Open AccessPOUM: a long story and a bright moment
Author(s) -
Alexander Shubin,
AUTHOR_ID
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
latinoamerikanskij istoričeskij alʹmanah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-0282
pISSN - 2305-8773
DOI - 10.32608/2305-8773-2021-30-1-56-91
Subject(s) - marxist philosophy , left wing politics , politics , political science , spanish civil war , context (archaeology) , economic history , law , sociology , history , archaeology
The article is devoted to the history of the Workers Party of Marxist Unity (POUM), which played a prominent role in the events of the Spanish Revolution and the Civil War of 1936-1939. The author traces the history of the anti-Stalinist Marxist-Leninist movement from the 1920s, which developed in the context of regroupings of left-wing radi-cal groups in Catalonia. Formed in 1935, the POUM took an active part in the revolutionary events in Catalonia in 1936-1937. One of the priorities of the POUM was to expose the Stalinist leadership of the Comintern and the USSR. The POUM also generated problems for the pro-Soviet Communists due to its rapprochement with the CNT. The decisive conflict occurred during the May clashes 1937 in Barcelona, which led to the transformation of the republican regime. The May winners launched a campaign of harassment of the POUM, which turned into repression, the victim of which was A. Nin and others. However, the Republican system maintained political pluralism, and an attempt to crack down on the POUM leaders through a Soviet-style process failed. However, POUM did not recover from the blow he re-ceived