An article by Raymond S. Solomon about the Spanish Revolution of 1936. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (May 2014 ...

most of whom wanted Catalonia to be a part of a federal Spanish government instead of independent,” says Nick Grono author of Forgotten Places: Barcelona and the Spanish Civil War. Even today ...

A chronology of key events: Catalonian republicans, such as these demonstrators in Barcelona in 1936, resisted Franco's attempt to overthrow the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War 9th ...

A memorial honouring men from East Lancashire who volunteered to fight fascism in the 1930s Spanish Civil War has been unveiled in Burnley. Men from Pendle, Burnley, Rossendale and Hyndburn are ...

(Homage to Catalonia p.151). The May Days On May 3rd 1937 ... Taken from Eddie Conlon's pamphlet, "The Spanish Civil War: Anarchism in Action" for the Workers' Solidarity Movement Edited by libcom.

READ MORE: Scotland’s forgotten Spanish Civil War refugee colony “What’s happening in Spain now is partly fallout from the early 1930s,” he says. “In the early 1930s Catalonia got a ...

More importantly, however, these critics gloss over the historical foundations of Catalonia’s grievances, which have been revived in recent years. Just before the Spanish Civil War, Catalonia had ...

What became known as the Spanish Civil War began on 17 July 1936 when a group ... Barcelona and the rest of Catalonia fell in early 1939, and Franco's troops marched into Madrid in April.

An autonomous region in northeastern Spain with its own linguistic and cultural identity, Catalonia is a popular tourist destination and economic powerhouse. But its recent struggle for an ...

Catalonian republicans, such as these demonstrators in Barcelona in 1936, resisted Franco's attempt to overthrow the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War 9th century - County of Barcelona ...

1931 - When Spain becomes a republic, Catalonia is given broad autonomy. 1936-39 - Spanish Civil War: Catalonia is a key Republican stronghold, and the fall of Barcelona to Gen Francisco Franco's ...