Spanish Revolution:
English Language Periodical of the United Libertarian Organizations in New York City
The Spanish Revolution was the English-langauge twice monthly publication of the United Libertarian Organizations (ULO) in New York from 1936 until 1938. The paper was initiated by a delegation of members of the C.N.T., the mass anarcho-syndicalist union in Spain, in order to support the Spanish Revolution. Editorship was collective, with the ULO including the Jewish Anarchist Federation (Freie Arbeiter Stimme), the Russian Federation (Dielo Trouda), the Vanguard group, several IWW locals, a Spanish language federation (Cultura Proletaria), and Carlo Tresca's Il Martello.
As Russell Blackwell wrote for the Greenwood Prints edition of The Spanish Revolution :
At that time, the anarchist movement in the United States consisted of a number of groups largely organized around foreign language newspapers and having but minimal coordination of activities. On the initiative of Olay, it was decided to establish an ad hoc organization, the United Libertarian Organizations, to publish Spanish Revolution.
The United Libertarian Organizations embraced the Jewish Anarchist Federation (publishers of Freie Arbeiter Stimme), the Russian Federation (Dielo Trouda) , the Vanguard group, several branches of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), a federation of Spanish language groups publishing Cultura Proletaria Carlo Tresca's group publishing the Italian newspaper Il Martello, several Canadian anarchist groups, some Italian groups in New England, and a scattering of others. Although not actually affiliated, the Gillespie, Illinois, branch of the Progressive Miners of America contributed substantially through a regular monthly assessment on its membership. Mass meetings were held m many Cities and thousands of dollars were collected, all of which was sent to the Spanish movement with no deductions for overhead expenses.
The central activity of the United Libertarian Organizatnos was the publication and circulation of The Spanish Revolution. Its editorial policies were the collective responsibility of all. Most articles were unsigned since they expressed the ideas of many people and their line had been worked out in general editorial meetings. The paper was not especially concerned with the military aspect of the civil war, which were adequately covered in the capitahst press. It emphasized the much more fundamental revolutionary developments that gave meanmg to the military struggle. Special attention was paid to the constructive work of the revolution, with the collectivizations in agriculture and industry being reported in considerable detail. More important policy statements of the C.N.T. were printed in translation.
By 1938 the right-wing Socialist government of Negrin had replaced the more left-wing one of Largo Caballero. The counter-revolution now triumphant and supressed within by the Spanish government and their allies in the Spanish Communist Party, The Spanish Revolution ceased publication.
Contents
1936
Volume 1, Number 1, August 19, 1936
Volume 1, Number 2, September 5, 1936
Revolutionary Anti-Fascists Maintain Order
Factories Fields Taken by Toilers
C.N.T./F.A.I. Appeal to All the Workers of the World
Purpose and Aims of the U.L.O.
Significance of the Spanish Events
Slogan 'Make the Rich Pay' Fully Applied
Anarchists and Marxists Set Up Relations Committee
Anarchists Prevent Surprise Attack
Social Reconstruction Proceeds While Workers Battle Fascism
Volume 1, Number 3, September 25, 1936
Volume 1, Number 4, October 19, 1936
Volume 1, Number 5, November 6, 1936
Volume 1, Number 6, November 25, 1936
Volume 1, Number 7, December 9, 1936
Anarcho-Syndicalists Build Free Socialism in Catalonia
Nationalist Plot Significant Landmark Development of Spanish Revolution
Buenaventura Durruti
Cowardly Policy Brought Moors to Spain
What Fascist Rule Holds in Store for Spain
C.N.T. Radio
For a Federation of United Libertarian Organizations
Technicians Work for Revolution
Open Letter to Russian Workers
Libertarian Revolution Winning Petty Bourgeoisie to its Economic Program
The Immediate Political Aims of the C.N.T.
Workers Run Department Stores
An Appeal to Friends of 'Spanish Revolution'
Volume 1, Number 8, December 23, 1936
1937
Volume 1, Number 9, January 8, 1937
Volume 1, Number 10, January 25, 1937
Free Socialism Immediate Goal of Spanish Workers
Revolutionary Policies Triumph In Catalonia
United Front Sabotaged in Barcelona
Soviet Council Praises Anarchists
Collaboration With Middle Classes Slows Proletarian Revolution
Spanish Workers are Their Own Leaders
Daily Press to be Controlled by Revolutionary Workers
Workers Unions Organize Textile Industry
Expropriation on the Basis of Revolutionary Equity
Revolution Builds While Fighting
Politicians at Work in the International Brigades
Volume 1, Number 11, February 8, 1937
Volume 1, Number 12, February 26, 1937
Volume 1, Number 13, March 12, 1937
Volume 1, Number 14, March 26, 1937
Volume 1, Number 15, April 9, 1937
Volume 1, Number 16, April 23, 1937
Volume 1, Number 17, May 7, 1937
Volume 1, Number 18, May 21, 1937
Volume 1, Number 19, jun 4, 1937
Volume 1, Number 20, jun 18, 1937
Volume 1, Number 21, July 2, 1937
Volume 1, Number 22, July 19, 1937
Volume 1, Number 23, August 6, 1937
Volume 1, Number 24, August 20, 1937
Volume 2, Number 1, September 7, 1937
Volume 2, Number 2, September 30, 1937
Volume 2, Number 3, October 22, 1937
Volume 2, Number 4, November 8, 1937
Volume 2, Number 5, November 22, 1937
Volume 2, Number 6, December 6, 1937
Volume 2, Number 7, December 20, 1937
1938
Volume 2, Number 8, January 10, 1938
Volume 2, Number 9, January 24, 1938
Volume 2, Number 10, February 23, 1938
Volume 2, Number 11, March 21, 1938
Volume 2, Number 12, May 1, 1938