The Rise of the Socialist Movement in Spain

During the summer of 1936 violence and worker actions just continued to increase in frequency and intensity. Various assassination attempts were also made some of which were successful, like when a judge was killed after having sentenced some Philange's to 30 years in prison for murder. In response to this violence the socialist group the Motorizada was created with the goal of meeting violence with violence. At the top the socialist leaders remained divided, Caballero and others would openly call for revolution in violence. While Prito and those who supported him warned that such actions would simply push more of Spanish centrists away from the left.