Item #118432 Spain. 1. Did the Government of Spain Represent the Majority of Spaniards? No... [drop-title]. Spanish Civil War.
Spain. 1. Did the Government of Spain Represent the Majority of Spaniards? No... [drop-title]
Spain. 1. Did the Government of Spain Represent the Majority of Spaniards? No... [drop-title]

Spain. 1. Did the Government of Spain Represent the Majority of Spaniards? No... [drop-title]

Adelaide, E.J. McAlister & Co., Printers [for the Catholic Guild of Social Studies], [circa May 1937] (written in ink at the foot of the last page).

288 × 144 mm, [4] pages (a bifolium).

Paper lightly creased and unevenly discoloured (from contact with something printed on acidic paper); a very good copy.

Page 4: 'Is This A Fascist Leaflet? It is not. Everyone who is opposed to the victory of red atheistic materialism is liable to be called a Fascist these days; that is the new Communistic tactic. We are not Fascists....''. At the end of the text, printed between 'Long Live Christ The King' and the colophon, is 'No. 1 - Catholic Guild of Social Studies, Adelaide, South Australia'. Paul and Margaret McGuire co-founded, with Father John O'Doherty, the CGSS in Adelaide in 1932. Dominic Mary Paul McGuire (1903-1978) was a South Australian-born journalist, author and diplomat. 'In addition to running courses for the guild, McGuire lectured for the WEA on literature and history. In 1936 the guild swung to the right (with much of Western Catholic thought) in support of General Franco's cause in the Spanish Civil War. McGuire travelled to Spain as correspondent for the "Catholic Herald" (London), and wrote passionately of the children displaced by the conflict and the damage done to the Catholic culture of Europe' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). We suggest that McGuire is the author of this leaflet.

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