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,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,ABEL ,PAZ 

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,F\R? ,P>T3 ,! DEA?S ( ,DURRUTI 

  
  

,! PURGE ( ,TROTSKYI/ & AN>*O-SYNDICALI/ ELEM5TS HAS BEGUN 9 ,CATALONIA4 ,?IS WORK WILL BE CONDUCT$ 9 ,SPA9 ) ! SAME VIGOR ) :I* IT WAS CONDUCT$ 9 ! ,U,S,S,R4 

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,! F\R? SECTION ( ?IS BOOK W\LD BE UNNECESS>Y IF A HAZE ( CONFUSION HADN'T EM]G$ >\ND ,DURRUTI'S DEA? IMM$IATELY AFT] IT OCCURR$4 ,BUT1 S9CE ! MY/]Y ( HIS DEA? /ILL EXI/S TODAY1 =TY YE>S AFT] ! FACT1 WE >E OBLIG$ TO ADD ?IS EPILOGUE4 

,FROM ! MOM5T ,DURRUTI RECEIV$ ! 9JURY ?AT W\LD 5D HIS LIFE1 ! WITNESSES ( ! EV5T BEGAN CIRCULAT+ CONTRADICTORY ACC\NTS ( ! 9CID5T1 :I* EV5 ! ,C,N,T C\LD NOT C\NT]ACT4 ,!RE W]E CLE> POLITICAL 9T]E/S MOTIVAT+ EA* ACC\NT4 ,KOLTSOV CORRECTLY ACKN[L$G$ ?AT ,DURRUTI WAS ONE ( ! MO/ BRILLIANT M5 ( ,CATALONIA & ! ,SPANI% WORK]S' MOVEM5T1 :I* IS :Y EV]Y T5D5CY )9 ! ANTI-FASCI/ CAMP WANT$ TO EXPLOIT HIS DEA? = ITS [N PURPOSES & IDEOLOGICAL 5DS4 ,! MO/ DRAMATIC EXAMPLE OCCURR$ :5 HE WAS PO/HUM\SLY GRANT$ ! RANK ( ,LIEUT5ANT ,COLONEL 7HE1 :O HAD DI$ AS A SIMPLE MILITIAMAN7 9 ORD] TO MAKE IT EASI] TO GIVE ! SAME RANK TO ,LI/]1 ,MODE/O1 ,VAL5T9 ,GONZALEZ1 & ,CIPRIANO ,M]A4 ,?AT WAS AN UNAMBIGU\S POLITICAL ASSASS9ATION1 GIV5 ! REVOLUTION>Y ATTITUDE ?AT ,DURRUTI MA9TA9$ UP TO ! MOM5T ( HIS DEMISE4 ,?AT1 9 ADDITION TO ! P]VASIVE EXPLOITATION ( A PHRASE ATTRIBUT$ TO HIM 7:I* WE F9D NO TRACE ( 9 HIS [N /ATEM5TS71 NOT ONLY CONSUMMAT$ ,DURRUTI'S POLITICAL MURD] BUT ALSO CONTRIBUT$ TO ! ANNIHILATION ( ! PROLET>IAN & PEASANT REVOLUTION4 ,9DE$1 IMM$IATELY AFT] HIS DEA?1 ! ,G,P,U US$ ! ,COMMUNI/ ,P>TY TO BEG9 ! HUNT = ! AN>*O-,TROTSKYI/S4 ,?IS WAS ALL DONE 9 ! NAME ( 0R5\NC+ EV]Y?+ EXCEPT VICTORY0 7TO CITE 0COMRADE ,DURRUTI074 

,IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ANALYZE ! V>I\S ACC\NTS ( ,DURRUTI'S DEA? )\T CONSID]+ ! POLITICAL CLIMATE AT ! TIME & ! PSY*OLOGICAL DIM5SIONS ( ! ,SPANI% TRAG$Y4 ,9 ?AT CONFLICT$ SITUATION1 AN (FICIAL ACC\NT ( ,DURRUTI'S DEA? ?AT WAS NOT DEF9ITIVE--& IT C\LDN'T BE SAID DEF9ITIVELY ?AT ,DURRUTI DI$ FROM AN 05EMY BULLET0--HAD ! POT5TIAL TO PROVOKE AN >M$ CONFLICT AMONG ANTI-FASCI/S4 ,BUT A P]SUASIVE EXPLANATION ( HIS DEA? WAS NEV] PROVID$4 ,9 FACT1 ! EXI/+ ACC\NTS >E SO CONTRADICTORY & RAISE SO MANY QUE/IONS ?AT WE BELIEVE IT IS UNLIKELY ?AT ! ISSUE WILL EV] BE CL>IFI$4 ,WE CAN GR\P ! ACC\NTS ( ,DURRUTI'S DEA? 9TO ?REE CATEGORIES3  

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,ONE ( ,DURRUTI'S COMRADES ASSASS9AT$ HIM BECAUSE HE WAS BEG9N+ TO TURN T[>D ! ,COMMUNI/S4  

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,TO ?OSE ?REE POSSIBILITIES1 WE CAN ADD A F\R?1 ?AT ( ! 0VOX POPULI03 ! C\NT]-REVOLUTION--ALL ! POLITICAL =CES TRY+ TO MAKE ,SPA9 RETURN TO ! />T+ PO9T ( ,JULY #a#h1 #a#i#c#f--EXECUT$ ,DURRUTI4 

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