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: Villa García challenges the traditional view of early 20th-century Spain as a backwards, stagnant nation. He instead describes it as a dynamic, European-style constitutional monarchy with freedoms comparable to those in the UK or Belgium at the time.

: The push by Catalan elites for self-determination and an "Estado Catalán".

: A revolutionary general strike inspired by the Russian Revolution—the "soviet español"—led by republicans, socialists (PSOE), and unions (UGT/CNT).

: The emergence of "Juntas de Defensa" (military committees) that challenged civilian authority.