Word: peralism
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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...this happened in a time of growing tension. The aged Marquis of Peral, in whose olive groves Caro and Mudarra worked, had taken less & less interest in his lands, turned them over to hard, thieving Argote, political boss in the days before Alfonso abdicated, who grafted, plotted, had Anarchist troublemakers killed. When the olive-pickers stormed the groves in a dispute about wages, the punishment was drastic: 80 men were arrested by the Civil Guard. When a protest meeting was held it was fired on, and 24 were killed. The aged Marquis woke up too late to a realization...
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