ANARCHIST ORGANISATION THE HISTORY OF THE F.A.I. JUAN G6MEZ CASAS translated by ABE BLUESTEIN BLACK ROSE BOOKS Montreal-Buffalo TABLE OF CONTENTS TRANSLATOR'S NOTE 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11 INTRODUCTION 13 Chapter One: ANTECEDENTS OF THE ALLIANCE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY IN SPAIN 21 Fanelli in Madrid and Barcelona 26 The Founding Nucleus in Madrid 27 The Marxist "Alliance" 32 Thomas Gonzalez Morago and the Local Federation of the International in Madrid 36 Chapter Two: THE C.N.T. AND ANARCHISM UP TO THE PRIMO DE RIVERA DICTATORSHIP 47 Creation of the C.N.T 50 Anarchosyndicalism and Anarchism 54 The Congress at the Comedia Theatre and the Start of Terrorism 58 Creation of the National Federation of Anarchist Groups ... 63 Chapter Three: ANARCHISM AND ANARCHOSYNDICAL­ ISM DURING THE PRIMO DE RIVERA DICTATOR­ SHIP AND UP TO THE SECOND REPUBLIC 69 Existence Underground, Crisis, and Theoretical/Tactical Debates 75 Arango and Santillan and La Protesta 79 New Theoretical Debates. Attack by Maurin and Oscar Perez Solis 86 Organizational Activity up to the Establishment of the F.A.I 90 From the National Plenum in March to the Valencia Conference 97 Analysis of The Platform 101 Chapter Four: THE IBERIAN ANARCHIST FEDERATION 107 The Valencia Conference 113 Response to the F.A.I.—Los Solidarios 116 Fall of the Dictatorship 118 The Confederal (C.N.T.) Congress at the Madrid Conservatory 120 Reappearance of the Los Solidarios 122 Radicalization of Anarchosyndicalism 125 Anarchism and Treintismo 125 The Myth of the F.A.I 132 The F.A.I, and the Cycle of Insurrections 135 National Plenum of Regions 138 Revolutionary Strategy and Theory 148 The Problem of Libertarian Communism 156 National Plenum of F.A.I. Regions, January-February 1936 163 Brief Comments on the F.A.I. National Plenum 177 The F.A.I, and the Saragossa Congress 179 Chapter Five: THE CIVIL WAR 183 The C.N.T. - F.A.I. Connection 183 Central Committee of Anti-Fascist Militias 187 C.N.T.-F.A.I. and Government Collaboration 192 Facing International Anarchism and Anarchosyndicalism: Dif­ ficult Justifications 200 Theory and Practice To May 1937 205 Theory and Practice After May 1937 209 Councils on Political Affairs and the Peninsular Plenum of the F.A.I. Change of Structure 215 Late and Incomplete Reaction of the F.A.I. Military Defeat and Collapse of the Republic 226 Disagreement Between the C.N.T. and the F.A.I 229 Predicaments for the F.A.I 234 Fall of Catalonia. The F.A.I, and the Libertarian Movement in the Centre-South Zone 245 The F.A.I. Today 250 BIBLIOGRAPHY 255 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS IN ENGLISH 259 THE AUTHOR 261 .