Salvador Puig Antich

Autonomous Workers and Anticapitalist Guerrillas in Francoist Spain

Ricard de Vargas Golarons

• Publisher: AK Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781849354011
• eBook ISBN: 9781849354028
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Anarchism
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Salvador Puig Antich, a Catalan anarchist and member of the anticapitalist group MIL, was executed by garrote vil in 1974, one of the last victims of the Franco regime. Together with his comrades, he dedicated his life to the struggle against the fascist dictatorship and supported the wildcat strike movement that was sweeping Spain at the time. Since then, democrats and nationalists have tried to co-opt his memory, but his struggle was against capitalism and oppression in all its forms. This book tells the story of his life and death, in the words of his sisters, his friends, his comrades, and in his own words, while also relating the story of a movement that brought down the world's longest lasting fascist dictatorship. Compiled on the 45th anniversary of his execution, the book is edited by Ricard de Vargas Golarons, a movement historian, former prisoner, and friend and comrade of Puig Antich.

Table of contents

• Contents
• 1. Prologue to the 2019 Catalan Edition
• 2. The Context and Significance of Salvador Puig Antich, the 1,000, and the OLLA
• 3. Multi-Hued Sensations from Barcelona
• 4. Nothing That Seemed Like A Goodbye…
• 5. What We Chose to Live
• 6. Salvador’s Memory
• 7. Chronology of the Life of Salvador Puig Antich
• 8. Chronology of the Autonomous Workers’ Movement in Catalunya and of the MIL and the OLLA
• 9. The MIL and the OLLA
• 10. Salvador Puig Antich in the MIL-GAC: A Brief Political Biography
• 11. Remembering Salvador Puig Antich Over the Years
• 12. Letters
• 13. The Texts of Salvador Puig Antich
• 14. Glossary
• 15. Photos and Documents
• Index
• Copyright
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