Editing Aragon (section)

=== Spanish Civil War 1936–1939 ===
During the [[Spanish Civil War|1936–1939 Civil War]], Aragon was divided between both sides. The eastern area closer to Catalonia was run by the Republican [[Regional Defence Council of Aragon]], while the larger western area was controlled by the [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|Nationalists]]. Some of the most important battles of the war were fought in or near Aragon, including [[Battle of Belchite (1937)|Belchite]], [[Battle of Teruel|Teruel]] and [[Battle of the Ebro|Ebro]]. After the defeat of the [[Second Spanish Republic|Republic]] in April 1939, Aragon and the rest of Spain was governed by the [[Francoist Spain|Francoist dictatorship]].

Aragon was a stronghold for the [[Spanish Revolution of 1936|Spanish Revolution]], which was a workers' [[social revolution]] that began at the outbreak of the [[Spanish Civil War]] in 1936 and for two to three years resulted in the widespread implementation of [[Anarchism in Spain|anarchist]] and, more broadly, [[Libertarian socialism|libertarian socialist]] organizational principles throughout various portions of the country.

In Aragon, agrarian collectives were formed that were structured by work groups of between five and ten members. To each work group, the community assigned a piece of land for which it was responsible. Each group elected a delegate who represented their views at community meetings. A management committee was responsible for the day-to-day running of the community. This committee was in charge of obtaining materials, carrying out exchanges with other areas, organizing the distribution of production, and the public works that were necessary. Its members were elected in general assemblies in which all the people who made up the community participated.

Even during the second phase of the revolution when some revolutionary structures were subordinated to the government, giving rise to the dissolution or beginning of absorption, appropriation, and intervention of the revolutionary structures by the republican state government, Aragon remained a stronghold of anarcho-syndicalist labor.