Agitated: Grupos Autónomos and Armed Anticapitalism in Spain, 1974-1984

In the long shadow of dictatorship, young Spanish rebels fight for a truly free society.

The Franco dictatorship in Spain was famously beset by armed revolutionary groups, inheritors of the legacy of Spanish anarchism that Franco had crushed. Less well-known are the Grupos Autónomos (Autonomous Groups) active during Spain’s transition to “democracy,” a transition set in motion and overseen by the powerful elites of the Franco regime and intended to maintain existing social and economic rela...