Editing Spanish Revolution of 1936 (section)

=== Third phase of the Revolution (November 1936 – January 1937): ''Second Government of Victory'' ===
On 2 November, the [[Popular Executive Committee of Valencia]] approved a new action program that subordinated it to the policy of [[Largo Caballero]]'s republican government, which included the CNT members [[Juan García Oliver]], [[Juan López Sánchez]], [[Federica Montseny]], and [[Juan Peiró]]. During this month, the Iron Column decided to briefly take Valencia, in protest at the shortage of supplies provided by the Popular Executive Committee, subsequently leading to clashes in the streets of the city between libertarian militias and communist groups, leaving more than 30 dead.

On 14 November, the [[Durruti Column]] arrived in Madrid, after giving in to the pressure of the possibilists, who demanded collaboration with the state. On 20 November, Buenaventura Durruti died under suspicious circumstances, fighting in the battle of Madrid, where he had arrived with more than a thousand militiamen from the Front of Aragon.

On 17 December, the Moscow daily ''[[Pravda]]'' published an editorial that read: "The purge of [[Trotskyists]] and [[anarcho-syndicalists]] has already begun in Catalonia; it has been carried out with the same energy as in the Soviet Union."{{sfn|Enzensberger|1972}} The Stalinists had already begun the liquidation of any anti-fascists, collectivizations, and other revolutionary structures that did not submit to the directives of Moscow.

On 23 December, the Gijón War Committee was transformed by decree into the [[Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León]], which was regulated by the republican government and was more moderate in its policies, at the same time as it officially recognized the formation of the [[National Defense Committee]]. On 8 January 1937, the Popular Executive Committee of Valencia was dissolved.

During this stage, the government definitely controlled the anarchist popular militias, dissolving them so that they were compulsorily integrated into the [[Spanish Republican Army]], which was under the command of professional officers.