Ready for Revolution: The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933-1938

A chronicle of the armed wing of the Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), an anarcho-syndicalist union. This book describes how the CNT evolved from workers' defense to organisers of armed resistance to the Fascist coup, to militia administrators and finally to coordinator of industrial self-management and food distribution during the Spanish revolution. A fascinating new history wrapped in a lively narrative making the reader an eyewitness to history as it unfolds.