Asturian miners' strike of 1934

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The Asturian miners' strike of 1934 was a major leftist insurrection in Spain, centered in the Asturias mining region, that saw workers briefly seize control and was violently suppressed by government forces, foreshadowing the Spanish Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
insurrection
uprising
workers' strike
alsoKnownAs Asturian miners' strike of 1934
surface form: Asturian Revolution of 1934
commandedBy Francisco Franco
General Eduardo López Ochoa
country Spain
endTime October 1934
followedBy Spanish Civil War
hasCause opposition to the entry of right-wing CEDA into the Spanish government
radicalization of the Spanish left
social and economic grievances of miners
hasEffect foreshadowed the Spanish Civil War
intensified political polarization in Spain
severe repression of the labor movement in Asturias
ideology anti-fascism
revolutionary leftism
socialism
languageOfName English
locatedIn Asturian mining basin
Asturias NERFINISHED
numberOfArrests thousands of workers arrested
numberOfCasualties several thousand killed and wounded
opponent Assault Guard
Guardia Civil
surface form: Civil Guard

Spanish Army
Spanish Armed Forces
surface form: Spanish government forces
participant Asturian miners
Communist militants
General Union of Workers
Spanish Socialist Workers Party
surface form: Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

anarchist militants
partOf Asturian miners' strike of 1934 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Spanish Revolution of 1934

political conflict during the Second Spanish Republic
pointInTime 1934
politicalContext Second Spanish Republic
bienio negro (two black years)
result defeat of the insurgent miners
government victory
harsh repression
significantEvent destruction of churches and religious buildings in some areas
revolutionary committees formed in mining towns
seizure of arms and dynamite by miners
workers briefly seized control of much of Asturias
startTime October 1934
usedForceType Foreign Legion
Regulares (Moroccan troops)
air bombardment
artillery

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Asturian miners' strike of 1934 alsoKnownAs Asturian miners' strike of 1934
this entity surface form: Asturian Revolution of 1934
Second Spanish Republic event Asturian miners' strike of 1934
Second Spanish Republic event Asturian miners' strike of 1934
this entity surface form: Revolution of 1934 in Spain
Asturian miners' strike of 1934 partOf Asturian miners' strike of 1934 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Spanish Revolution of 1934
Francisco Largo Caballero participantIn Asturian miners' strike of 1934