Revolutionary Marxism In Spain 1930-1937

Alan Sennett PhD (1992) works as an Associate Lecturer for the Open University and teaches adults at Liverpool University. His research interests include the politics of the revolutionary Left in Europe and political cinema in the 1920s and 1930s.

• ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1: Trotsky’s Theory of Revolution1.1 Uneven and combined development1.2 Permanent revolution1.3 Critical perspectives on permanent revolution1.4 Theorising revolutionary crises1.5 Permanent revolution since Trotsky1.6 Conclusion2: Trotsky on Spain2.1 Spain’s uneven and combined development2.2 The problems of revolutionary agency2.3 War and revolution2.4 Conclusion3: Revolutionary Marxists in Spain, 1930–1934 953.1 From socialism and syndicalism to revolutionary Marxism 963.2 Nin and the problems of the Spanish Revolution 1003.3 Maurín and the problems of the Spanish Revolution 1063.4 Areas of divergence and convergence 1133.5 Conclusion 1174: The Threat of Fascism and the Challenge of Workers’ Unity 1194.1 The Spanish workers’ movement 1204.2 The threat of fascism 1344.3 Entryism or fusion? 1424.4 Conclusion 1465: Marxist Unity: The Creation of the POUM 1495.1 Fusion or Absorption? 1505.2 The POUM’s Programme 1515.3 Conclusion 1566: The POUM and the Popular Front 1596.1 The coming of the Popular Front 1606.2 Military rising and revolutionary response 1716.3 The Generalitat 1766.4 Conclusion 1827: Defending the Revolution 1847.1 The campaign against the POUM 1847.2 May 1937 1937.3 The suppression of the POUM 1997.4 Conclusion 203Conclusion 209Appendix: Historical Essay 218Spain’s transition to capitalism 218Spain’s bourgeois revolution 225The workers’ movement 232The Second Republic 238The Civil War 242ReferencesIndex