I'd ask, "What is the importance of
anarchism in Barcelona?"
Not all of the anarchist movements
revolved around unions.
At this time, anarchism and labor societies
do play an important role in education.
The newly-formed labor movement--
itself, a new concept--
the first thing they did was call
attention to what was lacking.
And what was the greatest lack? Education.
This is a Spanish state government that,
in organizing its regime in 1876, 
put no priority on education,
and left it in the church's hands.
But that's another subject.
This labor world understands that education is key
to moving forward and improving work conditions.
So education is at the forefront of the CNT
union's programs, likewise in the socialist unions.
How is this accomplished? 
Within anarchist circles, there are two
very important pedagogical models 
which will create schools which
function, let's say, in the normal manner.
The most famous, but not the only one, 
in Barcelona, is the Modern School.
That's the most famous, but not
the most important one.
On the other hand, labor societies
will create meeting rooms, because this
anarchist world casts a wide sociocultural net.
And the answer to the question, "What was
a meeting area?" To sum, a cafe.
And the cafe
was important.
That's where the counter was, 
where people drank coffee and brandy.
And the back, what we'd call, in a shop,
the back shop. 
In cafes, they didn't
have names.
It was used as a meeting area, where, informal,
but structured classes were held.
Reading and writing was taught.
Plays were rehearsed.
And who was behind that? People
who knew how to do it.
It might be teachers with a specific expertise,
sometimes people from a specific organization.
But there was a real
obsession with education.
So they created
classrooms, school offices,
areas for reading newspapers, trade union
magazines, to teach and train people.
In this world, it's a vitally
important pedagogical tool.
The comics, the plays are
enormously educational.
It's an extremely
important space.
And then, specific schools through the ateneus,
which are very important in Catalonia, are created.
A meeting area that is half leisure,
half cultural and surely, 
the most important one is the
Encyclopedic Popular Athenaeum,
which ends up,
practically, a university.
Not officially, but with a very important
level of education.
