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**Binefar** is a small town in Aragon, [Spain](Spain "wikilink"), with
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around 9,288 residents. It was a part of [Revolutionary
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Spain](Revolutionary_Spain "wikilink") during the [Spanish Civil
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War](Spanish_Civil_War "wikilink").
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## Revolution
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On the 20th of July, fascists barricaded themselves into military
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barracks, and [anarcho-syndicalist](Anarcho-Syndicalism "wikilink")
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workers battled them, defeating them in just an hour. [Popular
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assemblies](Democratic_Assembly "wikilink") were set up and a month
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later agreed to abolish private ownership of land. Twelve hundred
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hectares of land were collectivised. The land was divided into parcels.
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Seven work groups cultivate the collectivised land. The group delegates
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meet each evening at the meeting hall to exchange impressions and
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benefit from the lessons of experience.
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At the time, there were only 5,000 people, and the CNT was the only
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organisation, and it issued vouchers as money, and issued many goods and
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healthcare freely. The town sent two trucks of food to the front lines
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of the war everyday, and 32 truckloads to Madrid.
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The town suffered a shortage of workers due to most young men going to
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the army. Despite this, the town expanded its electric grid, telephone
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coverage, established a hospital and other collective buildings.
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Consumption and living standards improved for the majority of the
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population despite the war.
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## References
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[Augustin Souchy](Augustin_Souchy "wikilink") - [With The Peasants of
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Aragon](https://libcom.org/history/peasants-aragon) |