José Peirats aka José Peirats Valls (1908-1989) was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist, militant member of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), brick maker, activist, journalist, and historian. His magnum opus, La CNT en la Revolución Española (translated into English as The CNT in the Spanish Revolution) is considered the definitive history of that organization and the Spanish Revolution of 1936. While he was a revolutionary, he was also a product of his time (the early 20th Century) and as such, held somewhat parochial views on gender and gender roles. On the other hand, he was an early critic of the CNT-FAI leadership's collaboration with the Spanish "Generalidad" (the provisional government during the revolution). He was an unflinching champion of rank and file worker militancy.
The CNT in the Spanish Revolution
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