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DESCRIPTION:Class begins Wed. Sep. 21st  next classes Sep. 28th, Oct. 5th, 12th, 19th, 
 26th  Location: Downtown Campus- 88 4th St., San Francisco ( across from 
 the Metreon )  Room #: 725  Course Description:  This course will examine 
 the context of the anarchist contribution to the revolution and civil war 
 that took place in Spain as a result of the attempted coup d'etat by the 
 military in July 1936. Topics that will be covered include: the social 
 context of Spain through the 1930s; a history  of anarchist activity in 
 Spain, 1880s-1930s; rivalry with socialists; the organizational ideas and 
 structures of the CNT and the FAI; the CP, electoralism, and the Popular 
 Front; the attempted coup (which social classes were involved and why) and 
 its immediate aftermath;  government anarchists; foreign intervention; 
 militias versus Popular Army; internal tensions among anti-fascist groups; 
 Mujeres Libres and the women's  question; the May Days in Barcelona, the 
 Friends of Durruti, and the death of the Revolution; ultimate military 
 defeat; post-war resistance/suppression.  Recommended readings: Homage to 
 Catalonia by George Orwell (an eyewitness account of Orwell's experiences 
 as a militia volunteer; his experiences  in Spain led him to write "Animal 
 Farm" and "1984"); The Spanish Civil War by Antony Beevor (a military 
 historian sympathetic to the anarchists looks at the various tensions in 
 Spanish culture and fits those into a highly  readable overview of the war 
 years); We! the Anarchists by Stuart Christie (a detailed critical look at 
 the FAI and its relation to the CNT, with an excellent history of how each 
 organzation dealt with the revolution and war).  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/09/27/76663.php
SUMMARY: Anarchist Library Class: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War
LOCATION:City College of San Francisco  Downtown Campus- 88 4th St., San Francisco ( 
 across from the Metreon )  Room #: 725
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/09/27/76663.php
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