"When [the Spanish Civil War] broke out every anti-Fascist in Europe felt a thrill of hope. For years past the so-called democratic countries had surrendered to Fascism at every step. But when General Francisco Franco tried to overthrow a mildly Left-wing Government, the Spanish people, against all expectation, had risen against him. It seemed—possibly it was—the turning of the tide. Franco had against him not only the working class but also the liberal bourgeoisie. Moreover, the Spanish working class did not, as we might do in England, resist Franco in the name of democracy and the status quo. Land was seized by peasants; factories were seized by trade unions; churches were wrecked and the priests driven out. There was an attempt to set up the rough beginnings of a workers' government."George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia (1938)In the passage above, Orwell describes the resistance to Franco's overthrow of th

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