Buenaventura Durruti was the ultimate working-class hero: carrying the future in his heart and a gun in each pocket. Abel Paz’s magnificent biography resurrects the very soul of Spanish anarchism.
Durruti in the Spanish revolution - Abel Paz | libcom.org Skip to main content libcom.org Menu Main navigation Recent Donate Collections Introductions Organise About User account menu Log in / Register Durruti in the Spanish revolution - Abel Paz Buenaventura Durruti Buenaventura Durruti was the ultimate working-class hero: carrying the future in his heart and a gun in each pocket. Abel Paz's magnificent biography resurrects the very soul of Spanish anarchism. Submitted by working class … on December 3, 2012 Copied to clipboard The new, unabridged translation of the definitive biography of Spanish revolutionary and military strategist, Buenaventura Durruti. Abel Paz, who fought alongside Durruti in the Spanish Civil War, has given us much more than an account of a single man’s life. Durruti in the Spanish Revolution is as much a biography of a nation and of a tumultuous historical era. Paz seamlessly weaves intimate biographical details of Durruti’s life—his progression from factory worker and father to bank robber, political exile and, eventually, revolutionary leader—with extensive historical background, behind-the-scenes governmental intrigue, and blow-by-blow accounts of major battles and urban guerrilla warfare. An amazing and exhaustive study of an incredible man and his life-long fight against fascism in both its capitalist and Stalinist forms. Files Durruti in the Spanish Revolution - Abel Paz.epub (28.9 MB) Durruti-Spanish-revolution-no-cover.pdf (12.83 MB) Paz - Durruti in the Spanish Revolution.pdf (13.15 MB) Spain Spanish civil war Buenaventura Durruti Working Class Self Organisation epub Abel Paz PDF Comments kropotcorn 11 years ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by kropotcorn on December 4, 2012 WOW thanks for this. This is WOW thanks for this. This is such a good read so thanks for making it more accessible. Chilli Sauce 11 years ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by Chilli Sauce on December 4, 2012 Awesome! I've been meaning Awesome! I've been meaning to read this forever. Thanks WCSO. working class … 11 years ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by working class … on December 4, 2012 I tried sorting the size out I tried sorting the size out but couldn't work out how to save at the correct size, Everytime I saved it the doc reverted back to the small size. It automatically made it the correct size on my kindle... Steven. 11 years ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by Steven. on December 4, 2012 Nice one! I have put on an Nice one! I have put on an alternate version not including the front cover for ease of reading online. Uncreative 10 years 10 months ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by Uncreative on February 13, 2013 Are all the images right in Are all the images right in this? A bunch of photos of documents appear to me as what looks a bit like tv static, with a vertical line of the same image repeated 7 times down the centre of the static, eg on page 424, where the caption reads "Revolution of October, 1934. Proclamation of the Revolutionary Committee announcing the Peasants and Workers’ Republic of Asturias." I doubt the proclamation looked like that... Guaznu 10 years ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by Guaznu on December 9, 2013 Durruti is the key to Durruti is the key to understanding the Spanish Civil War Guaznu 10 years ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by Guaznu on December 9, 2013 The death of Durruti at the The death of Durruti at the trenches in Madrid in 1936 signaled the defeat of the Republic. Tyrion 10 years ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by Tyrion on December 9, 2013 Durruti was undoubtedly a Durruti was undoubtedly a sincere and dedicated anarchist militant and a highly effective propagator of anarchism. He was, however, just one individual, and the social revolution in Spain was carried out by hundreds of thousands working class people actively transforming the existing social relations. The Spanish Revolution was already on the path toward defeat well before his death, initially with the CNT's decision to allow the Generalitat to continue to exist and followed by the formation of the class collaborationist Central Council of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia, the entry of the CNT into the Generalitat, and the entry of the CNT into the national government. Guaznu The death of Durruti at the trenches in Madrid in 1936 signaled the defeat of the Republic. This is a strange statement, and not just because Durruti was killed in an urban area and not any trenches. There seems to be an implication here that the Republic being defeated was necessarily undesirable, when in reality the Republic was a capitalist state and just as much an enemy of the working class as Franco. Despite the unfortunate formation of an antifascist alliance between the CNT-FAI and the Popular Front after the uprising by Franco and friends, the defeat of the Republic and the triumph of socialism was very much on the agenda of Durruti and other Spanish anarchists. This was, after all, a state that seemed more interested in repressing a revolutionary working class than in the war against Franco, denying weapons to the anarchist militants in Barcelona from the very start of the war. And this repression took an even more violent turn as the Republic fell increasingly under the sway of Stalinists, who destroyed the collectives that the Durruti Column had played an important role in the formation of as it moved across Aragon. propofread 6 years 5 months ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by propofread on July 21, 2017 My book of the month. I'm My book of the month. I'm converting it to epub, anyone interested to help drop me a pm. Here is the first part https://www.mediafire.com/folder/apxdohlji5bdg/Documents Steven. 6 years 5 months ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by Steven. on July 22, 2017 propofread wrote: My book of propofread My book of the month. I'm converting it to epub, anyone interested to help drop me a pm. Here is the first part https://www.mediafire.com/folder/apxdohlji5bdg/Documents hey that's great! When it's done could you upload the file here? Just click Edit above and add it to the File attachments section propofread 5 years 12 months ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by propofread on January 4, 2018 The conversion took more time The conversion took more time than anticipated, but the epub is up now. Steven. 5 years 11 months ago In reply to Welcome by libcom.org Submitted by Steven. on January 18, 2018 Thanks so much! Thanks so much! Related content Anarchism, the Republic and Civil War in Spain: 1931-1939 - Julian Casanova Spanish historian's look at the role anarchism played in the Spanish Civil War and reasons why it… When insurrections die - Gilles Dauvé This is a reconceived version of 'Fascism and Anti-Fascism'. In this text, Dauvé shows how the wave of proletarian revolts in the first half of… Durruti, Buenaventura, 1896-1936 A biography of legendary Spanish anarchist and Civil War fighter Buenaventura Durruti. 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