Author: Vernon Richards
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 1629636649
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Lessons of the Spanish Revolution examines the many ways in which Spain’s revolutionary movement contributed to its own defeat. Was it too weak to carry through the revolution? To what extent was the purchase of arms and raw materials from outside sources dependent upon the appearance of a constitutional government inside Republican Spain? What chances had an improvised army of guerrillas against a trained fighting force? These were some of the practical problems facing the revolutionary movement and its leaders. But in seeking to solve these problems, the anarchists and revolutionary syndicalists were also confronted with other fundamental questions. Could they collaborate with political parties and reformist unions? Given the circumstances, was one form of government to be supported against another? Should the revolutionary impetus of the first days of resistance be halted in the interests of the armed struggle against Franco or be allowed to develop as far as the workers were prepared to take it? Was the situation such that the social revolution could triumph and, if not, what was to be the role of the revolutionary workers? Originally written as a series of weekly articles in the 1950s and expanded, republished, and translated into many languages over the years, Vernon Richards’s analysis remains essential reading for all those interested in revolutionary praxis.
The Spanish Revolution
Author: Stanley G. Payne
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393098853
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
A study of the social and political tensions that culminated in the Civil War in Spain.
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393098853
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
A study of the social and political tensions that culminated in the Civil War in Spain.
Collectives in the Spanish Revolution
Author: Gaston Leval
Publisher: Freedom
ISBN: 9781629634470
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gaston Leval's study brings together two aspects that are generally difficult to unite--analysis and testimony. He visited the towns and villages of revolutionary Spain where people had opted to live a libertarian communist lifestyle almost without precedent in history, collectivizing the land, factories, and social services. Collectives in the Spanish Revolution demonstrates clearly that the working class are perfectly capable of running farms, factories, workshops, and health and public services without bosses or managers. It proves that anarchist methods of organizing, with decisions made from the bottom up, can work effectively in large-scale industry, involving the coordination of many thousands of workers in many hundreds of places of work across numerous cities and towns, as well as broad rural areas. Leval's history of anarchy in action also gives insight into the creative and constructive power of ordinary people. The Spanish working class not only kept production going throughout the war, but in many cases managed to achieve increases in output. They improved working conditions and created new techniques. They created, out of nothing, an arms industry without which the war against fascism could not have been fought. The revolution also showed that without the competition bred by capitalism, industry can be run in a much more rational manner. Finally it demonstrated how an organized working class has the power to transform society.
Publisher: Freedom
ISBN: 9781629634470
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gaston Leval's study brings together two aspects that are generally difficult to unite--analysis and testimony. He visited the towns and villages of revolutionary Spain where people had opted to live a libertarian communist lifestyle almost without precedent in history, collectivizing the land, factories, and social services. Collectives in the Spanish Revolution demonstrates clearly that the working class are perfectly capable of running farms, factories, workshops, and health and public services without bosses or managers. It proves that anarchist methods of organizing, with decisions made from the bottom up, can work effectively in large-scale industry, involving the coordination of many thousands of workers in many hundreds of places of work across numerous cities and towns, as well as broad rural areas. Leval's history of anarchy in action also gives insight into the creative and constructive power of ordinary people. The Spanish working class not only kept production going throughout the war, but in many cases managed to achieve increases in output. They improved working conditions and created new techniques. They created, out of nothing, an arms industry without which the war against fascism could not have been fought. The revolution also showed that without the competition bred by capitalism, industry can be run in a much more rational manner. Finally it demonstrated how an organized working class has the power to transform society.
Revolution and the State
Author: Danny Evans
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351664735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This book analyses the processes of revolution and state reconstruction that took place in the Republican zone during the Spanish civil war. It focuses on the radical anarchists who sought to advance the revolutionary agenda. Their activity came into conflict with the leaders of the libertarian organisations committed to the reconstruction of the Republican state following its near collapse in July 1936. This process implied participation not only in the organs of governance but also in the ideological reconstitution of the Republic as a patriarchal and national entity. Using original sources, the book shows that the opposition to this process was both broader and more ideologically consistent than has hitherto been assumed, and that, in spite of its heterogeneity, it united around a common revolutionary programme. This resistance to state reconstruction was informed by the essential insight of anarchism: that the function and purpose of the modern state cannot be transformed from within. By situating the struggles of the radical anarchists within the contested process of state reconstruction, the book affirms the continued relevance of this insight to the study of the Spanish revolution.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351664735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This book analyses the processes of revolution and state reconstruction that took place in the Republican zone during the Spanish civil war. It focuses on the radical anarchists who sought to advance the revolutionary agenda. Their activity came into conflict with the leaders of the libertarian organisations committed to the reconstruction of the Republican state following its near collapse in July 1936. This process implied participation not only in the organs of governance but also in the ideological reconstitution of the Republic as a patriarchal and national entity. Using original sources, the book shows that the opposition to this process was both broader and more ideologically consistent than has hitherto been assumed, and that, in spite of its heterogeneity, it united around a common revolutionary programme. This resistance to state reconstruction was informed by the essential insight of anarchism: that the function and purpose of the modern state cannot be transformed from within. By situating the struggles of the radical anarchists within the contested process of state reconstruction, the book affirms the continued relevance of this insight to the study of the Spanish revolution.
The Spanish Revolution
Author: Burnett Bolloten
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : da
Pages : 700
Book Description
Indhold: Omarbejdet og stærkt udvidet udgave af forfatterens bog fra 1961 "The Grand Camouflage" om modsætninger mellem venstre og højre i Spanien før borgerkrigen 1936
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : da
Pages : 700
Book Description
Indhold: Omarbejdet og stærkt udvidet udgave af forfatterens bog fra 1961 "The Grand Camouflage" om modsætninger mellem venstre og højre i Spanien før borgerkrigen 1936
Durruti in the Spanish Revolution
Author: Abel Paz
Publisher: AK Press
ISBN: 9781904859505
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
A political biography, history of of a revolutionary era, and nonstop adventure story across three continents.
Publisher: AK Press
ISBN: 9781904859505
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
A political biography, history of of a revolutionary era, and nonstop adventure story across three continents.
Lessons of the Spanish Revolution
Author: Vernon Richards
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 1629636649
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Lessons of the Spanish Revolution examines the many ways in which Spain’s revolutionary movement contributed to its own defeat. Was it too weak to carry through the revolution? To what extent was the purchase of arms and raw materials from outside sources dependent upon the appearance of a constitutional government inside Republican Spain? What chances had an improvised army of guerrillas against a trained fighting force? These were some of the practical problems facing the revolutionary movement and its leaders. But in seeking to solve these problems, the anarchists and revolutionary syndicalists were also confronted with other fundamental questions. Could they collaborate with political parties and reformist unions? Given the circumstances, was one form of government to be supported against another? Should the revolutionary impetus of the first days of resistance be halted in the interests of the armed struggle against Franco or be allowed to develop as far as the workers were prepared to take it? Was the situation such that the social revolution could triumph and, if not, what was to be the role of the revolutionary workers? Originally written as a series of weekly articles in the 1950s and expanded, republished, and translated into many languages over the years, Vernon Richards’s analysis remains essential reading for all those interested in revolutionary praxis.
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 1629636649
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Lessons of the Spanish Revolution examines the many ways in which Spain’s revolutionary movement contributed to its own defeat. Was it too weak to carry through the revolution? To what extent was the purchase of arms and raw materials from outside sources dependent upon the appearance of a constitutional government inside Republican Spain? What chances had an improvised army of guerrillas against a trained fighting force? These were some of the practical problems facing the revolutionary movement and its leaders. But in seeking to solve these problems, the anarchists and revolutionary syndicalists were also confronted with other fundamental questions. Could they collaborate with political parties and reformist unions? Given the circumstances, was one form of government to be supported against another? Should the revolutionary impetus of the first days of resistance be halted in the interests of the armed struggle against Franco or be allowed to develop as far as the workers were prepared to take it? Was the situation such that the social revolution could triumph and, if not, what was to be the role of the revolutionary workers? Originally written as a series of weekly articles in the 1950s and expanded, republished, and translated into many languages over the years, Vernon Richards’s analysis remains essential reading for all those interested in revolutionary praxis.
The Revolution and the Civil War in Spain
Author: Pierre Broué
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931859516
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An outstanding history that shows how a promising workers' movement ended in a fascist victory.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931859516
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An outstanding history that shows how a promising workers' movement ended in a fascist victory.
The Spanish Revolution, 1868-1875
Author: Edward Henry Strobel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An Historical Review of the Spanish Revolution
Author: Edward Blaquière
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
The Spanish Civil War
Author: Burnett Bolloten
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807819067
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
A detailed account of the war describes Republican political life during the period and recounts the rise of the Spanish Communist Party
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807819067
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
A detailed account of the war describes Republican political life during the period and recounts the rise of the Spanish Communist Party