The tragedy of Spanish Trotskyism
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Liam McNulty concludes his article on the Trotskyists in the Spanish revolution of 1936/7.
Spanish Revolution 1936-7
Trotskyism and the Spanish Workers' Movement
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'There is nothing so destructive as illusion, whereas nothing can be of greater use to the revolution than naked truth.' Rosa Luxemburg, The Spartacus Programme.
The class, the party and the leadership: why was the Spanish proletariat defeated?
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EDITORIAL NOTE: Among comrade Trotsky’s archives were found a rough draft and fragmentary notes which we now publish in the form of an unfinished article.
Marxists, Stalinists, Anarchists, Fascists and Workers in the Spanish Revolution of 1936-37
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- Introduction: Revolution and Betrayal in Spain
- Spain by WH Auden
- The Spanish Revolution and Those Who Killed It: a Chronology
- Trotsky: A "Diary" of The Spanish Revolution and the Civil War 19936-39
- Workers' Control in the Spanish Revolution 1936-7
- How the Stalinists Killed Workers' Control in the Spanish Revolution
- Issues in the 1936-7 Spanish Revolution
- Spain 1936-7: A Study in Workers Power
- Marxism and Anarchism
- Hobsbawm's Miserable Apology for Stalinism
- The Spanish Revolution
- George Orwell: Eyewithness in Barcelona: 1936-37: With the International Brigade
- The Scottish Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
- Anarchists Massacred in Barcelona
- The Lessons of Spain: The Last Warning - Leon Trotsky (1937)
- The Tragedy of Spain - Leon Trotsky (19399)
- Once gain on the Causes of the Defeat in Spain - Leon Trotsky (1939)
- The Class, the Party and the Leadership": Why Was the Spanish Proletariat Defeated? - Leon Trotsky
- Trotsky: Stalinism and Bolshevism
- George Orwell the man Who Told the Left Unpalatable Truths
- George Orwell, 1903-2003: part 1
- George Orwell, 1903-2003: part 2
Trotsky: "Diary" of the Spanish Revolution and Civil War - 1936-9
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Though Trotsky’s writings on Spain fill a large volume he wrote no concise overview of the Spanish revolution. This “diary” is culled from the commentaries he produced all through the last decade of his life: the last item here is dated 20 August 1940, the day Trotsky was assassinated.
The 1936-37 Spanish Revolution: with the International Brigade
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What I heard over the wireless, read in the newspapers and saw on the films made me decide to go to Spain to fight for the workers. I joined the International Brigade.
The 1936-37 Spanish Revolution: anarchists massacred at Tarragona
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On Wednesday 5 May at 8am, a large force of police suddenly appeared at the Central Telephone Exchange of Tarragona, plentifully armed with weapons and grenades for taking it by assault. They occupied it without encountering any resistance whatever from the workers.
Eyewitness in Barcelona - George Orwell
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It has been asserted in the Communist press that the so-called uprising in Barcelona was a carefully prepared effort to overthrow the Government and even to hand Catalonia over to the fascists by provoking foreign intervention in Barcelona. The second part of this suggestion is almost too ridiculous to need refuting.
Issues in the 1936-37 Spanish Revolution
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Let us examine the real points at issue between the Communist International and the revolutionary workers of Spain, including the POUM.
How the Stalinists killed workers' control in the 1936-37 Spanish Revolution
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The workers took control of the factories. The revolution came from below. From above, in other words from the leadership of the workers’ parties, came only curbs.