Spanish Civil War
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-01-20Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 8 →
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reviews the THE first two episodes of Channel 4's six hour serialised documentary on the Spanish Civil War have been about as good as it is reasonable to expect TV programmes of this kind to They have been so full of interest and emotion as to show that the series will merit a much longer review when it is over and can be seen as a whole.
In the meantime these interim observations are mostly designed to encourage SO readers to watch the rest of the series.
The Spanish Civil War today is mostly discussed by both left and right loutside of Spain, that is) not as a real event in human history but as a legend or a symbol.
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There is no doubt the such a monumental ever has lessons which ar politically significan today. The history of Spai in the 1930s is relevant t understanding the contem porary politics of, say Chile - or France - o Spain itself.
But, so far at least, th Channel 4 series is no about the Spanish Civi War in that way. It is abou the War and its origins as : concrete historical convul sion which happened to th RST.
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Bob Sutcliffe
new Channe Four TV series on the Spanish Civil War [Fridays, 8pm].