{"product_id":"the-anarchist-inquisition-assassins-activists-and-martyrs-in-spain-and-france-9781501761928","title":"The Anarchist Inquisition: Assassins, Activists, and Martyrs in Spain and France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist Inquisition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores the groundbreaking transnational human rights campaigns that emerged in response to a brutal wave of repression unleashed by the Spanish state to quash anarchist activities at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Bray guides readers through this tumultuous era--from backroom meetings in Paris and torture chambers in Barcelona, to international antiterrorist conferences in Rome and human rights demonstrations in Buenos Aires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnarchist bombings in theaters and cafes in the 1890s provoked mass arrests, the passage of harsh anti-anarchist laws, and executions in France and Spain. Yet, far from a marginal phenomenon, this first international terrorist threat had profound ramifications for the broader development of human rights, as well as modern global policing, and international legislation on extradition and migration. A transnational network of journalists, lawyers, union activists, anarchists, and other dissidents related peninsular torture to Spain's brutal suppression of colonial revolts in Cuba and the Philippines to craft a nascent human rights movement against the revival of the Inquisition. Ultimately their efforts compelled the monarchy to accede in the face of unprecedented global criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBray draws a vivid picture of the assassins, activists, torturers, and martyrs whose struggles set the stage for a previously unexamined era of human rights mobilization. Rather than assuming that human rights struggles and terrorism are inherently contradictory forces, \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist Inquisition\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes how these two modern political phenomena worked in tandem to constitute dynamic campaigns against Spanish atrocities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501761928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Mark Bray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41596093104309,"sku":"9781501761928","price":31.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_79ce1ceb-b793-413a-b791-da6b2632bd73.jpg?v=1644332936","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-anarchist-inquisition-assassins-activists-and-martyrs-in-spain-and-france-9781501761928","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}