Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Orwell ya ba da cikakken bayani game da canje-canje masu ban mamaki a cikin yanayin zamantakewa da siyasa na Barcelona lokacin da ya dawo bayan watanni uku a gaba. Ya bayyana rashin yanayin juyin juya hali da rarrabuwa na aji wanda ya yi tunanin ba zai sake bayyana ba, watau, tare da rarrabuwa tsakanin masu arziki da matalauta da kuma dawowar yaren bawa. Orwell ya ƙuduri aniyar barin POUM, kuma ya furta a nan cewa "da ya so ya shiga Anarchists", amma a maimakon haka ya nemi shawarar shiga cikin International Column, don ya iya zuwa gaban Madrid
Ka yi haƙuri. Rabin na biyu na wannan babi an sadaukar da shi ne don bayyana rikici tsakanin CNT mai ra'ayin anarchist da Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) na gurguzu da kuma sakamakon soke zanga-zangar ranar Mayu da kuma gina gwagwarmayar titin Barcelona May Days. "Ya kasance adawa tsakanin waɗanda suke son juyin juya halin ya ci gaba da waɗanda suke so su hana shi ko hana shi - a ƙarshe, tsakanin 'yan tawaye da' yan gurguzu. "