Fighting Fascist Spain: Worker Protest from the Printing Press

Feu, Montse

ISBN 10: 0252085116 / ISBN 13: 9780252085116

Published by University of Illinois Press, 2020

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pp. 280.

Seller Inventory # 26376528260

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fighting Fascist Spain: Worker Protest from the Printing Press
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252085116
• ISBN 13: 9780252085116
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the 1930s, anarchists and socialists among Spanish immigrants living in the United States created Espaņa Libre (Free Spain) as a response to the Nationalist takeover in their homeland. Worker-oriented and avowedly antifascist, the grassroots periodical raised money for refugees and political prisoners while advancing left-wing culture and politics. Espaņa Libre proved both visionary and durable, charting an alternate path toward a modern Spain and enduring until democracy's return to the country in 1977.

Montse Feu merges Espaņa Libre's story with the drama of the Spanish immigrant community's fight against fascism. The periodical emerged as part of a transnational effort to link migrants and new exiles living in the United States to antifascist networks abroad. In addition to showing how workers' culture and politics shaped their antifascism, Feu brings to light creative works that ranged from literature to satire to cartoons to theater. As Espaņa Libre opened up radical practices, it encouraged allies to reject violence in favor of social revolution's potential for joy and inclusion.

About the Author

Montse Feu is an associate professor of Hispanic studies and co-advisor of graduate studies for the Spanish program at Sam Houston State University. She is coeditor of Writing Revolution: Hispanic Anarchism in the United States.