The Counter-Revolutionary Insurrection in Spain | Paul Nizan (1936)

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First Published: La Correspondance Internationale, no. 33;
Source: Paul Nizan, Intellectuel Communiste. Maspero, Paris, 1967;
Translated: by Mitchell Abidor;
CopyLeft: Creative Commons (Attribute & ShareAlike) marxists.org 2008.

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Paris, July 22, 1936

A violent struggle is unfurling in Spain, where the fascist elements in the army, supported by the leagues, have unleashed a vast movement against the Republic.

The movement began in Spanish Morocco. Here, troops of the Foreign Legion, the very ones that had exercised a savage repression in Asturias, rebelled, bringing along with them native units. The insurgents rapidly became masters of Spanish Morocco, where General Franco, military governor of the Canary Islands, went to place himself at their head.

Nevertheless, it