On this day in 1909, a general strike broke out in Catalonia to protest conscription imposed by the Spanish government. The government declared a state of war and put down the rebellion with the Army, killing more than 100 civilians. The series of clashes between working class radicals and government forces is known as the "Tragic Week".
The uprising's immediate cause was Premier Antonio Maura attempting to bring out reserve troops as reinforcements to bolster Spanish military-colonial activity in Morocco. Many of these reservists were the only breadwinners for their families, while the wealthy were able to hire substitutes.
These actions, coupled with anarchist, anti-militarist, and anti-colonial philosophies shared by many in the city, resulted in the calling of a general strike against Maura's attempt at conscription. By the next day, workers had occupied much of central Barcelona, halting troop trains and overturning trams. Just a few days later, there was street fighting, with a general eruption of riots, strikes, and the burning of convents.
The Spanish government declared a "state of war" and used the national army to put down the rebellion by force. Over one hundred civilians were killed and more than 1,700 individuals were indicted in military courts for "armed rebellion".
The tragic week, Spain 1909 - Murray Bookchin
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I hate climate bloomers. False hope after false hope, and a complete inability to reckon with how dire the situation is. Someone just told me that wet bulb events are no big deal because the countless hundreds of millions who suddenly find their entire region is a death zone will just migrate to cooler climates.
Fucking fools. We can't get anything done because even now, with things as extreme as they are, people still believe the system can fix things.
Instead of Half-Earth Socialism, we're doing One-Tenth-Earth Barbarism
just migrate, meanwhile texas is putting razor wire in the fucking river
Nah, they weren't even giving it enough thought to say "Some of you may die but that's something I'm willing to accept."
They just flat out clapped their hands hard enough to believe that mass migration brought on by the entire equitorial band becoming a death zone will be fine. All vibes, no neurons.
I guess a climate bloomer is the same as an eco fascist to me, they both are advocating for things that are going to end up the same way: massive amounts of refugees, both internal and external, that the state will either let starve or will just execute them at the borders