M.I.A. | History Section | Spain
Periodicals
on the Spanish Civil War and Revolution
Trotskyist periodicals
The New International (1934-1939)
L. Fersen On the Eve of the Spanish Uprising, Vol. I, No. 4, November 1934
X. The First Letter from Spain, Vol. I, No. 4, November 1934
L. Fersen The Defeat of the Spanish October, Vol. I, No. 5, December 1934
Juan Arenillos The Socialists’ Errors in Spain, Vol. I, No. 5, December 1934
L. Fersen The Political Situation in Spain, Vol. II, No. 2, March 1935
Anarchist Tactics in Spain (Discussion), Vol. IV, No. 3, March 1938
Bernard Wolfe The Truth About Spain, Vol. IV, No. 6, June 1938
Styr-Nhair The Betrayal in Spain, Vol. IV, No. 7, July 1938
Casanova The Popular Front’s Flight from Spain, Vol. V, No. 4, April 1939
International News (Revolutionary Workers League)
Special documents on Spain, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1935
The Fourth International (Revolutionary Workers League) (1936-1938)
Civil War in Spain, Vol. 2, No. 3, August 1936
Civil War in Spain, Vol. 2, No. 4, September 1936
The Civil War and the Imperialist Conflicts in Spain, Vol. 2, No. 8, January 1937
Spain: Three Bourgeois Armies, Vol. 2, No. 10, March 1937
Slogan of Seizing Power in Spain Today, Vol. 2, No. 11, April 1937
Special issue on Spain, Vol. 2, No. 12, June 1937
The Peoples Front Continues Its Offence Against the Proletariat,Vol. 3, No. 2, November 1937
Protest to the Negrin Gov’t, Leninist Group Scotland, Vol. 3, No. 2, November 1937
Collectivization in Spain, Vol. 3, No. 3, November 1937
Resolution on Spain – P. Eiffel Minority Position, Vol. 3, No. 3, November 1937
Loyalist Persecution of Spanish Revolutionaries, Vol. 3, No. 12, August 1938
Fighting Worker (Revolutionary Workers League)
Spanish People's Front Government Moves Toward Open Dictatorship, Vol. 2, No. 5, July 15, 1937
Revolt (Revolutionary Workers League) (1939)
Barcelona Seized by Fascists, Vol. 2, No. 3, February 5, 1939
Augustin Souchy The Tragic Week in May (extracts), Vol. 2, No. 6, April 29, 1939
Pope Blesses Murderer, Vol. 2, No. 6, April 29, 1939
Spanish Refugees Put in Concentration Camps, Vol. 2, No. 6, April 29, 1939
Socialist Appeal (Chicago) (1936-1937)
B. M. F. The Spanish Revolution: Bourgeois or Proletarian, Vol. II, No. 7, August 1936
Leon Trotsky The Lesson of Spain, Vol. II, No. 8, September 1936
B. M. F. Revolution And Counter-Revolution In Spain, Vol. II, No. 8, September 1936
Felix Morrow How the Workers Can Win in Spain, Vol. II, No. 9, October 1936
Ben Herman Caballero At The Helm, Vol. II, No. 9, October 1936
Jack Weber War and the Comintern, Vol. II, No. 10, November 1936
Max Stirling A Letter from Spain,Vol. II, No. 10, November 1936
Glen Trimble Spain and the Campaign,Vol. II, No. 10, November 1936
P.O.U.M. and the Spanish Revolution (Editorial), Vol. II, No. 11, December 1936
Felix Morrow Arms for Spanish Workers, Vol. II, No. 11, December 1936
Felix Morrow Proposed Solutions to Spanish Crisis, Volume III, Number 1, January 1937
Draft Resolution on the Spanish Situation, Vol. III, No. 2, February 1937
Resolution Adopted on Defense of the POUM, Vol. III, No. 3, March 1937
The Militant (New York) (1936-1939)
Leon Trotsky The Treachery of the Spanish "Labor Party of Marxist Unity", Vol. II No. 7, 15 February 1936
Mass Action Forces Amnesty in Spain - Government Compelled to Release 30,000, Vol. II No. 8, 22 February 1936
Max Shachtman The Spanish Elections and the People's Front, Vol. II No. 10, 14 March 1936
Alfredo Rojas Workers Press for Action in Spain, Vol. II No. 11, 21 March 1936
Alfredo Rojas Spanish Masses Demand Results, Vol. II No. 12, 28 March 1936
Alfredo Rojas Spanish Revolution Reaches Critical Stage - Workers Misled as Capitalist Class Conspires Against Them, Vol. II No. 13, 4 April 1936
Alfredo Rojas Azana Speaks Firmly For Conservative Spain, Vol. II No. 14, 11 April 1936
The Electoral Pact: Full Text of the People's Front Agreement in Spain for the Election to the Cortes, Vol. II No. 14, 11 April 1936
Results of the Spanish Elections, Vol. II No. 14, 11 April 1936
Alfredo Rojas General Strike Marks New Left Trend in Spain, Vol. II No. 16, 25 April 1936
Leon Trotsky Tasks of the Fourth International in Spain - A Letter to a Spanish Comrade, Vol. II No. 17, 2 May 1936
Spanish S.P. Nears Split - Right Wing Takes Sanctions Against Left; Convention Postponed, Vol. II No. 21, 30 May 1936
Alfredo Rojas A Balance of Spanish People's Front, Vol. II No. 22, 6 June 1936
The Situation in Spain Today, Vol. I No. 2, 21 August 1937
The National Committee of the CNT Truth About Barcelona's May Days, Vol. I No. 2, 21 August 1937
Harry Milton Freed in Spain; Returning Here, Vol. I No. 2, 21 August 1937
Felix Morrow Spain's Unions Join Pact Against Stalinist Repression, Vol. I No. 3 August 28, 1937
Felix Morrow Popular Front Surrenders Santander, Vol. I No. 4, 4 September 1937
GPU In Spain Bungles Plot in Framing Socialist, Vol. I No. 4, 4 September 1937
Committee of Bolshevik-Leninists of Spain (4th International) Appeal for Spanish Political Prisoners, Vol. I No. 4, 4 September 1937
Felix Morrow Spanish Anti-Fascist Movement Slandered by Church Hierarchy, Vol. 1 No. 5, 11 September 1937
Spanish Government Outlaws Criticism; Chains Press, Vol. I No. 6, 18 September 1937
Erwin Wolf in Spanish Prison – Trotsky Secretary Held by G.P.U. In Barcelona, Vol. I No. 7, 25 September 1937
James Burnham Spain and the Coming World War, Vol. I, No. 8, 2 October 1937
Our Duty in Spain Is to Aid Fourth Internationalists, Vol. I No. 9, 9 October 1937
Notes From Spain, Vol. I No. 9, 9 October 1937
Felix Morrow Anglo-French Aid to Spanish Loyalists Is a Fraud and Deception, Vol. I No. 10, 16 October 1937
Spain in Grip of Stalinist GPU, Vol. I No. 11, 23 October 1937
Sam Baron Arrested in Spain, Vol. I No. 14, 13 November 1937
Felix Morrow Britain Takes Steps to 'Solve' Spanish Crisis by Recognizing Franco, Vol. I No. 14, 13 November 1937
Protest Grows Against Spanish GPU, Vol. I No. 15, 20 November 1937
200 Hear Harry Milton Speak on Spain in San Francisco, Vol. I No. 16, 27 November 1937
Sherry Mangan Spanish Militants Describe Escape From Barcelona, Vol. III, No. 12, March 1939
Workers' Age (Communist Party U.S.A. - Majority Group, 1937)
Will Herberg Spain and the "Great Democracies" Vol. 6, No. 3, Janyary 16, 1937
French CP Votes Ban on Volunteers for Spain Vol. 6, No. 4, Janyary 23, 1937
Lambda Inside Story of POUM Ouster Reveals Duplicity of C.P. Vol. 6, No. 4, Janyary 23, 1937
The Red Flag (The Marxist League) (1937)
Bloodshed in Barcelona! No. 8, May-June 1937
Workers' International News (1938)
Spanish Revolutionaries Framed Vol. 1, No. 6, June 1938
In Defense of Bolshevism (Leninist League) (1939)
Harry Millen The Work of the Popular Front Government Vol. 2, No. 2, February-March 1939
George Marlen The Political Background of the Spanish Betrayal Vol. 2, No. 2, February-March 1939
Stalinist periodicals
New Masses (1936)
Ilya Ehrenbourg Spain Advances, Vol. 19, No. 9, May 26, 1936
Ilya Ehrenbourg Officers and Gentlemen, Vol. 21, No. 7, November 10, 1936
Largo Caballero Proclamation to the Troops, Vol. 21, No. 7, November 10, 1936Fight (1937)
C.L.R. James The Leninist Policy for Spain Vol. 4, No. 5, April 1937
Berenice E. Noar American Aid for Spain Vol. 4, No. 10, August 1937
Frank B. Blumenfield Pamphlets on Spain Vol. 4, No. 10, August 1937
Carlton Brown 52 Weeks of War Vol. 4, No. 10, August 1937
International Press Correspondence (1937)
William Gallacher Answer the Call of the Spanish People Vol. 17, No. 26, June 19, 1937
The Communist International (1937)
Spain Calls for Unity Vol. 14, No. 8, August 1937
Jesus Hernandez Why Did the Largo Caballero Government Resign? Vol. 14, No. 8, August 1937
The Communist (1937)
Robert Minor The Change in Spain Vol. 16, No. 8, August 1937
The People's Daily World (1938)
Loyalists Shift Strategy After Teruel Victory Vol. 1, No. 24, January 28, 1938
Gusti Jirku Spain's Town of Wounded Vol. 1, No. 24, January 28, 1938
Left Communist periodicals
International Council Correspondence (1934-1939)
Paul Mattick The Class Struggle in Spain Vol. 1 No. 2, November 1934
Paul Mattick The "Victory" in Spain Vol. 2 No. 5, April 1936
Paul Mattick Review of Spain Today: Revolution and Counter-Revolution by Edward Conze, Vol. 2 No. 5, April 1936
Paul Mattick The Civil War in Spain Vol. 2 No. 9&10, September 1936
Paul Mattick What Next in Spain? Vol. 3 No. 3, March 1937
Helmut Wagner Anarchism and the Spanish Revolution Vol. 3 No. 5&6, June 1937
Paul Mattick Civil War in Catalonia Vol. 3 No. 5&6, June 1937
Paul Mattick "The Barricades Must Be Torn Down." Moscow-Fascism in Spain Vol. 3 No. 7&8, August 1937
Hartwig The Non-Intervention Comedy Comes to an End in Spain, Vol. 3 No. 9&10, October 1937
Paul Mattick Review of After the Revolution by D.A. Santillan Vol. 3 No. 9&10, October 1937
Paul Mattick Review of The Tragedy of Spain by Rudolph Rocker Vol. 3 No. 11&12, December 1937
Karl Korsch Economics and Politics in Revolutionary Spain Vol. 4 No. 3, May 1938
Karl Korsch Collectivization in Spain Vol. 4 No. 6, April 1939
Socialist periodicals
Socialist Review (1932-1939)
Alvarez Julio del Vayo Spain under the Republic, Vol. 1, No. 3, Summer, 1932
Vincenzo Vacirca The Struggle for Power in Spain, Vol. 2, No. 4, Autumn, 1933
Digest of the Draft Program of the Spanish Socialist Party, Vol. 5, No. 5, July, 1936
John Newton Thurber People's Front Tried and Found Wanting, Spain 1936, Vol. 5, No. 8, October 1936
Ernest Erber Spain: New Outpost of World Revolution, Vol. 5, No. 8, December 1936
Amicus Most Men to Spain - The Eugene V. Debs Column, Vol. 5, No. 9, February 1937
May Day Greetings to the Spanish Workers, Vol. 6, No. 1, May, 1937
Liston M. Oak Balance Sheet of the Spanish Revolution, Vol. 6, No. 2, September, 1937
Sam Baron Behind the Scenes in Spain, Vol. 6, No. 4, January-February, 1938
Largo Caballero For Revolutionary Unity in Spain, Vol. 6, No. 4, January-February, 1938
Liston M. Oak Stalinist and Catholic Distortions on Spain, Vol. 6, No. 4, January-February, 1938
Luis Araquistain On Labor Unity in Spain, Vol. 6, No. 6, May-June, 1938
Sam Romer Personal Notes from Spain, Vol. 6, No. 8, September-October, 1938
Sam Baron Open Letter to Louis Fischer, Vol. 6, No. 8, September-October, 1938
Luis Araquistain Trade Unions and Revolution I, Vol. 6, No. 8, September-October, 1938
Largo Caballero The Crisis in Spanish Socialism, Vol. 6, No. 9, January-February, 1939
Luis Araquistain Trade Unions and Revolution II, Vol. 6, No. 9, January-February, 1939
Luis Araquistain Last Days in Spain, Vol. 6, No. 11, May-June, 1939
The Socialist Call (1937)
Sam Baron The Splitting Role Of the Stalinists In Loyalist Spain, Vol. 3, No. 138, November 1937
Subsequent articles
The New International (1941-1944)
M. Wilson Anarchism in Spain, Vol. VII, No. 4, May 1941
Miriam Gould Lessons of the Spanish Commune, Vol. IX, No. 5, May 1943
Miriam Gould Spain, 1936 – A Study in Soviets Vol. X No. 4, April 1944
The Fourth International (1943-1946)
Joseph Hansen Roosevelt and Spain, Vol. IV, Nо. 2, February 1943
Spain: Monarchist and Republican Maneuvers, Resolution of the Spain Group in Mexico, Vol. IV, Nо. 10, October 1943
Internationalist Communists Facing the New Revolutionary Period in Spain, Vol. VI, Nо. 12, December 1945
Internationalist Communists Facing the New Revolutionary Period in Spain (II), Vol. VII, Nо. 1, January 1946
Internationalist Communists Facing the New Revolutionary Period in Spain (III), Vol. VII, Nо. 2, February 1946
Elena de la Souchere How Fascism Conquered Spain, Vol. 3 No. 9, September 1956
Eva Eisenschitz A German Communist in the Spanish Civil War (1986), No. 13, 1999.
Richard Price The GPU Murder Machine in Spain, No. 4, September 1987.
The hidden history of the Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1 No. 2, Summer 1988
The Spanish Civil War: The View from the Left, Vol. 4 Nos. 1 & 2, 1992
Liam McNulty Trotskyism and Spain, No 242, 18 April 2012
Last updated on 16 February 2026