In this lecture, I have attempted to show that a successful proletarian revolution
was possible in Spain and that the reason it failed was not that the Spanish proletariat
was immature or the economy too backward or the international conditions unfavourable,
which are the reasons so frequently given, but because of the existence of the Popular Front.
The Spanish masses remained enmeshed in the Popular Front
until it was too late because no genuinely revolutionary leadership was built.
The Spanish Civil War and the
The Spanish Civil War and the Popular Front
Part one
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/01/sple-j26.html
The Spanish Civil War and the Popular Front
Part two
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/01/spa2-j27.html
In this lecture, I have attempted to show that a successful proletarian revolution
was possible in Spain and that the reason it failed was not that the Spanish proletariat
was immature or the economy too backward or the international conditions unfavourable,
which are the reasons so frequently given, but because of the existence of the Popular Front.
The Spanish masses remained enmeshed in the Popular Front
until it was too late because no genuinely revolutionary leadership was built.