Leval Gaston (178 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. An history study of the Spanish Revolution bringing together two aspects that are generally difficult to unite - analysis and testimony. Gaston Leval visited the towns and villages of revolutionary Spain where people had opted to live a libertarian communist lifestyle almost without precedent in history, collectivising the land, factories, and social services. Collective in the Spanish Revolution clearly demonstrates that the working class are perfectly capable of running farms, factories, workshops, and health and public services without bosses or managers dictating to them.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. There was a general rejoicing when the regime of Tsar Nicholas II fell in February 1917, a new era of liberty dawned. But what would come next?This book presents sketches of encounters in the new Russia.*Emma Goldman relates her experiences of daily life, her meeting with Peter Kropotkin and tells the story of the life of Maria Spiridonova, a famous SR activist who escaped from a mental hospital where she had been locked up.*Gaston Leval and Angel Pestana were members of a delegation from the Spanish CNT union and reported back on what they found, especially how trade unions functioned with policeman keeping order in union meetings. Armando Borghi tells of a meeting with Victor Serge.*Jack Wilkens wrote a series of articles for the French journal Le Libertaire. They tell of how Soviets functioned, of how workers live, of working conditions for men and women and of rural life.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. An history study of the Spanish Revolution bringing together two aspects that are generally difficult to unite - analysis and testimony. Gaston Leval visited the towns and villages of revolutionary Spain where people had opted to live a libertarian communist lifestyle almost without precedent in history, collectivising the land, factories, and social services. Collective in the Spanish Revolution clearly demonstrates that the working class are perfectly capable of running farms, factories, workshops, and health and public services without bosses or managers dictating to them.…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 200 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Pamphlet. 16p., wraps, 4.25x5.25 inches, staples rusted else very good condition. Abridged version of part of Leval's SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION IN SPAIN, published in 1938.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Shelf-wear. Clean pages. No markings.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small format 16pp pamphlet. An abridged version of the author's Social reconstruction in Spain (1938).

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Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New; satisfaction guaranteed. Trade paperback binding. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973. Revolutionary Spain came about with an explosion of social change so advanced and sweeping that it remains widely studied as one of the foremost experiments in worker self-management in history. At the heart of this vast foray into toppling entrenched forms of domination and centralised control was the flourishing of an array of worker-run collectives in industry, agriculture, public services, and beyond.Collectives in the Spanish Revolution is a unique account of this transformative process?a work combining impeccable research and analysis with lucid reportage. Its author, Gaston Leval, was not only a participant in the Revolution and a dedicated anarcho-syndicalist but an especially knowledgeable eyewitness to the many industrial and agrarian collectives. In documenting the collectives? organisation and how they improved working conditions and increased output, Leval also gave voice to the workers who made them, recording their stories and experiences. At the same time, Leval did not shy away from exploring some of the collectives? failings, often ignored in other accounts of the period, opening space for readers today to critically draw lessons from the Spanish experience with self-managed collectives.The book opens with an insightful examination of pre-revolutionary economic conditions in Spain that gave rise to the worker and peasant initiatives Leval documents and analyses in the bulk of his study. He begins by surveying agrarian collectives in Arag?n, Levante, and Castile. Leval then guides the reader through an incredible variety of urban examples of self-organisation, from factories and workshops to medicine, social services, Barcelona?s tramway system, and beyond. He concludes with a brief but perceptive consideration of the broader political context in which workers carried out such a far-reaching revolution in social organisation?and a rumination on who and what was responsible for its defeat.This classic translation of the French original by Vernon Richards is presented in this edition for the first time with an index. A new introduction by Pedro Garc?a-Guirao and a preface by Stuart Christie offer a pr?cis of Leval?s life and methods, placing his landmark study in the context of more recent writing on the Spanish collectives?eloquently positing that Leval?s account of collectivism and his assessments of their achievements and failings still have a great deal to teach us today.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Condition: Good. Good condition. French. (history, spain, politics) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

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