Revolutionary Catalonia was the period in which the autonomous region of Catalonia in northeast Spain was controlled or largely influenced by various anarchist, communist, and socialist trade unions, parties, and militias of the Spanish Civil War era. Although the constitutional Catalan institution of self-government, the Generalitat of Catalonia, remained in power and even took control of most of the competences of the Spanish central government in its territory, the trade unions were de facto in command of most of the economy and military forces, which includes the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo which was the dominant labor union at the time and the closely associated Federación Anarquista Ibérica. The Unión General de Trabajadores, the POUM and the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia were also prominent.
Caballero government ministers (November 1936) from left to right: Jaume Aguadé i Miró (Republican Left of Catalonia), Federica Montseny (CNT-FAI), Juan García Oliver (CNT-FAI) and Anastasio de Gracia (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)
Cinema ticket from a venue run by the CNT
CNT poster promoting collectivized Textiles
Women training for a Republican militia outside Barcelona in August 1936
The Generalitat de Catalunya, or the Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia politically organizes its self-government as an autonomous community of Spain. It is formed by the Parliament of Catalonia, the Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and the Executive Council of Catalonia. It is ruled according to the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia.
Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, seat of the Executive Council and the Presidency of Catalonia
Bank note from the Generalitat de Catalunya, 1936
Parliament of Catalonia, located in Ciutadella park, Barcelona
Pere Aragonès, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia