{"product_id":"the-anarchist-inquisition-assassins-activists-and-martyrs-in-spain-and-france-hardcover","title":"The Anarchist Inquisition: Assassins, Activists, and Martyrs in Spain and France - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Bray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Bray is a historian of human rights at Rutgers University. He is the author of the nationally bestselling \u003ci\u003eAntifa and Translating Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e. Follow him on Twitter @Mark__Bray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099836223623,"sku":"9781501761928","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/61ecc98d05a6a5b0bcde01f3df4bd9f2.webp?v=1732378268","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-anarchist-inquisition-assassins-activists-and-martyrs-in-spain-and-france-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}