Today in Labor History July 14, 1896: Legendary Spanish anarchist and military strategist Buenaventura Durruti was born. Durruti helped organize attacks on the government of dictator Miguel Primo de Riviera in 1923. He was influential in the anarchist federation FAI and the syndicalist union CNT. He is probably best known for leading thousands of anarchist troops (the Durruti Column) against the Franco dictatorship.
In addition to the accompany quote included with the photo, Durruti also said: "No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges."
We can see this playing out today with the rise of fascism in the U.S., Europe, South America, Asia. We can even see elements of it in the so-called opposition parties, with their "iron-clad" support for a genocidal Israeli government, their embracing of the surveillance state and increasing repression of activists, and their attacks on other bourgeois parties, like the DSA, in the U.S.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #durruti #cnt #fai #spain #fascism #antifascism #dictatorship #union #durruticolumn
In addition to the accompany quote included with the photo, Durruti also said: "No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges."
We can see this playing out today with the rise of fascism in the U.S., Europe, South America, Asia. We can even see elements of it in the so-called opposition parties, with their "iron-clad" support for a genocidal Israeli government, their embracing of the surveillance state and increasing repression of activists, and their attacks on other bourgeois parties, like the DSA, in the U.S.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #durruti #cnt #fai #spain #fascism #antifascism #dictatorship #union #durruticolumn
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