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Minus the whole slavery thing, no?

• McWobbleston 5y ago
  Yes, because Catalonia was resisting the fascist coup with their own revolutionary struggle to collectivize agriculture based on consent of the farmers, and worker ownership led by the labor unions who had been providing education and other community services for years. Its a lesser known fact that George Orwell wrote a book on his experiences there, and that the people's struggle inspired him so much he took up arms and joined them. The guy who's work people claim is an indictment of socialism, fought for it against the rise of fascism.
  • tough 5y ago
    I've never took to read Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, might as well do so
  • qwytw 5y ago
    > The guy who's work people claim is an indictment of socialism, fought for it against the rise of fascism Orwell was a socialist before he went to Spain and remained one until his death regardless what some people might or might not claim.
  • bigbacaloa 5y ago
    The resistance to Franco was far stronger in Madrid than in Catalunya.