trove of anarchist archives

add foucault to the library, you idiots!

From El País by Isabel Ferrer

Why Amsterdam is home to a trove of archives on Spanish anarchism and the anti-Franco resistance

The International Institute of Social History is home to historical documents from the CNT labor union and Iberian Anarchist Federation, including the order that sent Buenaventura Durruti to Madrid

Anarchism, Morocco, & the Spanish Civil War

Carrying the war into Africa? Anarchism, Morocco, and the Spanish Civil War

From Freedom News UK by Danny Evans

I was approached by Jeff Stein to write up a summary of Abel Paz, La cuestión de Marruecos y la República española so that English-language readers might be made aware of the Spanish anarchist approach to Morocco during the civil war. I would like to thank Jeff for prompting me to write what follows, although he should not be held responsible for its contents or conclusions.

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