España Libre, the Antifascist Periodical

Abstract

Franco’s rule had a devastating effect on workers in Spain: not only were workers’ unions suppressed and their leaders either shot or sent to prison or into exile, but their politics were censored and destroyed. España Libre’s editors and contributors had a clear understanding of their role in preserving the diverse legacy of progressive and radical workers, something that was documented in each issue in the form of essays, reviews of books and fundraising events, historical writing, theater, fiction, and poetry. Staff and contributors, nongovernmental institutions, and the global antifascist community published political protest in España Libre, which demonstrates the transnational reach and distribution of the periodical.