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Pistolerismo refers both to a specific period of Spanish history, between the general strike of August 1917 and Primo de Rivera's coup in September 1923, and to a social phenomenon spread in many areas of Spain. It was characterized by the birth and proliferation of several armed groups composed of pistoleros, specialized men in the use of violence.[1]
Pistolerismo | |||||||||||
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Part of Spanish liberal State crisis | |||||||||||
Date | 1917-1923 | ||||||||||
Location | Spain, mainly in industrial areas and especially in Barcelona | ||||||||||
Goals | Achievement of social rights for the working class (CNT and UGT) Rrepression of all union trade initiatives (counter-revolutionary front) | ||||||||||
Methods | personal murders, bombing attacks, strike repressions | ||||||||||
Resulted in | Primo de Rivera's dicatorship | ||||||||||
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Lead figures | |||||||||||
Salvador Seguì Severiano Martinez Anido |
It reached his most tragic consequences in the region of Catalonia and especially in the city of Barcelona, where hundreds of people were killed or injured as consequence of political violence and social attacks. Above all, social clashes of these years played a fundamental role in the crise of the Spanish Liberal State, whose existence definitely finished with de Rivera's coup.[2]