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EPISODE · May 26, 2023 · 30 MIN

Spain 1936: when anarchism failed

from The Sound of Solidarity · host solidarity.net.au

The Spanish revolution was one of the great working class uprisings. Allied with the poor peasants, the workers had a chance to not just beat back fascism but to overthrow capitalism, too. The anarchists had the support of most workers, especially in the industrial city of Barcelona. But they failed to grasp the opportunity that the crisis offered and the revolution went down to defeat. David Glanz explains why.

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