Friends of Durruti Group
Spanish radical anarchist group (1937–1939) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Friends of Durruti Group (Spanish: Agrupación de los Amigos de Durruti) was a Spanish anarchist group commonly known for its participation in the May Days. Named after Buenaventura Durruti, it was founded on 15 March 1937 by Jaume Balius i Mir [ca] and Félix Martínez, who had become disillusioned with the policies of the CNT-FAI's leadership. During the May Days in Barcelona, they actively agitated among the anti-government forces, advocating for the formation of a "revolutionary junta", in close collaboration with Spanish Trotskyists. Following the suppression of the uprising, the group began publishing the newspaper El Amigo del Pueblo, in which they denounced the CNT-FAI for "collaborationism", resulting in their expulsion from the organisation. Their 1938 pamphlet Towards a Fresh revolution, which reaffirmed their proposals for a revolutionary junta, became an influential text within the anarchist current of platformism. But the group ultimately failed to make a broader impact within the Spanish movement and collapsed by the end of the war.
Friends of Durruti Group Agrupación de los Amigos de Durruti | |
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Secretary | Félix Martínez |
Vice-secretary | Jaume Balius i Mir [ca] |
Founded | 15 March 1937 (1937-03-15) |
Dissolved | c. 1939 (1939) |
Split from | CNT-FAI |
Headquarters | Barcelona |
Newspaper | El Amigo del Pueblo [es] |
Ideology | Libertarian communism Platformism Trotskyism (alleged) |
Political position | Far-left |