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José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist militant and a leading figure in Spanish anarchism before and during the Spanish Civil War. As a prominent member of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) and the Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI), Durruti was a key participant in the Spanish Revolution of 1936, and is remembered as a hero and martyr by the anarchist move…
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Born 14 July 1896 · Died 20 November 1936 · Q208815
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s lack of arms and ammunition, which had forced them to rotate fighters between the front and the agricultural collectives, with militiamen even having to conserve empty bullet casings in order to send them back to Barcelona. He also told Koltsov that the militiamen were trained how to use and maintain their weapons, how to protect themselves and best fight enemy soldiers, but that they were not taught to
We make war and revolution at the same time. Militiamen are fighting for the conquest of the land, the factories, bread, and culture … the pickaxe and the shovel are as important as the rifle. Comrades, we will win the war!
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“s lack of arms and ammunition, which had forced them to rotate fighters between the front and the agricultural collectives, with militiamen even having to conserve empty bullet casings in order to send them back to Barcelona. He also told Koltsov that the militiamen were trained how to use and maintain their weapons, how to protect themselves and best fight enemy soldiers, but that they were not taught to”
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Libcom: Durruti in the Spanish revolution - Abel Paz
Titling it Durruti en la Revolución española, and an English translation by Chuck Morse was published in 2006
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A newly established hospital in Binéfar was named after Durruti
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Died 1936-11-20.
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“Variant: No government in the world fights fascism to the death. When the bourgeoisie sees power slipping from its grasp, it has recourse to fascism to maintain itself.”
“You don't fight a war with words, but with fortifications. The pickaxe and the shovel are as important at the rifle. I can't say it often enough.”
“We make war and revolution at the same time. Militiamen are fighting for the conquest of the land, the factories, bread, and culture … the pickaxe and the shovel are as important as the rifle. Comrades, we will win the war!”
In this election, Durruti refused to advise anarchists to abstain from voting, as he hoped anarchists as a voting bloc would be able to pressure the government to release their political prisoners
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Became one of the primary organizers of the CNT's insurrectionist wing, leading several unsuccessful uprisings for which he was repeatedly imprisoned and deported
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Durruti began his apprenticeship under the tutelage of Melchor Martínez, a master mechanic and a local leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
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Witnessed the arrest of his father during a tanners' strike
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Born 1896-07-14.
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