{"id":14492,"date":"2026-01-23T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/?p=14492"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:10:01","slug":"the-poum-republic-revolution-and-counterrevolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2026\/01\/the-poum-republic-revolution-and-counterrevolution\/","title":{"rendered":"The POUM, republic, revolution and counterrevolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39, was a pivotal moment in the 20th century history of revolutionary hope, failure and betrayal. It is also the story of fascism\u2019s rise and ultimately the beginning of World War II. Join us for a book talk and discussion with the author of <em>The POUM: Republic, Revolution and Counterrevolution <\/em>(2025).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>When: <\/strong>Sunday, January 25, 2026 at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1:00 pm Eastern Standard Time<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online, Zoom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How:<\/strong> Register for the event <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/0jnB_E_nTJ6ebEOiZoImgQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Speakers<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Andy Durgan<\/strong>, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">author of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/resistancebooks.org\/product\/the-poum-republic-revolution-and-counterrevolution\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">newly translated book<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the Party of Marxist Unification (POUM), will outline the development of this distinctive revolutionary movement and the role it played in the Spanish revolution. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following Durgan\u2019s presentation there will be time for discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"half\" \/>\n<p><small><em>Opinions expressed in signed articles do not necessarily represent the views of the editors or the Tempest Collective. For more information, see \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tempestmag.org\/about\/\">About Tempest Collective<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/small><br \/>\n<small>Featured Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/resistancebooks.org\/product\/the-poum-republic-revolution-and-counterrevolution\/\">Resistance Books<\/a>; modified by Tempest.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Register for the upcoming book talk and discussion on the Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) and its role during the Spanish Civil War.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[435],"class_list":["post-14492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","tag-spain"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-32.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}