Quotes About Francoism

En marzo de 1812 se aprobó, tras acaloradas discusiones, la desdichada Constitución por la que España debería regirse… Esta cita, que procede de un libro de texto escolar editado siglo y medio más tarde, durante el franquismo, refleja la postura del sector conservador de las Cortes de Cádiz y la larga proyección que las ideas reaccionarias tendrían en el futuro.

Francoism constitutes the most significant and enduring "Western" example of how European polities, societies and "nations" of the mid twentieth century came to be reconstructed through violence – through the large-scale execution and mass imprisonment of compatriots.

late Francoism: the extravagant bureaucracy easily circumvented by insiders;

the story of how "Francoism" was built – bottom up as a repressive, carceral society – as well as top down as a political regime.

While these criticisms would be more accurately levelled at Spain's 1977 Amnesty Law, it is nevertheless true that the 2007 law, while it ostensibly addresses what is due to the victims of Francoism, also protects to a very high degree the right of perpetrators to "privacy

the fear-driven social purification underpinning Francoism,