The myth of the lost revolutionary paradise. The Spanish Civil War in the libertarian militant account

This article studies the libertarian account of the Spanish Civil War which has been built by the militant literature since 1939. This account is organized around three basic ideas: the vindication of the revolution, a fierce attack on communism and the condemnation of political collaboration. This mythical account is part of the view of the world that has been used by the libertarian elite as a symbolic tool in order to analyze their political struggle in the present, and, at the same time, to legitimize the anarchist control of syndicalism.