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AWSM Statement on 85th Anniversary of the Spanish Revolution

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Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement (AWSM) statement on the 85th Anniversary of the Spanish Revolution.
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85 years ago today the working people of Spain defended themselves against a fascist-inspired military uprising. Despite lack of training and resources, in many areas they successfully beat back the right-wing forces. Following this, the masses organised themselves in a multitude of forms via their various organisations, including the Anarcho-Syndicalist Confederation of Labour (CNT) and the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI). Soon a major revolutionary social and economic experiment was undertaken. Factories were collectivised under workers control, with production improving quantitively and qualitatively in comparison to the previous capitalist system. Women began their economic and sexual liberation, free from the shackles of the Catholic Church. In rural areas, poor peasants took over the land they had worked for generations. This land had been in the hands of aristocrats and landlords who treated them like beasts of burden. In many places money was abolished and decision-making about production and distribution was decided by villagers themselves.

After three years of determined struggle, the revolution was defeated by a combination of factors. This included large scale attacks by the right-wing forces aided by fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, internal attacks from counter-revolutionary Communists, limited external support and tactical divisions within the revolutionary camp. Despite their ultimate defeat at the hands of their enemies, the working classes made huge gains and provided an example to following generations. They showed that ordinary people can be more than the tools of an exploitative ruling class, that they are very capable of organising democratically and collectively to achieve liberty.

We at Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement (AWSM) recognise that certain conditions today are different to those of the past. Things change, yet the basics of today’s capitalist system remain the same. Working people here and elsewhere across the world still suffer from the twin oppressions of capitalist and state control over us. We therefore salute the memory of the heroic working people of Spain in the historic struggle undertaken between 1936-1939. Their actions remain an important guide for us today.

No Pasaran! Pasaremos!

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The Kate Sharpley Library collective are pleased to announce the publication of another study of the anarchist resistance to Franco's dictatorship.

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textNew publication: News of the Spanish Revolution : Anti-authoritarian Perspectives on the Events 02:29 Mon 23 Jul by Kate Sharpley Library 2 comments

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A collection edited by Charlatan Stew. Published by the Kate Sharpley Library and Charlatan Stew: 2012. 88 pages.

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The Kate Sharpley Library are pleased to announce our latest publication:
"Anarchist International Action Against Francoism From Genoa 1949 to The First Of May Group" by Antonio Téllez Solà, translated by Paul Sharkey

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The Kate Sharpley Library are pleased to announce their latest pamphlet, an interview in which Juan Garcia Oliver gives his version of his revolutionary life.

textNew pamphlet: The Iron Column : Testament of a Revolutionary by Elias Manzanera 04:41 Sat 08 Jul by KSL 0 comments

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imageThe Labour Movement in Spain Nov 04 by KSL 0 comments

(Albert Meltzer was a long-standing supporter of the anarchist movement in Spain. One of our friends suggested we make this article available as one of the best things he wrote. It’s also representative of many of the things he cared about: anarchism, history, emancipation and class struggle. KSL)

imageMichael Seidman and "The Spanish Holocaust" Sep 23 by Stuart Christie 4 comments

What has happened to editorial judgement at the TLS [Times Literary Supplement]? What on earth led the editor to commission the patronisingly offensive twaddle from such a pro-Francoist apologist as Michael Seidman in his review of Paul Preston’s “The Spanish Holocaust”?

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imageJuly 19: When the people rise up, they write history Jul 29 4 comments

When the people rise up, they are unstoppable and capable of changing history. These events are repeated from time to time and call into question the normal development of the capitalist “common sense” that there is no alternative. Of course, there is! The action of the people in rebellion, who put their bodies into overthrowing authoritarian regimes, dictatorships or coups d'état, demonstrates the importance of popular power and revolutionary preparation in order for major social transformations to take place. [Castellano]

textNew publication: Los Maños : the lads from Aragon ; the story of an anti-Franco action group Oct 29 Kate Sharpley Library 0 comments

The Kate Sharpley Library collective are pleased to announce the publication of another study of the anarchist resistance to Franco's dictatorship.

imageNew publication: One Hundred Years of Workers' Solidarity : the History of “Solidaridad Obrera” Aug 19 Kate Sharpley Library 0 comments

Solidaridad Obrera (Workers’ Solidarity), founded in Barcelona in 1907, is the voice of Spain’s Anarcho-syndicalist Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT: National Confederation of Labour). These essays were issued to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of “Soli” and together they illustrate the changing fortunes of the Anarcho-syndicalist movement, and its enduring attempt to communicate the anarchist idea.

textNew publication: News of the Spanish Revolution : Anti-authoritarian Perspectives on the Events Jul 23 KSL 2 comments

News of the Spanish Revolution : Anti-authoritarian Perspectives on the Events. Seven articles published in “One Big Union Monthly”, a journal of the Industrial Workers of the World, July, 1937 to February 1938, plus two later pieces on the experiences of participants.
A collection edited by Charlatan Stew. Published by the Kate Sharpley Library and Charlatan Stew: 2012. 88 pages.

imageNew publication: Anarchism In Galicia : Organisation, Resistance and Women in the Underground Aug 09 Kate Sharpley Library 0 comments

The Anarchist movement in Galicia is unknown to English-language readers. These essays tells the stories of the men and women who built it, fought for it, and how they kept it alive in the face of incredible odds.

more >>
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