The road to anarchy: the CNT under the Spanish Second Republic (1931-1936)

Abstract

Cover -- Sussex Studies in Spanish History -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- General Series Editor's Preface by Nigel Townson -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1. Anarchists and Anarcho-syndicalists in the Early Days of the Republic (April 1931-June 1931) -- The Desired Republic -- The CNT, Dazzled by the Light of the Republic -- The Importance of the Anarchist of Action -- Labour Conflict -- Public Order and Repression -- The FAI Conference -- Second (II) Extraordinary CNT Congress -- The International Workers' Association Congress -- 2. The Struggle for Power: From Syndicalism to Insurrection (July 1931-April 1932) -- Strikes, Too Many Strikes! -- Violence and Repression -- Treintismo -- Caught in the Crossfire -- Protests and Repression at the Start of the Year -- The Movement of January 1932: A CNT Uprising? -- The Enigma of Figols -- The 15 February Strike -- But Mira was Missing -- Responsibilities and Expulsions -- 3. To the Barricades! (May 1932-December 1933) -- Fresh Anarchist Winds -- The April 8 Law -- Conflict in the Countryside -- Sanjurjo's Coup, the CNT and the Deportees -- Land Reform and the Autonomy of Catalonia -- Towards Division -- The January 1933 Uprising -- Casas Viejas -- The Libertarian Syndicalist Federation and the Opposition Trade Unions -- The Benefits of Negotiation and Labour Conflict -- Violence -- Public Order and Vagrancy Laws -- The Demotivation of Members -- Against the Advance of Fascism: Frente Único -- The Elections of November 1933 -- The Insurrection of December 1933 -- 4. From the Workers' Alliance to the Revolution (January 1934-April 1935) -- 1934: Year of Changes -- The Syndicalist Party -- The New Government and the Strikes -- The Constitution of the Alianza Obrera -- The October 1934 Movement -- Madrid: Strike and Boycott -- Catalonia: On the Streets, But Against Everyone.