12019-04-08T17:46:56-07:00Andrea Davise50475e163fb87bc8bd10c6c0244468fd91e8da5316342plain2019-04-17T17:48:36-07:00Sean Christopher Tolbert2b602f2bdfff9cdec6862c315219ce2187f6238fThe C.N.T. is and was an anarcho-syndicalist trade union in Spain. The main goal of the union was to overthrow capitalism by general strikes, but after the Francisco revolution in 1936 their aims began to change. The C.N.T. already had ultra-radical groups within its ranks, like the Solidarios, led by Bueunaventura Durruti, who would play a large role in the upcoming war and the May Days of 1937, but until the outbreak of war were primarily pacifist. The C.N.T. was aligned with the Republican government of Spain and was highly influential in Catalonia especially. After the outbreak of hostilities they aligned or re-aligned themselves with several other groups including the P.O.U.M., but also the F.A.I, and the U.G.T.