Buenaventura Durruti and the Anarchist Dream: Redefining Society in the Spanish Civil War

What drives a man to battle both fascism and the state itself when the world around him is burning?When general Francisco Franco launched his military coup against the Spanish Republic in July 1936, he expected a swift victory. Instead, he ignited a fiery working-class explosion that shattered the existing social order. At the absolute center of this storm was Buenaventura Durruti—a metalworker, f...