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Buenaventura Durruti Falls in Battle

Back in the day on November 19th, 1936, a bullet struck Spanish revolutionary Buenaventura Durruti. As civil war engulfed his country, the dedicated anarchist arrived with a column to reinforce the defense of Madrid against the fascists. The wound Durrutti sustained during the ensuing street battles proved to be fatal as he died in the pre-dawn hours of the following day. Prior to his passing, Durruti had spent much of his adult life in rebellion. He was twenty-one years of age when he participated in a general strike in 1917 that the Spanish government would forcefully crush. Forced into exile, Durruti re-entered Spain after the collapse of monarchical rule and joined the Iberian Anarchist Federation. When Franco’s fascists sought dictatorial rule, Durruti joined with workers’ militias and liberated the Aragon front before meeting his fate in Madrid.

As Durruti’s funeral proceeded to Barcelona, half a million people poured into the streets to bid him a final farewell.

For Uprising, this is your truth professa’ saying it’s no mystery why they conceal our people’s history