Gaston Leval
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Gaston Leval was an anarcho-syndicalist, combatant and historian of the Spanish Revolution
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The son of a French Communard, Leval escaped to Spain in 1915 to avoid conscription during the First World War. There he joined the anarcho-syndicalist Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
trade union
. Leval left for Argentina during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
where he would live from 1923 to 1936, returning to Spain to document the revolution and the urban and rural anarchist collective
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Spanish Revolution
The Spanish Revolution was a workers' social revolution that began during the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and resulted in the widespread implementation of anarchist and more broadly libertarian socialist organizational principles throughout various portions of the country for two to...
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The son of a French Communard, Leval escaped to Spain in 1915 to avoid conscription during the First World War. There he joined the anarcho-syndicalist Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo is a Spanish confederation of anarcho-syndicalist labor unions affiliated with the International Workers Association . When working with the latter group it is also known as CNT-AIT...
trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
. Leval left for Argentina during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, 22nd Count of Sobremonte, Knight of Calatrava was a Spanish dictator, aristocrat, and a military official who was appointed Prime Minister by the King and who for seven years was a dictator, ending the turno system of alternating...
where he would live from 1923 to 1936, returning to Spain to document the revolution and the urban and rural anarchist collective
Collective
A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project to achieve a common objective...
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