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Agitated : Grupos Autonomos and armed Anticapitalism in Spain, 1974-1984 / Joni D. and Paul Sharkey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- D., Joni, author.
- Sharkey, Paul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democratization--Spain--History--20th century.
- Democratization.
- Government, Resistance to--History.
- Government, Resistance to.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Chico, CA : AK Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- In the long shadow of dictatorship, young Spanish rebels fight for a truly free society.   The Franco dictatorship in Spain was famously beset by armed revolutionary groups, inheritors of the legacy of Spanish anarchism that Franco had crushed. Less well-known are the Grupos Autónomos (Autonomous Groups) active during Spain’s transition to “democracy, ” a transition set in motion and overseen by the powerful elites of the Franco regime and intended to maintain existing social and economic relations. As the country reorganized under a veneer of a parliamentary monarchy, resistance spread in the form of small autonomous bands of armed rebels who sought a more free and egalitarian future for Spain.  Agitated  is the tale of those groups. It brings alive the young people who comprised them, detailing their struggle against the faux democracy of authoritarian capitalism and the vibrant lives they lived: the counterculture they formed, their relations with workers, life underground, of course, the repression they suffered.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Introduction
- FOREWORD, by mateo seguí
- AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION
- Prologue: Irma
- 1. GRUPOS AUTÓNOMOS
- Action Groups
- Petit Loup
- 2. AFTER THE MIL
- Solidarity With the MIL Prisoners
- Sabata
- The Catalan Network
- Roger
- Workers' Autonomy
- Llengües
- 3. TRANSFER OF POWERS
- Horse-Trading
- Gerard
- No Borders
- José
- Culture of Change
- Dani
- 4. REPRESSION
- Oppression
- Denís
- The Murder of Agustín Rueda
- Felipe
- The Prisons
- Juan
- The Results of Infiltration
- 5. ARMED AGITATION
- Valencia
- Paco (Valencia)
- Madrid
- Paco (Madrid)
- The Basque Country
- Miguel
- Concerted Agitation
- 6. THE END OF A DREAM
- Juanjo
- Clandestinity
- Michel
- Inside
- Víctor
- 7. THE DREAM LIVES ON
- The Dream Lives On
- CHRONOLOGY
- ABBREVIATIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Copyright
- Friends of AK Press.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781849354325
- 1849354324
- OCLC:
- 1348482658
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