An uncanny honeymoon : Spanish anarchism and the Bolshevik dictatorship of the proletariat, 1917-22
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International labor and working-class history, 2018, Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 5-26
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ZOFFMANN RODRIGUEZ, Arturo, An uncanny honeymoon : Spanish anarchism and the Bolshevik dictatorship of the proletariat, 1917-22, International labor and working-class history, 2018, Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 5-26 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/70334
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The Russian Revolution became a beacon flare for anti-capitalists across the world, including many anarchists. The Spanish anarcho-syndicalists became ardent supporters of Bolshevism, and many endorsed the concept of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Here, I try to arrive at a political and historical understanding of this uncanny honeymoon, and question empirical explanations that present it as a simple misunderstanding. I firstly historicize the evolution of the concept of the workers' dictatorship in the Spanish labor movement and assess it through the prism of the antagonism between the anarchists and socialists. I then set the reception of the Russian Revolution in the context of social ferment that emerged in Spain after 1917, which generated enormous enthusiasm and clouded theoretical differences. I finally relate the reception of the Soviet dictatorship to the intensification of class violence in these years, which rendered many anarchists hospitable to the authoritarian methods of the Bolsheviks.
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First published online: 05 December 2018