{"product_id":"lessons-of-the-spanish-revolution-1936-1939-9781629636474","title":"Lessons of the Spanish Revolution: 1936-1939","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLessons of the Spanish Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e examines the many ways in which Spain's revolutionary movement contributed to its own defeat. Was it too weak to carry through the revolution? To what extent was the purchase of arms and raw materials from outside sources dependent upon the appearance of a constitutional government inside Republican Spain? What chances had an improvised army of guerrillas against a trained fighting force? These were some of the practical problems facing the revolutionary movement and its leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut in seeking to solve these problems, the anarchists and revolutionary syndicalists were also confronted with other fundamental questions. Could they collaborate with political parties and reformist unions? Given the circumstances, was one form of government to be supported against another? Should the revolutionary impetus of the first days of resistance be halted in the interests of the armed struggle against Franco or be allowed to develop as far as the workers were prepared to take it? Was the situation such that the social revolution could triumph and, if not, what was to be the role of the revolutionary workers?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally written as a series of weekly articles in the 1950s and expanded, republished, and translated into many languages over the years, Vernon Richards's analysis remains essential reading for all those interested in revolutionary praxis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross seven decades, \u003cb\u003eVernon Richards\u003c\/b\u003e maintained an anarchist presence in British publishing. He edited the anarchist paper \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e, translated the Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta, and photographed George Orwell. \u003cb\u003eDavid Goodway\u003c\/b\u003e is a British social and cultural historian. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnarchist Seeds beneath the Snow\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eFor Anarchism, Herbert Read Reassessed, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Letters of John Cowper Powys and Emma Goldman, \u003c\/i\u003e among others.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749315150098,"sku":"9781629636474","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_78067d08-4032-451e-aa8c-21f0c03c2b0f.jpg?v=1764076734","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lessons-of-the-spanish-revolution-1936-1939-9781629636474","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}