Spain 1936 and communistic victory?

Hands · Nov 18, 2005

Originally posted by The_Historian:

Most of the pre-war British elite were either Communists or Fascists; Moseley's Blackshirts were mostly bourgeois, and the same can be said for most of the British Communist Party, especially the volunteers from Clydeside who went to Spain.
Unions had been established in Britain for almost a century by this time, in some cases worker's groups had been going since the late 18th century; they were only stigmatised as 'Communists' after 1917. Anyway after 1936 when the rearmament programme started, its massive boost to the economy killed off the Great Depression's last effects and helped smooth labour relations.
Can't speak for France, but since a large proportion of the population still work on the land I would imagine they had great labour problems before the war.
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Do the communists in those times hold a lot of sway in the govt ? I cant remember what is the name of a mini series about a few young elite British communists (ironically gays) acting as spies for the Soviet Union.

It's seems that the elite were very afraid of communism and it's effects on the labour unions. And most communist members are underground organizations.

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