CNT (
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo - National Confederation of Labour): The confederation of
anarcho-syndicalist trade unions.
FAI (
Federación Anarquista Ibérica - Iberian Anarchist Federation): The federation of anarchist groups, very active in the Republican militias.
Mujeres Libres (Free Women): The anarchist feminist organisation.
FIJL (Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias - Iberian Federation of
Libertarian Youth)
During the Spanish Civil War communists, socialists, anarchists (as well as many others) put aside their differences and banded together in an attempt to defeat the fascist Franco. The anarchists had collectivized everything and the largest of their groups (CNT) boasted 1.58 million members. They abolished money and used ration cards. Below are some of the beautiful examples of them complete with inspiring pictures and slogans.
It was the first time I had ever been in a town
where the working class was in the saddle. Practically every building of
any size had been seized by the workers and was draped with red flags
or with the red and black flag of the Anarchists; every wall was
scrawled with the
hammer and sickle
and with the initials of the revolutionary parties; almost every church
had been gutted and its images burnt. Churches here and there were
being systematically demolished by gangs of workmen. Every shop and café
had an inscription saying that it had been collectivised; even the
bootblacks had been collectivised and their boxes painted red and black.
Waiters and shop-walkers looked you in the face and treated you as an
equal. Servile and even ceremonial forms of speech had temporarily
disappeared. Nobody said
Señor or
Don or even
Usted; everyone called everyone else
Comrade and
Thou, and even said
Salud! instead of
Buenos dias.
The book our best friend humanity will redeem with the culture and the work
TANKS ARE THE VEHICLES OF VICTORY
LIBERATE WOMEN! WOMAN: YOUR FAMILY ARE THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS
Relieve the absence of fathers with donations
Each Shot is a Goal
To the glory of the soldier, country must never forget those who die for you
The closest we came was taking this above picture (they are fast and cunning),
the Yeti can be seen in the upper right hand corner climbing the rocks.
