Title: Ready for revolution
Subtitle: the CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933–1938
Description: A chronicle of the armed wing of the anarcho-syndicalist union that evolved from workers’ defense to organizers of armed resistance to the Fascist coup, to militia administrators, and finally to coordinator of industrial self-management and food distribution during the Spanish revolution. A fascinating new history wrapped in a lively narrative making the reader an eyewitness to history as it unfolds.
Subjects: Anarchism, Spain, politics and government, History, Labor unions, Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (Spain)
Places: Barcelona