Other anarchists support violence as a means of achieving anarchism.
Other anarchists support violence as a means of achieving anarchism.
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During the [[Spanish Civil War]] there occurred in the Republican areas a "Spanish Revolution". It involved the taking over of workplaces by those who worked in them. Industry began to be organized non-hierarchically. The anarchist union the CNT did this with considerable success.
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During the [[Spanish Civil War]] there occurred in the Republican areas a "Spanish Revolution". It involved the taking over of workplaces by those who worked in them. Industry began to be organized non-hierarchically. The anarchist union the CNT did this with considerable success. However their persecution by both communists and [[facsists]] lead to their downfall in the chaos of the civil war.