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The 'Red Terror' and the Spanish Civil War
This study challenges the common view that extrajudicial executions in Republican Spain in July 1936 were the work of criminal or anarchist 'uncontrollables'.
Transatlantic Anarchism during the Spanish Civil War and Revolution, 1936-1939
Between 1936 and 1939, the Spanish Civil War showcased anarchism to the world. News of the revolution in Spain energised a moribund international anarchist movement, and activists from across the globe flocked to Spain to fight against fascism and build the revolution behind the front lines. Those that stayed at home set up groups and newspapers to send money, weapons and solidarity to their Spanish comrades. This book charts this little-known phenomenon through a transnational case study of anarchists from Britain, Ireland and the United States, using a thematic approach to place their efforts in the wider context of the civil war, the anarchist movement and the international left.
Revolution and the State
This book analyses the processes of revolution and state reconstruction that took place in the Republican zone during the Spanish civil war. It focuses on the radical anarchists who sought to advance the revolutionary agenda. Their activity came into conflict with the leaders of the libertarian organisations committed to the reconstruction of the Republican state following its near collapse in July 1936. This process implied participation not only in the organs of governance but also in the ideological reconstitution of the Republic as a patriarchal and national entity. Using original sources, the book shows that the opposition to this process was both broader and more ideologically consiste...
Interacting Francoism
The book presents various investigation into 20th-century European dictatorships, with its focus on Franco`s dictatorship and the Spanish Civil War. Francisco Franco’s dictatorship in Spain (1936/1939-1975/1978) was a modern form of authoritarianism, with a strong totalitarian period, like many other dictatorships of the time. Francoism occupies a place in history alongside other different dictatorships of its age, and a comparative analysis might prove to be a powerful tool in order to understand how, in the middle of the 20th century, such a repressive and authoritarian form of political control emerged. One of the most forgotten fascisms, which at the same time was influenced by and inf...
El oro de Mussolini
En 1937, tras un año de guerra civil, el gobierno de la república activó la Operación Schulmeister con el objetivo de lograr la retirada de la ayuda de Hitler y Mussolini al bando nacional, para lo cual se planteó la cesión de territorios como las Baleares, Canarias o el Marruecos español. Dada la importancia del botín en juego, las grandes potencias desplegaron un juego diplomático con espías, empresas pantalla y testaferros para controlar el Mediterráneo occidental. A pesar de la posterior oposición de Franco a la enajenación de Mallorca, Mussolini compró la tercera finca en extensión de la isla con el fin de colonizarla y de establecer una cabeza de puente para el futuro. En 1950 la exministra republicana Federica Montseny señaló «Aún es demasiado pronto para escribir toda la historia». En 2022, tras quince años de investigaciones en siete ciudades de cuatro países diferentes, Manuel Aguilera nos desvela el secreto mejor guardado de la Segunda República. Lo hace con un pulso narrativo propio de la novela, pero con un apoyo documental férreo. Estamos ante el explosivo descubrimiento de un episodio desconocido de la guerra civil que levantará ampollas
'Paracuellos'
This book examines the most polemical atrocity of the Spanish Civil War: the massacre of 2,500 political prisoners by Republican security forces in the villages of Paracuellos and Torrejâon de Ardoz near Madrid in November/December 1936. The atrocity took place while Santiago Carrillo -- later Communist Party leader in the 1970s -- was responsible for public order. Although Carrillo played a key role in the transition to democracy after Franco's death in 1975, he passed away at the age of 97 in 2012 still denying any involvement in 'Paracuellos' (the generic term for the massacres). The issue of Carrillo's responsibility has been the focus of much historical research. Julius Ruiz places Par...
Spain in Our Hearts
From the moment it began in 1936, the Spanish Civil War became the political question of the age. Hitler and Mussolini quickly sent aircraft, troops and supplies to the right-wing generals bent on overthrowing Spain's elected government. Millions of people around the world felt passionately that rapidly advancing fascism must be halted in Spain; if not there, where? More than 35,000 volunteers from dozens of other countries went to help defend the Spanish Republic. Adam Hochschild, the acclaimed author of King Leopold's Ghost, evokes this tumultuous period mainly through the lives of Americans involved in the war. A few are famous, such as Ernest Hemingway, but others are less familiar. They...
La falacia de la memoria histórica (o democrática)
Se analiza la historia y la política de España desde el nacimiento de los liberales (Constitución de Cádiz) y pone en una balanza lo positivo o negativo para el país de cada una de las tendencias políticas, durante más de dos siglos, hasta nuestros días. El resultado de nuestra historia resulta decepcionante y demuestra que nuestros políticos, de antes y de ahora, son capaces de tropezar muchas veces en la misma piedra, aun viendo la piedra; mientras los ciudadanos, que miran sin reaccionar, como si no fuera con ellos, ven cómo se enriquecen de forma cada vez más escandalosa. En la izquierda, agotado el discurso del rico y el pobre, aparecen nuevas ideologías de grupos minoritarios, que se exageran a base de propaganda, para mantenerse en el poder. Una democracia exige unos mínimos que los españoles, por su idiosincrasia, no han cumplido, no cumplen ni cumplirán.
Agente Nightshade. Legione Ombra (Segretissimo)
La Sezione D di Mercy "Nightshade" Contreras è impegnata su diversi fronti: sicari attivi in Europa, una spia in fuga da Mosca, la resurrezione dell'ISIS e i nuovi piani del Nucleo Leningrad. La regola di "seguire il denaro" porta Mercy a indagare a Bruxelles su una cellula terrorista e un traffico di diamanti sotto embargo. Ma da questo, fra vecchi intrighi italiani, patti oscuri in Medio Oriente e navi russe sulla rotta chiamata Syrian Express, spunta un incredibile segreto rimasto nell'ombra fin dalla Guerra Civile spagnola. Una minaccia si profila nel Mediterraneo e l'Agente Nightshade è subito in prima linea.
