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Francisco Largo Caballero, one of the leaders of the UGT during the 1917 general strike. The plans for the general strike were altered when on 19 July 1917, coinciding with the Assembly of Parliamentarians meeting in Barcelona, a strike by the Valencian railroad workers, affiliated to the UGT, began due to a labor dispute that they maintained with the Company of the Iron Roads of Northern Spain.
The Crisis of 1917 is the name that Spanish historians have given to the series of events that took place in the summer of 1917 in Spain.In particular, three simultaneous challenges threatened the government and the system of the Restoration: a military movement (the Juntas de Defensa), a political movement (the Parliamentary Assembly, organized by the Regionalist League of Catalonia in ...
Except in Morocco, Spanish troops continued to wear colourful dress uniforms for parade and off-duty wear; a feature that quickly disappeared in all armies directly involved in the war. [9] The main rifle of the Spanish Army at this time was a version of the Mauser, manufactured in Oviedo in 7 mm caliber, known as the Mauser Model 1893 rifle. [10]
January 27, 2011: The 27 January 2011 general strike against the pensions reform, organized by ELA, LAB, CIG, CGT y CNT in Catalunya, Galicia, Euskadi and Navarre. Demonstrations were held in other cities. March 29, 2012: The 29 March 2012 general strike was a general strike against the labour reform of Mariano Rajoy government.
Strike movements proliferated between 1919 and 1923, leading notably to an escalating paramilitary conflict between worker and employer movements in cities such as Barcelona. Meanwhile, Spain went to war in 1920 to maintain control over the last remnants of its colonial empire , which culminated in a disastrous defeat at Annual in 1921, which ...
Spanish general strike may refer to: 1917 Spanish general strike; 1919 Spanish general strike; 1988 Spanish general strike; 2010 Spanish general strike;
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
1917 Spanish general strike; 1988 Spanish general strike; 2018 Spanish women's strike; 2019–2020 Catalan protests; A. Alt Llobregat insurrection; C. La Canadenca ...