E39: Spanish civil war, part 1
Working Class History
Working Class History
5.0 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In these episodes, we speak with Catherine Howley and Nick Lloyd about the tensions in Spanish society which exploded in 1936, about the military coup attempt, the civil war and the social revolution by workers and peasants. These episodes give an introduction to the conflict and the main organisations involved. We have future episodes planned looking at particular aspects of the events in more detail.
This podcast is brought to you by our patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content.
Join us or find out more at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
Full show notes, transcript, sources, references, acknowledgements and links to further reading here our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e39-the-spanish-civil-war-an-introduction/
Nick Lloyd is author of Forgotten Places: Barcelona and the Spanish Civil War, and both Nick and Catherine give Spanish civil war tours of Barcelona. Links to all this in the full show notes.
We also have books about the conflict, as well as reproduction posters and other commemorative merch in our online store to help fund our work. Check it out at: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/spanish-civil-war
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | In 1936, the Spanish military launched a right-wing coup against a democratically elected Republican government. |
| 0:07.0 | The working class responded by taking up arms, taking over farms and factories, and launching a far-reaching social revolution. |
| 0:14.0 | The resulting civil war would set peasants and workers from all over the world against the military might of nationalist Spain, fascist Italy, |
| 0:21.6 | and Nazi Germany. |
| 0:22.6 | This is working class history. |
| 0:24.6 | But, but to the battlecaughtia, we have to derog just wanted to give a quick reminder that this |
| 0:53.5 | podcast is funded entirely |
| 0:54.9 | by our listeners on Patreon. You can support us and get access to exclusive content, like early |
| 1:00.3 | listening to both parts of this double episode, as well as other bonus episodes at patreon.com |
| 1:05.4 | slash working class history. Link in the show notes. Let's talk about something that might be keeping you up at night. |
| 1:12.5 | Cybersecurity. |
| 1:14.1 | According to Vanta's latest state of trust report, it's the number one concern for |
| 1:18.5 | UK businesses. |
| 1:19.9 | That's where Vanta comes in. |
| 1:22.0 | Whether you're a startup, growing fast or already established, Vanta can help you get |
| 1:26.6 | ISO-2701 certified and more without the |
| 1:30.1 | headaches. And Vanta allows your company to centralise security workflows, complete questionnaires |
| 1:35.6 | up to five times faster and proactively manage vendor risk to help your team not only get |
| 1:40.4 | compliant, but stay compliant. Stop stressing over cyber security and start focusing on growing your business. |
| 1:47.8 | For a limited time, our audience gets $1,000 off Vanta at vanta.com slash go. |
| 1:53.6 | That's v-a-n-ta.com slash go for $1,000 off. |
| 1:57.8 | Because when it comes to your business, it's not just about keeping the lights on. It's |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Working Class History, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Working Class History and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.