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From rural peasantry, to law, politics, the Presidency of Catalonia and the firing squad, Pete charts the life of Lluís Companys The death sentence of Lluís Companys When George Orwe … read more

Killed in action on this day in 1936, Durruti led 6,000 Anarchists in the fight against Francisco Franco “We carry a new world in our hearts.” The Spanish Civil War made strange bedfellows. … read more

The story of how Spanish fascism came to an end and democracy finally prevailed In March 1939, after a heroic defence, Madrid fell to the armies of Francisco Franco. A few days later, the fasc … read more

The British Communist and scholar who died fighting fascists in the Spanish Civil War"I am not just paying a conventional tribute to a dead man when I say that he was a real hero." On this day in … read more

The story of the British radical you probably haven't heard of... There’s a passionate internationalist tradition among British radicals. Through thick and thin, many figures on the left … read more