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Visited Belchite. The town was the focus of fierce battles during the Spanish civil war, being captured by Republican forces as they sought to reconquer Aragon which had endorsed the coup d'etat of Franco.

The town, whilst heavily bombarded, did survive the war, many of the buildings in these images were still inhabited into the 1950s. But Franco wanted to make an example of the town, being one of few the Republicans captured after Nationalists had seized parts of the country. So a new town was built, soulless and suburban, and now home to a population a third the size of what it was before the civil war.

Franco insisted the old town be left to rot as a monument to what communism does, ironic of course as it is the clearest example of what fascism does.

Highly recommend visiting. The area was a front line in the civil war and therefore there is a lot of history around.

#belchite #history #spain #españa #historia #civilwar #guerracivil #franco #españarepublica #internationalbridgades #travelphotography #photography #sony #nex

‘A window of freedom’: When ‘Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii’ sneaked into Franco’s Spain.

The mythical documentary by the British band, which is being re-released, arrived in art-house cinemas as a psychedelic experience when the end of the dictatorship was already in sight.

mediafaro.org/article/20250406

Roger Waters (left) and Richard Wright in 1971 during the filming of 'Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.' | Sony Music
El País · ‘A window of freedom’: When ‘Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii’ sneaked into Franco’s Spain.By Carlos Marcos

In Spain, schools overlook the Civil War and Franco's dictatorship.

Many young Spaniards reach adolescence without ever having studied either the Spanish Civil War or the dictatorship, making them more susceptible to revisionist and neo-Francoist narratives.

mediafaro.org/article/20250403

The Cuelgamuros Valley mausoleum, which served as Franco's tomb until 2019 and where more than 30,000 fighters from both sides of the Civil War are buried, in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain. | SUSANA VERA / REUTERS
Le Monde · In Spain, schools overlook the Civil War and Franco's dictatorship.By Sandrine Morel

On this day in 1854, France and England declare war on Russia in the Crimean War.

On this day in 1930, Constantinople is renamed Istanbul. It was built as Byzantium about 657 bce, then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century ce. #Constantinople #Istanbul #Byzantium

On this day in 1939, during the Spanish Civil War, Francisco Franco captures the capital city of Madrid en route to his overthrow of the democratic Spanish republic. #Franco

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@xs4me2

i remind myself of #fascist #spain under #franco and look at spain today

doesn't mean spain is utopia today

doesn't mean "it's going to be ok, relax"

it means getting better is real

but:

1. we have a lot fucking work to do

2. there is a lot of fucking suffering ahead of us

3. do not accept #pessimism #cynicism nor #capitulation

as long as we *fight* we can right this rotten ship

biggest ally of #maga:

lazy indifference

#americans:

get off your fucking asses and fight

En parlant de Guernica, une chanson qui donne du cœur.

The Clash - Spanish Bombs
youtube.com/watch?v=FUi0YdGXle

« Spanish songs in Andalucía
The shooting site in the days of '39
Oh, please, leave the ventana open
Federico Lorca is dead and gone
Bullet holes in the cemetery walls
The black cars of the Guardia Civil »

Les républicains espagnols, pour toujours dans nos mémoires.

Et Joe Strummer, toujours impeccable. 🖤

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Y si entramos en las condiciones laborales no vamos a encontrar tampoco nada positivo, empezando por los accidentes laborales.

Los 60 muertos de Monfragüe que Franco ocultó. El dictador y la familia Oriol silenciaron el accidente que costó la vida a decenas de obreros en la mayor tragedia laboral en España. elpais.com/politica/2015/10/21

El País · Los 60 muertos de Monfragüe que Franco ocultóEl dictador y la familia Oriol silenciaron el accidente que costó la vida a decenas de obreros en la mayor tragedia laboral en España

‘Closing the circles of pain’: Franco victims finally come home as the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death looms.

The bodies of 17 murdered men have been removed from a monument to Francoism and returned to their families amid a political row over the legacy of Spain’s civil war.

mediafaro.org/article/20250316

The Guardian · ‘Closing the circles of pain’: Franco victims finally come home as the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death looms.By Sam Jones

@franceinter vous invitez #AlexandreDevecchio qui ne maîtrise même pas les chiffres de l’immigration que son journal publie pour parler de l’ #Algérie ? Où il y prétend (ment) que le #pouvoiralgérien influence l’Islam en #France ? Really ? Les algérien.ne.s installé.e.s en France et les #franco-algérien.ne.s que nous sommes, ne méritent-ils/elles pas un.e intervenant.e de qualité ? Sommes-nous condamné.e.s à être l’objet de vos désirs de polémique ? Fatigue !