Leopoldo Bonafulla

The July Revolution

Barcelona 1909
Übersetzer: Faybysh, Slava

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Produktbeschreibung

A spirited eye-witness account of revolutionary upheaval and state repression.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AK Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 202mm x 136mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 292g
• ISBN-13: 9781849354103
• ISBN-10: 1849354103
• Artikelnr.: 59940500

Autorenporträt

Leopoldo Bonafulla was the pseudonym of the Catalan anarchist Joan Baptista Esteve. He was part of the militant Avenir Group, which published a newspaper of the same name, and edited the newspaper El Productor and collaborated on El Rebelde and La Revista Blanca. He took part in, and was imprisoned for, the events of the Spain's "Tragic Week" of 1909. Soon after, he participated in the founding congress of the CNT labor union and went on to become a major figure in Spanish anarcho-syndicalism. He died in 1922.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, James Michael Yeoman Translator's Note, Slava Faybysh CHAPTER 1 Causes and background. The Moroccan mines
War in the Rif
Embarkation of the reservists
Upheaval and protests
Government repression
Disturbances and prisons in Madrid and Barcelona. Declaration of a general strike CHAPTER 2 The popular protest is generalized
Bloody clashes and resistance
Barcelona under martial law
Revolutionaries at the barricades
Convents, friaries and churches set ablaze
Constitutional rights suspended all over Spain
Military reinforcements arrive. Last efforts of the rebels
Bloody epilogue
Injuries and deaths CHAPTER 3 Heinous acts of capital's powerful and the false messengers of god
Manifesto of the regionalist deputies and senators
Message of the committee of social defense
Document of the prelate of this diocese
Agreements of the diocesan board
Endorsement of the parish churches of Barcelona
Declaration of Pope Pius X. The extremely timely reply CHAPTER 4 Government brutality. Anomalies of the military courts.
Lack of internal struggle
There was no compassion, purity
Drumhead courts
martial begin
Life imprisonment
Sentenced to death
First firing squads
Ramon Clemente García
An astounding case CHAPTER 5 The boy from the coal store
The facts of the case
Neighbors from carrer del carme and d'en roig
To the castle
The firing squad
Madrid's El País
Protest movement in some capitals
A tense session in Madrid City Hall
An alternative examination of the case CHAPTER 6 Clean up Barcelona!
Schools
Deported to Cantavieja, Alcañiz, Siétamo, and other points
Deported to Almudévar, Ayerbe, and Huesca. More exiles and school closures in other points in Spain
The predominance of the church CHAPTER 7 There was no leader
Sacristan Ugarte, supreme court prosecutor
Summons and arrest warrant issued for Ferrer
The arrest
Letters from Ferrer and Soledad Villafranca
Police circulars
The famous Lerroux letter
The defense witnesses are not heard CHAPTER 8 Ferrer before the military tribunal
The magistrate reads his report
The prosecutor speaks
The defense
Ferrer's final statement
The sentence
The captain general approves the decision
Dictates of the universal consciousness CHAPTER 9 Worldwide solidarity
France
Naquet answering the Marquis de Castellane
The automobile procession
England
The national council of the ILP
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Switzerland
Portugal
The Americas CHAPTER 10 From prison to the castle
Ferrer in the chapel
Ferrer's testament
To the moat
Execution
Long live the Modern School! CHAPTER 11 Serious disturbances in front of Spanish embassies and consulates
Paris under martial law
The mayor of Rome
A wave of indignation erupts all over Europe and the Americas
Spain CHAPTER 12 Withdrawal of Sr. Maura's government
Replaced by Moret
Costa destroying Maura
Crime of the advanced political parties CHAPTER 13 The reaction survives Maura
Imprisonment
Military tribunals continue
Path to prison
Amnesty is granted Index