Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ka whakamārama a Orwell i ngā huringa nui i roto i te taiao pāpori me te tōrangapū o Barcelona i tana hokinga mai i muri i ngā marama e toru i te mua. E whakaahua ana ia i te korenga o te taiao hurihuri me te wehenga akomanga i whakaaro ia kaore e puta ano, ara, me te wehenga e kitea ana i waenga i te hunga whai rawa me te rawakore me te hokinga mai o te reo pononga. I whakatau a Orwell ki te wehe i te POUM, a ka whakaae mai ki konei "ka pai ia ki te whakauru atu ki nga Anarchists", engari i rapu ia i tetahi taunakitanga kia uru atu ki te International Column, kia taea ai e ia te haere ki te
Ko te anga whakamua o Madrid. Ko te haurua whakamutunga o tenei upoko ka whakatapua ki te whakaahua i te pakanga i waenga i te CNT anarchist me te Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) me te whakakorenga o te whakaaturanga o te Mei 1 me te hanganga ki nga pakanga o te huarahi o Barcelona May Days. "Ko te pakanga i waenganui i te hunga e hiahia ana kia haere whakamua te hurihanga me te hunga e hiahia ana ki te aukati, ki te ārai rānei i a ia i te mutunga, i waenganui i ngā Anarchists me ngā Communists".