Confederación Nacional del Trabajo

The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) is a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist trade union founded in 1910. It organized workers through unions and played a major role in the Spanish labor movement and the Spanish Civil War.

Anarcho-syndicalism: A labor movement that seeks worker self-management and social transformation through revolutionary trade unions. The CNT organized unions around this broader strategy of worker-led social change.
Solidaridad Obrera: A Catalan workers' federation founded in 1907 that helped prepare the ground for the CNT. This federation provided the immediate organizational base from which the CNT was founded.
Tragic Week: A 1909 uprising in Barcelona triggered by opposition to military conscription for the war in Morocco. The unrest preceded the CNT's founding and intensified labor radicalism in Barcelona.
Salvador Seguí: A Catalan labor organizer and CNT leader known as El Noi del Sucre. Seguí helped build the CNT's influence in Barcelona's labor movement.
Unión General de Trabajadores: A Spanish trade union founded in 1888 and historically associated with the socialist movement. The UGT was the CNT's principal rival in Spain's labor movement, with closer ties to socialism.
Direct action: Political action taken directly by participants rather than through representatives or established institutions. Strikes and workplace pressure were central methods in the CNT's organizing repertoire.
Spanish labor movement: The organizations, campaigns, and conflicts through which workers in Spain pursued collective interests. The CNT became one of the movement's largest and most influential organizations.
Spanish Revolution of 1936: A revolutionary transformation in Republican Spain after the military uprising of July 1936. CNT members led collectivization and worker control in parts of Republican territory.
Ángel Pestaña: A Spanish syndicalist and CNT leader who later founded the Syndicalist Party. His career reflected internal debates over revolutionary strategy and political participation.
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo–Unión General de Trabajadores relations: The changing cooperation and rivalry between Spain's two largest labor confederations. Their alliances and disputes shaped labor politics, especially during the Civil War.

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