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(SPANISH TROOPS REVOLT IN MOROCCO)
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(THE DAILY wORKER)
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(ALL INTO ACTION NOw!
DEFEND SPANISH REPUBLIC!)
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In February
a coalition of socialist,
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republican and
other left wing parties
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were victorious
in the general election.
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They proposed
a series of democratic reforms.
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The big landowners,
industrialists,
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churchmen and army officers
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feared the growing
power of the working class.
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July 18th.
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There was a ilitary uprising
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led by the Fascist General Franco
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against the democratically
elected government.
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Government supporters formed
militias to defend themselves.
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Organised by trades unions
and political parties,
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they went to fight
for their democratic rights
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against the Fascists.
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This, this is... this is the...
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one of the militias going to
the Zaragosa front in, in Aragon.
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You can see all the cars.
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They've got the name of
the workers' organisation...
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because
they've all been nationalised,
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they've all been taken over
by the workers.
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That is the Union of,
of the Railway workers.
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This is the CNT...
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the anarchists' union.
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As you can see...