Anarchism and Workers' Self-Management in Revolutionary Spain

This is the first English translation of Frank Mintz's seminal study of the economic experiments put into place during the Spanish Revolution to both sustain civil society during the war and, more importantly, act as the material basis for a new society. These plans weren't developed by professional economists but grew out of a political movement that put working people at the fore and believed that the collectivized workplace would be the cornerstone of economic life. Includes a prologue by Chris Ealham, author of Anarchism and the City. A retired professor of Spanish, Frank Mintz lives in Paris, France, and is active with the CNT labor union.A penetrating analysis of the most extensive and deeply rooted experiment in workers’ self-management since the advent of capitalism. It is also a book with a mission. If E. P. Thompson’s famous motivation was to rescue the history of the British working class from the ‘condescension of posterity’, Mintz was inspired by a far more overarching objective: to penetrate the wall of silence erected around Spain’s revolution of 1936. Frank Mintz's Classic Study Of Collectivisation And Economic Experimentation During The Spanish Revolution Is Available Here For The First Time In English. This Is The Chronicle Of The Anarcho-syndicalists Of Spain, Who--with And Without The Help Of Their Own Organizations--fought And Built A New World Alongside Everyday Labourers In The Chaos Of Revolution And Franco's Fascist Coup. Participants In Rural And Industrial Collectives Totaled Over 1,800,000--within An Overall Population Of 6,000,000 In Republican Spain. Their Experience As The Backbone Of Revolution Resonates Still In Today's Global Anticapitalist Movements. Sixteen Appendices Reinforce Mintz's Analysis And Insight, Offering Case Studies Of Collectivization In Particular Regions And Towns, Economic Experiments, And The Role Marxist Totalitarianism And Francoist Fascism Played Leading Up To And After The Revolution. Frank Mintz's Book Was Originally Published In 1970 In France And, Along With Titles Like Noam Chomsky's Objectivity And Liberal Scholarship, Began To Chip Away At What Chris Ealham Describes As The Conspiracy Of Silence Built Up Around The Anarchists' Achievements During The Revolution. Historical Narratives Of The Twentieth Century--whether Fascist, Communist, Or Liberal--systematically Excluded The Spanish Anarchists. Today We Can Add Anarchism And Workers' Self-management In Revolutionary Spain To The English-language Canon--that Includes Works By Abel Paz, Stuart Christie, Agustín Guillamón, Martha Ackelsberg, Chris Ealham, And José Peirats--that Break The Silence Forever.--publisher's Website. Introduction: Self-management And Anarcho-syndicalism -- Introducing The Anarcho-syndicalist Movement, The Cnt -- Catalonia As A Model: Self-management Arrives In Barcelona; The First Contradictions -- A Brief Survey Of Self-management In Other Regions Of Spain -- Organizing Self-management Across The Nation -- Self-management Under Attach -- Self-management's Outcomes: Overall Conclusions And Estimates -- Conclusions About Self-management In 1936-1939, And Broad Reflections. Frank Mintz ; Translated By Paul Sharkey. Prologue (p. 1-8) By Chris Ealham. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

This is the first English translation of Frank Mintz's seminal study of the economic experiments put into place during the Spanish Revolution to both sustain civil society during the war and, more importantly, act as the material basis for a new society. These plans weren't developed by professional economists but grew out of a political movement that put working people at the fore and believed that the collectivized workplace would be the cornerstone of economic life. Includes a prologue by Chris Ealham, author of Anarchism and the City.

A retired professor of Spanish, Frank Mintz lives in Paris, France, and is active with the CNT labor union.

Copyright Information; Prologue; Introduction: Self-Management and Anarcho-Syndicalism; Chapter One: Introducing the Anarcho-Syndicalist Movement, the CNT; Chapter Two: Catalonia as a Model: Self-Management Emerges in Barcelona; The First Contradictions; Chapter Three: A Brief Survey of Self-Management in Other Regions of Spain; Chapter Four: Organising Self-Management across the Nation; Chapter Five: Self-Management under Attack; Chapter Six: Self-Management's Outcomes: Overall Conclusions and Estimates