{"product_id":"the-anarchist-inquisition-assassins-activists-and-martyrs-in-spain-and-france-9781501761928","title":"The Anarchist Inquisition: Assassins, Activists, and Martyrs in Spain and France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist Inquisition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores the groundbreaking transnational human rights campaigns that emerged in response to a brutal wave of repression unleashed by the Spanish state to quash anarchist activities at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Bray guides readers through this tumultuous era--from backroom meetings in Paris and torture chambers in Barcelona, to international antiterrorist conferences in Rome and human rights demonstrations in Buenos Aires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnarchist bombings in theaters and cafes in the 1890s provoked mass arrests, the passage of harsh anti-anarchist laws, and executions in France and Spain. Yet, far from a marginal phenomenon, this first international terrorist threat had profound ramifications for the broader development of human rights, as well as modern global policing, and international legislation on extradition and migration. A transnational network of journalists, lawyers, union activists, anarchists, and other dissidents related peninsular torture to Spain's brutal suppression of colonial revolts in Cuba and the Philippines to craft a nascent human rights movement against the \"revival of the Inquisition.\" Ultimately their efforts compelled the monarchy to accede in the face of unprecedented global criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBray draws a vivid picture of the assassins, activists, torturers, and martyrs whose struggles set the stage for a previously unexamined era of human rights mobilization. Rather than assuming that human rights struggles and \"terrorism\" are inherently contradictory forces, \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist Inquisition\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes how these two modern political phenomena worked in tandem to constitute dynamic campaigns against Spanish atrocities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Bray is a historian of human rights at Rutgers University. He is the author of the nationally bestselling \u003ci\u003eAntifa and Translating Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e. Follow him on X @Mark__Bray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676098363666,"sku":"9781501761928","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_058198ce-b669-4e99-914a-8a44edf1c294.jpg?v=1761042458","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-anarchist-inquisition-assassins-activists-and-martyrs-in-spain-and-france-9781501761928","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}