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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

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Anarchism in Spain - A Socialist Revolution in Spain

The spanish anarchist organizations took advantage of the failed faces ku of the civil war to launch their revolution. They wanted a federation of self governing communes, much like the peasants did in 13 81. In these newly worker controlled enterprises, workers elected their management and had meetings to set their own at hours and wages and prices. And because there wasn't someone sucking out profit at the top, they were generally able to lower their work hours, raise their wages and lower prices, all at the same time.

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