From May 3rd to May 8th of 1937, factions on the "Republican" side of the Spanish Civil War engaged in violent street battles. It began when Communist-led police forces attempted to take over an anarchist run telephone building in Barcelona. The telephone workers fought back, setting up barricades and surrounding the Communist "Lenin Barracks." Five days of street fighting ensued. CNT workers were eventually persuaded to put down their arms by Garcia Oliver, amongst others. 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... History of Spain Series -Timeline -Roman Spain -Visigothic Spain -Moorish Spain -Age of Reconquest -Age of Expansion -Age of Enlightenment -Reaction and Revolution -First Spanish Republic -The Restoration -Second Spanish Republic -Spanish Civil War -The Dictatorship -Modern Spain Topics -Economic History -Military History -Social History The Spanish Civil War (July... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 1004 Km2 Population density (2001) 15,764/Km2 Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, an autonomous region in northeastern Spain ( 41°23′ N 2°11′ E). ... Anarchism, the political philosophy advocating a libertarian society without hierarchy, based on mutual aid and voluntary cooperation, historically gained the most support and influence in Spain, especially in the seventy or so years before Francisco Francos victory in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. ... García Oliver was a leading anarchist figure in Spain. ...
The British author George Orwell describes these events, which he witnessed and took part in, in his famous book "Homage to Catalonia."
See also
Anarchism in Spain Anarchism, the political philosophy advocating a libertarian society without hierarchy, based on mutual aid and voluntary cooperation, historically gained the most support and influence in Spain, especially in the seventy or so years before Francisco Francos victory in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. ...
External links
Barricades in Barcelona (http://www.revolutionary-history.co.uk/backiss/Vol1/No2/barric.html) by Hugo Oehler
From 3 May to 8 May of 1937, factions on the "Republican" side of the Spanish Civil War engaged in violent street battles.
Five days of street fighting ensued, with anarchist workers and POUM supporters building barricades and exchanging fire with the Civil Guard.
The ultimate result of the battle was the further erosion of worker control of the city and the consolidation of government power over the major labor organizations in Catalonia, the CNT/FAI.
He was in (a "so-called") hospital at Monflorite for ten days at the end of March with "a poisoned hand." He describes rats that "really were as big as cats, or nearly" (in his famous Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell's character Winston Smith has a phobia of rats that Orwell himself shared to some degree).
The second half of this chapter is spent describing the conflict between the AnarchistCNT and the Socialist UGT and the resulting cancellation of the MayDay demonstration and the build up to the street fighting of the BarcelonaMayDays.
He returns to Barcelona only to find that the POUM had been "suppressed": it had been declared illegal the very day he had left to obtain discharge papers and POUM members were being arrested without charge.
Feeds |
Contact