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1896–1936 Spain
Buenaventura Durruti (July 14, 1896 – November 20, 1936) was a Spanish-born anarchist, a central figure in Spanish anarchism during the Spanish Civil War.
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It is possible that only a hundred of us will survive, but with that hundred we shall enter Saragossa, beat Fascism and proclaim libertarian communism.
Don't you see why I'll continue fighting as long as these social injustices exist?
I have been an Anarchist all my life. I hope I have remained one.
We shall show you, bolsheviks, how to make a revolution.
When the bourgeoisie sees power slipping from its grasp, it has recourse to fascism to maintain itself.
Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Spain (1963)
I believe, as I always have, in freedom. The freedom which rests on the sense of responsibility. I consider discipline indispensable, but it must be inner discipline, motivated by a common purpose and a strong feeling of comradeship.
I consider discipline indispensable, but it must be inner discipline, motivated by a common purpose and a strong feeling of comradeship.
You don't fight a war with words, but with fortifications. The pickaxe and the shovel are as important at the rifle. I can't say it often enough.
From my earliest years, the first thing that I saw was suffering. And if I couldn't rebel when I was a child, it was only because I was an unaware being then.
For you must not forget that we can also build.
Van Paassen interview (1936)
We carry a new world here, in our hearts. That world is growing in this minute.
Van Paassen interview (1936)
No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.
Van Paassen interview (1936)
We make war and revolution at the same time. Militiamen are fighting for the conquest of the land, the factories, bread, and culture … the pickaxe and the shovel are as important as the rifle. Comrades, we will win the war!
The only church that illuminates is a burning church.
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