Agustín Guillamón

CNT defense committees in Barcelona 1933... : An interview with Agustín Guil...

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution, our friend and collaborator Agustín Guillamón was interviewed by the editors of the website alasbarricadas.org about his latest book, Los Comités de Defensa de la CNT en Barcelona (1933–1938). Alasbarricadas—An obligatory question: What were the Defense Committees? The defense committees were the clandestine military organizations of the CNT, financed by the trade unions, and their activities were subordinated to the latter. In October 1934, the old tactic of action groups was abandoned in favor of serious and methodical revolutionary preparation. The CNCD said, “There can be no revolution without preparation. We have t... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Friends of Durruti Group, The: 1937–1939...

[122] In 1939 Eduardo Maurico came up with a very similar critique of the Friends of Durruti’s program: For such groups [groups such as the Friends of Durruti] the root of all evil had been the abandonment of ‘principles’ by the leadership. A reversion to ‘wholesome principles’, a return to ‘purity’, ‘a fresh start’ — that in its entirety was the program and the rallying cry of these factions. Now, starting afresh is an utter impossibility. There is more likely to be a reenactment of history. There can be no return to the situation prior to July 19: but the same mistakes can be made in similar circumstances. The biggest mistake that these factions today can make is to fail to d... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

From Defense Cadres to Popular Militias

The defense cadres were formed shortly after the proclamation of the Republic, and were a continuation of the armed defense groups of the years of pistolerismo. From Shapiro’s report to the Presentation of October 1934 A confidential report distributed to a limited number of people, written by Alexander Shapiro, the secretary of the AIT, during his stay in Spain in 1932–1933, outlined the nature and function of the Defense Committees, organized exclusively for instances of insurrectionary combat, such as the clashes of January 1933, which Shapiro had witnessed first-hand. This report by Shapiro concerning the Defense Committees was written at the same time that a full-scale polemic was underway between FAIstas and Trei... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

From the Russian Revolution of 1917 to S...

Introduction The Russian Revolution is the most important historical event of the 20th century, and for some historians it is even accounted as one of the great events of human history. Its influence on international relations, political ideologies and word history from 1917 to 1991 is indisputable. Trotsky, in the preface of his History of the Russian Revolution, claimed that “[t]he most indubitable feature of a revolution is the direct interference of the masses in historical events” and the acceleration, over brief periods of time, of the pace of economic, social and political change, in addition to the emergence of radically opposed political poles, and the shift of the social support of the masses towards part... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Manuel Escorza del Val (1912–1968) : A biographical note

Manuel Escorza del Val was born in Barcelona in 1912. The son of Bernardo Escorza Tello,[1] a veteran CNT militant of the Woodworkers Trade Union, who died on September 29, 1938, in mysterious circumstances. When he was a child he suffered from polio which left him permanently paralyzed. Of very short stature due to the atrophy of his legs, he used enormous lifts in his shoes, which, combined with his crutches, gave him a very pathetic appearance and made walking extremely difficult for him. Of a very headstrong, acerbic and harsh character, he was highly educated and exhibited great force of will. He did not allow anyone to help him walk and he strove to remain as independent as possible. He was active in the Libertarian Youth and b... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Theorization Of Historical Experiences, ...

History is one more battlefield among the many that exist in the class war. We must learn the lessons of the defeats of the proletariat, because they are the milestones of victory. History is one more battlefield among the many that exist in the class struggle. It is not just a matter of recovering the memory of the class struggles of the past, but also of fighting for history from the revolutionary point of view, that is, from the point of view of the defense of the historical interests of the proletariat, which can be nothing else than that of the THEORIZATION of the historical experiences of the international workers movement. Neither the economy, nor literature, nor cinema, nor politics, nor history, nor any other field of cultur... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Theses on the Spanish Civil War and the ...

“The working class is revolutionary or it is nothing.” — Karl Marx, Letter to Schweitzer (February 13, 1865) “All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place.” — George Orwell, 1984 “The function of history would therefore be showing that the laws deceive, that the kings play a part, that power deludes and that historians lie.” — Michel Foucault, The Genealogy of Racism “It is ‘no longer a question of judging the past in the name of a truth that only we can poss... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

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