In Barcelona workers began to respond as members of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo union seized 200 rifles from the holds of two ships docked in the harbour and distributed them to union activists.

These events marked the beginning of the Spanish civil war. In the coming days,full-scale social revolution would break out which would set the Spanish working class, and volunteers from across the world, against the combined might of the bulk of the Spanish military backed up by Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. 

 

Join us for a commemorative event on Saturday 24th July at 12.30pm as we mark the 85th Anniversary of the Spanish Revolution.