The Libertarian Tradition 127 Our purpose here has been to give a feel for the content of anarchist thought, especially Bakunin’s, and a of its influence on Spain. These two elements, Bakunin’s anarchist influence and the native Spanish collectivist tradition spoken of before, set the stage for the Spanish anarchists to actually this struggle and guide “expedite labor” in social reconstruction. A word needs to be said about the intense preoccupation of the Spanish anarchists with libertarian reconstruction of society. It has been called an "obsession” and not altogether without reason. For example, under the following headings the Saragossa Congress in May, 1936 defined in considerable detail the organization and structure of Comunismo Libertario and the necessary initial steps leading toward the full realization of the new society: “Constructive Conception of the Revolution,” Establishment of “The Communes, Their Function and Structure,” of “Plan Economic Organization,” and Exchange,” “Coordination Conception of the Revolution,” "Federation of “Economic Industrial and Agricultural Associations,” Culture “Art, and Education.” In short, practically the whole of problems likely to affect the Revolution were discussed including relations with non-libertarian individuals and groupings, crime, delinquency, equality of sexes, individual rights, etc. Flowever, it was this very that produced “obsession” these resolutions and others dealing with the organization of the new society that were worked out by the various congresses of the Spanish sections of the International (in 1870, 1871, 1872, 1882, and up to and including the Saragossa Congress in May, 1936, only two months before the Civil War): resolutions that were, without major modifications put into effect by the agrarian collectives and socialized industries during the Spanish Revolution. In a largely illiterate country, tremendous quantities of literature on social revolution were disseminated and read many times over. The resolutions mentioned above were more than just show pieces; they were widely discussed. There were tens of thousands of books, pamphlets and tracts, vast and daring cultural and popular educational experiments (the Ferrer schools) that reached into almost every village and hamlet throughout Spain. The proclamation of the Spanish Republic in 1931, led to an outburst of "anticipatory” writings: Peirats lists about fifty titles, stressing that there were many
The Libertarian Tradition 127 Our purpose here has been to give a feel for the content of anarchist thought, especially Bakunin’s, and a of its influence on Spain. These two elements, Bakunin’s anarchist influence and the native Spanish collectivist tradition spoken of before, set the stage for the Spanish anarchists to actually “expedite this struggle and guide labor” in social reconstruction. A word needs to be said about the intense preoccupation of the Spanish anarchists with libertarian reconstruction of society. It has been called an "obsession” and not altogether without reason. For example, under the following headings the Saragossa Congress in May, 1936 defined in considerable detail the organization and structure of Comunismo Libertario and the necessary initial steps leading toward the full realization of the new society: “Constructive Conception of the Revolution,” “The Establishment of Communes, Their Function and Structure,” “Plan of Economic Organization,” “Coordination and Exchange,” “Economic Conception of the Revolution,” "Federation of Industrial and Agricultural Associations,” “Art, Culture and Education.” In short, practically the whole of problems likely to affect the Revolution were discussed including relations with non-libertarian individuals and groupings, crime, delinquency, equality of sexes, individual rights, etc. Flowever, it was this very “obsession” that produced these resolutions and others dealing with the organization of the new society that were worked out by the various congresses of the Spanish sections of the International (in 1870, 1871, 1872, 1882, and up to and including the Saragossa Congress in May, 1936, only two months before the Civil War): resolutions that were, without major modifications put into effect by the agrarian collectives and socialized industries during the Spanish Revolution. In a largely illiterate country, tremendous quantities of literature on social revolution were disseminated and read many times over. The resolutions mentioned above were more than just show pieces; they were widely discussed. There were tens of thousands of books, pamphlets and tracts, vast and daring cultural and popular educational experiments (the Ferrer schools) that reached into almost every village and hamlet throughout Spain. The proclamation of the Spanish Republic in 1931, led to an outburst of "anticipatory” writings: Peirats lists about fifty titles, stressing that there were many