Ka cika wannan magana: A farkon ƙarni na 20, ra'ayin gurguzu da kuma tawaye ya yaɗu a dukan ƙasar Sifen. Akwai rashin jin daɗi a cikin Catalonia, wanda ya kasance mai masana'antu sosai kuma ya kasance tushen ƙungiyoyin kwadago na anarcho-syndicalist. Jerin yajin aiki saboda rage albashi da kuma mayar da martani ga aikin soja don Yaƙin Rif na biyu a Maroko ya ƙare a cikin Makon Bala'i (25 ga Yuli <unk> 2 ga Agusta 1909) wanda ma'aikata suka tashi cikin tawaye kuma sojojin suka danne su. An kafa Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) a cikin watan Oktoba 1910 kuma nan da nan ya yi kira ga yajin aiki na gama gari, wanda sojoji suka danne. Sauran yaƙe-yaƙe sun biyo baya a cikin 1917 da 1919 a cikin tashin hankali tsakanin 'yan sanda da ƙungiyoyin kwadago. Tare da haramtacciyar CNT, an kafa Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI) a cikin 1927 a matsayin ƙawancen ɓoye na ƙungiyoyin ƙawance a lokacin mulkin kama karya na Miguel Primo de Rivera. Membobinta masu tsattsauran ra'ayi, wadanda suma suna cikin CNT, sun yi tasiri sosai ga sauran membobin kungiyar kwadago. A lokacin Jamhuriyar Mutanen Espanya ta Biyu, 'yan tawaye sun ci gaba da jagorantar tashin hankali irin su Casas Viejas tawaye a 1933 da kuma
Yajin aikin ma'adinai na Asturian na 1934 wanda Francisco Franco ya kashe shi da taimakon sojojin Moorish.