Spanish Revolution:
English Language Periodical of the United Libertarian Organizations in New York City
The Spanish Revolution was the English-langauge twice monthly publication of the United Libertarian Organizations (ULO) in New York from 1936 until 1938. The paper was initiated by a delegation of members of the C.N.T., the mass anarcho-syndicalist union in Spain, in order to support the Spanish Revolution. Editorship was collective, with the ULO including the Jewish Anarchist Federation (Freie Arbeiter Stimme), the Russian Federation (Dielo Trouda), the Vanguard group, several IWW locals, a Spanish language federation (Cultura Proletaria), and Carlo Tresca's Il Martello.
As Russell Blackwell wrote for the Greenwood Prints edition of The Spanish Revolution :
At that time, the anarchist movement in the United States consisted of a number of groups largely organized around foreign language newspapers and having but minimal coordination of activities. On the initiative of Olay, it was decided to establish an ad hoc organization, the United Libertarian Organizations, to publish Spanish Revolution.
The United Libertarian Organizations embraced the Jewish Anarchist Federation (publishers of Freie Arbeiter Stimme), the Russian Federation (Dielo Trouda) , the Vanguard group, several branches of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), a federation of Spanish language groups publishing Cultura Proletaria Carlo Tresca's group publishing the Italian newspaper Il Martello, several Canadian anarchist groups, some Italian groups in New England, and a scattering of others. Although not actually affiliated, the Gillespie, Illinois, branch of the Progressive Miners of America contributed substantially through a regular monthly assessment on its membership. Mass meetings were held m many Cities and thousands of dollars were collected, all of which was sent to the Spanish movement with no deductions for overhead expenses.
The central activity of the United Libertarian Organizatnos was the publication and circulation of The Spanish Revolution. Its editorial policies were the collective responsibility of all. Most articles were unsigned since they expressed the ideas of many people and their line had been worked out in general editorial meetings. The paper was not especially concerned with the military aspect of the civil war, which were adequately covered in the capitahst press. It emphasized the much more fundamental revolutionary developments that gave meanmg to the military struggle. Special attention was paid to the constructive work of the revolution, with the collectivizations in agriculture and industry being reported in considerable detail. More important policy statements of the C.N.T. were printed in translation.
By 1938 the right-wing Socialist government of Negrin had replaced the more left-wing one of Largo Caballero. The counter-revolution now triumphant and supressed within by the Spanish government and their allies in the Spanish Communist Party, The Spanish Revolution ceased publication.
Contents
1936
Volume 1, Number 1, August 19, 1936
Volume 1, Number 2, September 5, 1936
Revolutionary Anti-Fascists Maintain Order
Factories Fields Taken by Toilers
C.N.T./F.A.I. Appeal to All the Workers of the World
Purpose and Aims of the U.L.O.
Significance of the Spanish Events
Slogan 'Make the Rich Pay' Fully Applied
Anarchists and Marxists Set Up Relations Committee
Anarchists Prevent Surprise Attack
Social Reconstruction Proceeds While Workers Battle Fascism
Volume 1, Number 3, September 25, 1936
Volume 1, Number 4, October 19, 1936
Volume 1, Number 5, November 6, 1936
Volume 1, Number 6, November 25, 1936
Volume 1, Number 7, December 9, 1936
Anarcho-Syndicalists Build Free Socialism in Catalonia
Nationalist Plot Significant Landmark Development of Spanish Revolution
Buenaventura Durruti
Cowardly Policy Brought Moors to Spain
What Fascist Rule Holds in Store for Spain
C.N.T. Radio
For a Federation of United Libertarian Organizations
Technicians Work for Revolution
Open Letter to Russian Workers
Libertarian Revolution Winning Petty Bourgeoisie to its Economic Program
The Immediate Political Aims of the C.N.T.
Workers Run Department Stores
An Appeal to Friends of 'Spanish Revolution'
Volume 1, Number 8, December 23, 1936
1937
Volume 1, Number 9, January 8, 1937
Volume 1, Number 10, January 25, 1937
Free Socialism Immediate Goal of Spanish Workers
Revolutionary Policies Triumph In Catalonia
United Front Sabotaged in Barcelona
Soviet Council Praises Anarchists
Collaboration With Middle Classes Slows Proletarian Revolution
Spanish Workers are Their Own Leaders
Daily Press to be Controlled by Revolutionary Workers
Workers Unions Organize Textile Industry
Expropriation on the Basis of Revolutionary Equity
Revolution Builds While Fighting
Politicians at Work in the International Brigades
Volume 1, Number 11, February 8, 1937
Volume 1, Number 12, February 26, 1937
Volume 1, Number 13, March 12, 1937
Volume 1, Number 14, March 26, 1937
Volume 1, Number 15, April 9, 1937
Volume 1, Number 16, April 23, 1937
Volume 1, Number 17, May 7, 1937
England Plotted Fall of Malaga
Catalonian Political Crisis Solved
Counter-Revolution Checked in Catalonia
Peasant Unions Strengthen Hold Upon Economy
No More Concessions to Counter-Revolution
Towards a New July 19th
Anarchist Slogans
United Front? Yes, But For Revolution and not Reforms
Breathing the Air of Free Men
Catalonia Forges Ahead
Volume 1, Number 18, May 21, 1937
Military Dictatorship for Spain Planned by England and France
Anarchists in Barcelona Still Hold Positions Intact
Fighting in Barcelona Provoked by Communist and Republican Politicians
Revolution in Spain Cannot Be Checked
Power of Revolution Lies with Industrial Union, Not the State
The Incipient Campaign of Detraction
Future Belongs to Libertarian Youth
Conspiracy of Silence
Peasants of Aragon Are for Collectives
International Control Suspected in Spain
Why is Soviet Russia Opposed to Revolution in Spain?
Revolutionary Justice Defied
Volume 1, Number 19, June 4, 1937
Who is Responsible for the Fighting in Barcelona?
Towards a Revolutionary Alliance of Spanish Workers
Attempted Coup Thwarted by Heroic Resistance of Barcelona Workers
Eye-witness Account of Barcelona Events
A Chang-Kai-Shek for Spain
Anarchists Gain in Castile
Famous Anarchist Thinker Assassinated by Barcelona Chekists
Whither Proletarian Youth of Spain?
Volume 1, Number 20, June 18, 1937
International Conspiracy Exposed, interview with D. A. de Santillan, May 13, 1937
Counter-revolutionary Drive is On
Spanish Government Opens Offensive Against Revolutionary Conquests
C.N.T. Brands Reactionary Role of Communist Party, Statement by the National Committee of the C.N.T., May 25, 1937
The Master's Voice
"Nation" Belies Its Liberal Traditions
Anarchist Fighters at the Fronts
Mr. Blum's Neutrality
The Tragic Days in Barcelona
"They Want to Convert Spain into a Country of Small Proprietors, That Is a Country of Slaves"
War Could Have Been Won a Long Time Ago, If..., interview with D. A. de Santillan
Socialist Youth Rebels
The Anarchists Demand
Volume 1, Number 21, July 2, 1937
Moscow Trials on Spanish Soil
Workers Resist Reactionary Move
State Capitalism Aim of Communist Party in Catalonia
C.N.T. Maps Plans to Fight Counter-revolution
The Fall of Bilbao
Shielding Class Enemies of Workers and Peasants
"Revolutionary Economy of Catalonia Is a Rational and Just System"
Communists Fight Agricultural Collectives
True Anti-fascism is Revolutionary and Libertarian
Volume 1, Number 22, July 19, 1937
The Greater Promises of July 19th
Toward a New July 19th
Who Plotted the Uprising in Barcelona
Unions Forging a New Revolutionary Front
How Political Crises Are Made: Secret Communist Instructions Revealed
A Letter from Spain [by Charles Orr]
C.N.T. Still Remains a Force
Volume 1, Number 23, August 6, 1937
Moscow's Hand in Barcelona
A Landmark of Counter-revolutionary Triumph
Is Valencia Negotiating Peace with Franco?
International Protests against Moscow Methods in Spain
Anarchist Federation of Spain (F.A.I.) Holds Historic Convention
Communist Party Leads Spain Toward a Catastrophe
C.N.T. Growing Strength in spite of Persecusions
Revolutionary Achievements of Catalonian Workers
Libertarian Communism in Aragon
A Letter from Barcelona
Volume 1, Number 24, August 20, 1937
Toward a Revolutionary Alliance
Was the Basque Front Sabotaged by Valencia Government?
Whither Communist Party of Spain?
Demoralization of Aragon Front Sought by Politicians
C.N.T. Appeals to the Workers of the World
Fascism Cannot Be Fought with the Aid of a Totalitarian Party
C.N.T. Delegate Roports Success of Peasant Collectives in Castile (Central) Province
The Great Crime
Chicago Leads the Way
Volume 2, Number 1, September 7, 1937
Is Catalonia Negotiating A Separate Peace With Franco?
Aragon Free Council Dissolved by Order of Valencia Government
"Mysterious" Fires in Stalinist Baracks Are No Mystery to Workers
Reactionary Churches Reopening in Spain
Libertarian Youth of Valencia Province on the Upgrade
Solidarity of Working Class Can Save Spanish Revolution
Barcelona Masses Celebrate Unity Pact
Stalinist-Bourgeoisie Plan Totalitarian Party in Order to Combat Unity of C.N.T.-U.G.T.
Terms of Unity Pact
Catalan Constructive Role in Spanish War Told by "N. Y. Post" Columnist
Campaign to Aid Spanish Victims Must Be Intensified
Volume 2, Number 2, September 30, 1937
Negrin's Anti-Labor Axts Wxposed by Libertarian Press
Constructive Work of Spanish Anarchists
Hundreds of Anti-Fascist Volunteers Deported and Handed to Fascist Consuls by Negrin
Stalinists Concoct Catalan Separate Peace Rumors
Heroic 29th Division on Aragon Front Dissolved to Disarm Revolutionary Workers
Whither the "Government of Victory"
Moscow Blackmail of Spanish Workers Told by Correspondent
Spanish C.P. Attacks U.G.T.-C.N.T. Unity Pact
Funds for Spain Misused
Footnotes
French Socialists Protest Negrin Actions
Stalinist Perfidy
Coming Events
Volume 2, Number 3, October 22, 1937
Volume 2, Number 4, November 8, 1937
Volume 2, Number 5, November 22, 1937
Volume 2, Number 6, December 6, 1937
Volume 2, Number 7, December 20, 1937
1938
Volume 2, Number 8, January 10, 1938
Volume 2, Number 9, January 24, 1938
Volume 2, Number 10, February 23, 1938
Volume 2, Number 11, March 21, 1938
Volume 2, Number 12, May 1, 1938