Living Utopia?

The meeting in Norwich yesterday (film showing of 'Living Utopia (The anarchists and the Spanish Revolution)' was well attended and the film very informative. But…

Was it socialism? Did the Spanish anarchists really achieve libertarian communism (aka socialism) in 1936? Or was it, as the organiser 'fessed up later, nowt but worker-run capitalism?

Since there was clearly a wide range of distributive mechanisms – from a full on cash economy through LTVs to free access – what does that say about the role of money in the revolution?

And, since the involvement of the anarchists in the Generalitat was, if anything, detrimental, what can be the place of the political revolution (the 'Parliamentary Road')?

These were some of the questions I did not feel were answered – or even posed.

Perhaps Forumites might like to take up the challenge.