Pistolerismo
| Pistolerismo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 1917 - 1923 | ||
| Location | Industrial centres of Spain, mainly Barcelona | ||
| Methods | Assassination | ||
| Parties to the civil conflict | |||
| |||
| Casualties and losses | |||
| 200 workers and 20 employers' gunmen | |||
Funeral of the policeman Antonio Espejo (1921).
Pistolerismo refers to the practice used by Spanish employers during King Alfonso XIII's reconstruction crisis of hiring thugs to face syndicalists and notable workers – and vice versa.[1]
References[]
- ^ Balcells 2009, p. 9.
Sources[]
- Balcells, Albert (2009). El Pistolerisme: Barcelona (1917-1923).
- Bastos Ansart, F. (1935), Pistolerismo: historia trágica, Espasa-Calve
- León-Ignacio (1981), Los años del pistolerismo: Ensayo para una guerra civil, Planeta
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