The Asturias Uprising

The Asturias uprising and its bloody putdown are another step towards the total societal breakdown that is by now just around the corner. The middle classes move further to the right fearing a communist revolution in Spain. A sweeping left-wing alliance is formed called the Popular Front which includes socialists, communists and Republicans. In this incredibly fraught atmosphere left and right must once again fight for control of the country in the elections of 1936. This sends the right into a paranoid spiral. It's also important because military trials have fewer legal protections and you might get in a civil prosecution and much more likely to hand down death sentences.