The Spanish Civil War Episodes on Targeted Subjects w/ Karl Dahl (Part 2)
Summary
This episode examines the 1936 murder of Spanish parliamentarian Jose Calvo Sotelo, arguing it was a state-sponsored assassination orchestrated by the Republican government to trigger the Civil War. The hosts discuss primary source evidence, including a 1938 interview with a surviving guard, which details how leftist elements within the security forces planned and executed the killing. They draw parallels between this historical event and modern political violence, suggesting that unchecked radicalism leads to systemic collapse. The discussion highlights the failure of Western narratives to…
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