Spain and the World is the name of an anarchist
publication initiated in response to the Spanish
Civil War and the struggles of the CNT-FAI
carrying analysis of events as they unfolded.
In Britain, the Freedom Paper had begun to
peter-out.
Thomas Keell had attempted to close the paper
down as a reflection of the poor state of
the British anarchist movement.
Though there was a brief dispute which resulted
in two rival 'Freedoms', both had run their
course by the early 1930s.
The fortnightly publication, Spain and the
World had been started by Dr Galasso and Vernon
Richards in 1936 to compete with News Chronicle
and New Statesman who were supportive of Soviet
policy in Spain.
"After the first issue, Spain and the World
became a Freedom Press publication, with Tom
Keell and Lilian Wolfe" according to Rooum.
The paper would go on to revive the fortunes
of the Freedom paper with input from important
activists like Marie-Louise Berneri and Frank
Leech.
Briefly, Spain and the World would become
Revolt!, and then finally War Commentary in
1939 before returning to the publication of
the Freedom Paper
