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8. Idealism vs. Materlialism – How History is Made: Haudenosaunee Women / the Suffragettes / the Double V Campaign / The English Peasant’s Revolt of 1381 / The Anarchist Revolution in Spain 1936-39

WHAT IS POLITICS?

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The Anarchists and the Soviets

Anarchists were putting worker controled socialism directly into practice, without any party or bureaucratic dictatorship. But because the anarchists and other forces did not have the necessary resources to win the war alone, they had to accept to be in coalition with the spanish communists. As a result of their democracy being dismantled, despite being better equipped,. The anarchist soldiers, workers and peasants lost much of their zeal, dedication and emotional investment in the war effort. Production slowed and acts of military bravery were left forthcoming. Some history orion's argue that this was the major cause of the republican loss. For the soviets who control the republican coalition, it was better to lose spain to the fascists than

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