Solidaridad Internacional Antifascista

Solidaridad Internacional Antifascista (English: International Antifascist Solidarity), SIA, was a humanitarian organisation that existed in the Second Spanish Republic. It was politically aligned with the anarcho-syndicalist movement composed of the CNT, FAI and other groups. One of its general secretaries was Lucía Sánchez Saornil, an anarcha-feminist activist.[1]

This article is about Spanish anarchist humanitarian organisation. For other uses of the acronym, see SIA.

It engaged in publicity and fundraising in an attempt to assist the refugee-packed Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War.[2] It collaborated with the Mujeres Libres organisation to provide assistance to refugees and wounded soldiers.[3]

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Notes
  1. Ackelsberg 2005, pp. 174-175.
  2. Graham 2009.
  3. Ackelsberg 2005, p. 174.
  4. Ackelsberg 2005, p. 27.

References
  • Ackelsberg, Martha (2005). Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women (2nd ed.). AK Press. ISBN 1-902593-96-0.
  • Graham, Helen (2009). "Sánchez Saornil, Lucía (1895–1970)". In Ness, I. (ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi:10.1002/9781405198073.wbierp1301.


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