The CNT inspired and
organized numerous activities.
This was all part of the
Catalan anarchist framework.
Culturally, the anarchist
world is very robust. 
Owing to its uniqueness, its penchant for
questioning everything, not obeying rules.
It argues everything, intellectually, which
gives it enormous strength.
When we ask, "What did it contribute
culturally?" we need to look at the context.
In general, most members are poor,
with limited access to education.
Learning to read and write took enormous
effort, requiring one to teach oneself.
So this culture, in this space, has limits.
It's nurtured through the efforts of
leaders, but as much, members'
commitment to self-learning. 
And they end up becoming thought
leaders within the union movement itself.
But cosmopolitan intellectualism is more at home
within the anarchist world's broader landscape.
This, though, is separate from the union,
within the larger anarchistic world.
The engagement between these
two worlds, or two social strata,
prompts the anarchist world
to take great interest in creating spaces
for education, culture and leisure.
Spaces for theater, all kinds of spaces
...more than schools alone.
