| Descripción | Descripción proveniente de YouTube: Libertarians were more aware of the social struggle. They were kept informed by the anarchist newspaper "Spain and the World", which even included references to women from time to time; a report from Mujeres Libres; mention of the importance of mothers as educators, and the necessity of freeing them from religion; the caption to a picture - "Spanish Women, too, enjoy Freedom: The Church will dictate no more" Emma Goldman, official delegate of the CNT-FAI in Britain, estimated in an interview that women had not yet been given the chance to contribute much, and were insufficiently awakened and advanced; she judged that they had changed since 1929 however, becoming more alert and interested in social struggle.
But even Emma Goldman and other writers in "Spain and the World", despite their awareness of what was going on, tended to place increasing emphasis on "antifascism" first and foremost. The militarization of the militias, attacks on elements, and suppression of the collectives left less and less that libertarians could point to as positive. At the same time, a paradoxical determination was engendered to foster the idea of a vital struggle against fascism, so that everything that had been gone through would not appear useless. Of course it was possible to take the position that anything was better than fascism, but the "anything" one thereby helped to bring about was NOT the social revolution.
Until comparatively recently, it was almost necessary to justify the term "Revolution" in connection with the Spanish events of 1936 and after, so thoroughly had the social aspects of the struggle been obscured. It might still have to be defended against purists who disparage the collectivization as "self-managed capitalism". Even if this description were strictly accurate from a narrowly economist viewpoint, to deny any other significance to what happened would be to adopt blinders. Neither can the failure to abolish "legitimate" government negate the value of the experience - "dual power" is a feature of revolutions. In spite of - and because of - its limitations, the Spanish Revolution requires and repays critical study. |
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