Germinal Esgleas Jaume was the pseudonym of Josep Esgleas i Jaume (

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, 1903 - Tolosa, 1981) was a

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and militant of the FAI.

Exile

Exiled in France after the Spanish Civil War, he collaborated in the formation of the

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(MLE). In May 1945, he became General Secretary of the CNT during his exile in

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after facing off with the previous General Secretary,

Juan Manuel Molina Mateo Juan Manuel Molina Mateo (4 August 1901, Jumilla, Murcia - 20 September 1984, Barcelona, Catalonia), also known as Juanel, was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist militant of the National Confederation of Labor and a founding member of the Iberian A ...

. In those years a split took place between the orthodox faction and the possibilist faction, the latter of which was in favor of collaboration with the Spanish Republican government in exile. Esgleas was general secretary of the Orthodox faction until 1947, and again he was general secretary between 1952 and 1957. From 1958 to 1963 he was secretary general of the AIT. Later, when the two factions of the CNT reunited, he was general secretary between 1963 and 1967 and between 1969 and 1973. His appointment was answered by

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in 1964, who accused him, among other things, of appropriation of the running of the organization. His opinion was dominant within the CNT during the 1960s, which is why many of his detractors have accused him of immobility.

Works

* ''Decíamos ayer. Verdades de todas horas'' * ''Sindicalismo: orientación doctrinal y táctica de los sindicatos obreros y la CNT'' (1935)

References

External links

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: Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
Murió el líder anarquista "Germinal" Esgleas
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, 22 d'octubre de 1981
La CNT durante el franquismo
per Ángel Herrín López {{Authority control 1903 births 1981 deaths Secretaries General of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo Politicians from Catalonia Anarchists from Catalonia People from Maresme Anarcho-syndicalists Spanish emigrants to France