The Working Classes In The Spanish Civil War

The Spanish civil war began in response to the fascist uprising led by General Francisco Franco in Spain. The war eventually came to embody the fight between the working class and the bourgeoisie. The working classes in the Spanish War were guided in part by the Anarchists and faced a challenge that most oppositional movements face. The balance of organization and demands. Movements often fail due to a sole focus on their demands and not what will lead to the implication of their goals, such as a strong organization. This complete concentrate on single parts of the movement leads to faults internally and externally. The Anarchists, therefore, dealt with the need for efficient organization and their demands for total equality, accomplished by allowing both to exist side-by-side and emphasizing collectivization.

One of the ways that the anarchist in the Spanish civil war dealt with the tension between the need for efficient organization and their demand for equality was by not allowing both issues to battle each other but coexist. The anarchists took what they believed in, notably total equality, but also the opposing of small minority power over the masses, and applied it to their movement. As noted by the Anarchist Library saying

“…the workers and peasants had created their own institutions

It showcased good organization in that it had the people come before individualism, as well as that equality can be implemented, even before the end goal of total equality. ( )The demand for equality was part of Anarchist organizational tactics rather than a part of their driving factors. In using what they embody into their organization, the anarchist saw a movement that was not just a war to defeat the fascists but also the beginning of a revolution.