ABL Livestreamed talk : Salvador Puig Antich, the MIL, and the autonomous workers' movement at the end of the Francoist dictatorship

[Rhyddical]

Thought this might be of interest to some of you.

At the beginning of the 1970s, a wave of wildcat strikes and neighborhood assemblies swept the Spanish state, paralyzing the Franco regime, the longest lasting fascist dictatorship on the planet. Amidst this autonomous workers' movement, armed groups of anarchists and communists formed to support the struggle, smuggling in clandestine literature and expropriating banks to pay for the workers' illegal presses and support strike funds.

The Catalan anarchist, Salvador Puig Antich, member of the MIL, Iberian Liberation Movement, was one of the last people executed under the Franco regime. His old friend and comrade and a member of that movement, Ricard de Vargas Golarons, will talk about their experiences and lessons learned. Peter Gelderloos (who translated Ricard's book into English) will give a short historical introduction and provide sequential translation.

Session is being held on Wednesday 22nd at 7pm

Can watch via:
twitch.tv/londonbookfair or anarchistbookfairlondon

book: Salvador Puig Antich

 

[Kate Sharpley]

"Salvador Puig Antich was killed, garrotted, by the Spanish State on the 2 March 1974. ‘Since that sad 2nd of March, 1974, when the executioner cut short our brother’s life, we have sworn, practically without words, that we would defend Salvador’s name, as an idealistic youth with a good heart and a great sense of justice, who took responsibility for his convictions and was profoundly committed. We could never let him go down in the history books as a murderer and bandit, which is how the Francoist regime presented him in the media in those treacherous days. That lie only served to cover up their own brutal cruelty.’[1]

After years of campaigning by his sisters, the Spanish government overturned the verdict on the 16th October 2024. ‘“We have been fighting for this for 50 years. For the dignity of our brother Salvador. This moment is very important for us, we are touched and without words,” said his sister Imma Puig Antich.’[2]"

more at
Salvador Puig Antich: verdict overturned