Anarchism in Spain has historically gained some support and influence, especially before Francisco Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, when it played an active political role and i
Giuseppe Fanelli and the Spanish internationalist núcleo which was to form the Madrid section of the International Workingmen's Association (IWA).
Rafael Farga i Pellicer, early leader of the Catalan anarchist movement and the Spanish Regional Federation of the IWA
An etching of the 1870 Barcelona Workers' Congress
According to different scholars, depending upon the scope and definition of the term "anarchism", the history of anarchism either dates to the emergence of ancient socio-political ideologies and relat
Anarchism in Spain
…Francisco Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, when it played an active political role and is considered the end of the golden age of classical anarchism. There were several variants of anarchism in Spain, namely expropriative anarchism in the period leading up to the conflict, the peasant anarchism in…
Diogenes of Sinope advocated anarchistic forms of society
The Storming of the Bastille inspired generations of anarchists
William Godwin, a founder of modern anarchist theory
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the first self-described anarchist and founder of mutualism