Ep. 012 — The Spanish Civil War and Historical Memory w/ Marina [EN]

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In which we talk with Marina about the movement for reparations for victims of the Spanish Civil War and of the Francoist dictatorship. ===== In this episode we talk with Marina , who is a history PhD candidate, about the Spanish Civil War and the 40 years of Fracoist dictatorship in Spain, about the movement for reparations of its numerous victims, and about Marina’s family history and the ways it is entangled with Spain’s history. The discussion starts with a brief history of the Spanish Civil War, it’s major actors and the role of unions in the war. Next, we learn about the movement for reparations, whose mission is the public recognition of people who have fallen during the civil war and whose burial places are still unknown. In the second part of the episode, Marina tells us about her family history. We learn about how various family members have participated in the civil war and what their fate was in the post-war period, and generally how the story of her relatives is entangled with and mirrors the history of Spain during the last 80 years. ===== (Re)Sources Interview with F. Montseny (use auto translate subs) https://youtu.be/pV5Qbb7Im9c Juan Garcia Oliver in 1937, about Buenaventura Durruti https://youtu.be/SxBWAbKQfSE Valle de los Caídos / Valley of the Fallen https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Valle_de_los_caidos.jpg Mass graves in Spain https://desmemoria.eldiario.es/mapa-fosas/ https://www.lasexta.com/noticias/nacional/mapa-verguenza-espana-todas-fosas-comunes-victimas-guerra-civil-franquismo_201902265c7553260cf2e60c4243c6c5.html G. Orwell. Homage to Catalonia (1938). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9646.Homage_to_Catalonia K. Loach. Land and Freedom (1995). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114671/ V. Aranda. Libertarias (1996). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113649/ M. Ackelsberg. Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women (1991). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/450577.Free_Women_of_Spain E. Goldman. Vision on Fire: Emma Goldman on the Spanish Revolution (1983). ed. D. Porter https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239440.Vision_on_Fire P. Broué & É. Temime. The Revolution and the Civil War in Spain (1961). https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1852121327?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1 Ronald Fraser. The Blood of Spain (1979) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1700115928?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1 D. Graeber. Debt : The first 5,000 years (2011) — R.I.P. David Graeber :( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt Selection of Spanish Revolution and Civil War songs (subscribe to our youtube please) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo-49-d-7w4&list=PLze-Vv3Izj5mq72XpsX7hSXzU3C1pLq3p&ab_channel=Hellsy sloth metal riffs by zomfy artwork by Casandra Ciocian https://www.behance.net/casandra-ciocian intro/outro song: No Pasaran, (adapted) by Sofia Zadar open.spotify.com/artist/3F4Ec4iFdVp4Pmzhw2Zrd1 www.facebook.com/sofiazadar/ Recent developments https://english.elpais.com/spanish_news/2020-09-15/spain-drafts-bill-against-remaining-legacy-of-franco-era.html