24 Jul 2016

The Spanish Revolution

From Sunday Morning, 10:35 am on 24 July 2016
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An ambulance used by medical volunteers during the Spanish Civil War. Kiwi nurse Dorothy Morris may be inside the ambulance. Mark Derby's latest book Petals and Bullets tells Morris's story. Photo: supplied

Eighty years ago this month a revolution got underway in Spain that was to see millions of workers take over their workplaces and run them as collectives.

Volunteers from around the world - including Kiwis -  flocked to Spain to defend the republican government against the fascist forces of General Franco.

Members of the Condor Legion, a unit composed of volunteers from the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) and from the German Army (Heer), during the Spanish Revolution.

Members of the Condor Legion, a unit composed of volunteers from the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) and from the German Army (Heer), during the Spanish Revolution. Photo: WikiCommons

Anarchist historian Barry Pateman, historian and author of Kiwi Companeros: New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War Mark Derby, and Catalan politics student Daniel Francesc Benson-Guiu discuss the Spanish revolution and its legacy.