Asturias Rising - TENSIONS PRIOR Flashcards
What is a general strike?
strike action in which ppts cease all econ activity, e.g. working, to strengthen the bargaining position of a TU or achieve a common social or political ground
(usually in all or most industries)
Why did another nationwide strike begin in early October 1934?
early October 1934
- in reaction to the appointment of several CEDA figures to ministerial office during a reshuffle in Lerroux’s (PM) government
Where did subsequent general strikes break out (after the one in early October 1934) ?
Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Zaragoza
- which lasted for WEEKS
Why was it significant that the subsequent general strikes were located in different parts of the country?
added to the almost permanent state of crisis + socio-political tension across much of Spain
Who organised the strikes + what were they concerned about?
larger trade unions, this one by the UGT alongside a range of other worker’s bodies concerned about the growing influence of CEDA within gov
Who were the strikers + what alliance did they form?
collection of Socialists, Anarchists, Communists to form the ‘Workers’ Alliance’
What was this alliance arguing for instead of strikes? Whose policy did this align with?
more active + agressve militant members argued for a military uprising to stop rw take over of gov
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fitted with position of country’s socialist party led by Caballero
What is a proletariat?
majority section of society who produced the wealth but didn’t receive their fair share due to being exploited by the bourgeoisie
What was Marx’s dictatorship of the proletariat? Who embraced this policy from 1934 onwards?
establishing a peoples’ democracy through a violent uprising as opposed to political/constitutional methods
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Caballero guided his party to embrace this policy 1934+
