Alt Llobregat insurrection

Alt Llobregat insurrection
Municipalities where libertarian communism was proclaimed (red) in the comarques of Berguedà and Bages (pink)
Date	18–27 January 1932 (1932-01-18 – 1932-01-27)
Location	Berguedà and Bages, Central Catalonia
Caused by	Political repression, exploitation of labour
Goals	Libertarian communism
Methods	General strike, insurrection
Resulted in	Insurrection suppressed Rebel towns occupied by the Spanish Army Anarchists imprisoned and deported
Parties
Revolutionaries Confederación Nacional del Trabajo Iberian Anarchist Federation  Spanish Republic Civil Guard Sometent Spanish Army
Lead figures
Buenaventura Durruti Vicente Pérez Arturo Parera Manuel Azaña Santiago Casares Quiroga Domènec Batet Joan Moles [ca] José Enrique de Olano [es]
Casualties
Death(s)	None
Arrested	Hundreds
Deported	104 CNT activists

The Alt Llobregat insurrection was a revolutionary general strike which took place in central Catalonia, in the northeast of Spain, in January 1932. Initially organised as a wildcat strike by miners in Fígols, who were protesting against low wages and poor working conditions, it soon turned into a general revolt and spread throughout the region. Workers seized local institutions, disarmed the police and proclaimed libertarian communism, all without any killing taking place. Within a week, the rebellion was suppressed by the Spanish Army. A subsequent rebellion in Aragon was also suppressed. In the wake of the insurrection, many anarchist activists were imprisoned or deported. The suppression of the insurrection caused a split in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, with its radical faction ultimately taking control of the organisation and the moderate faction splitting off to form the Syndicalist Party. Further insurrections were carried out by CNT activists in January and December 1933.