Confederal militias

Confederal Militia
Milicias confederales de la CNT-FAI
Flag of the CNT-FAI
Active	1934–1937
Disbanded	1937
Country	Spanish Republic
Allegiance	CNT-FAI
Branch	Spanish Republican Army
Type	People's Militia
Role	Home defense
Size	50,000
Colors	Red   and Black
Engagements	Revolution of 1934 Spanish Civil War
Commanders
Durruti Column	Buenaventura Durruti
South Ebro Column	Antonio Ortiz Ramírez
Ascaso Column	Cristóbal Alvaldetrecu, Gregorio Jover, Domingo Ascaso
Harriers Column	Miguel García Vivancos, Juan García Oliver
Iron Column	José Pellicer Gandía
Land and Freedom Column	Germinal de Souza
Rosal Column	Francisco del Rosal Rico, Cipriano Mera

The confederal militias were a movement of people's militia during the Spanish Civil War organized by the Spanish anarchist movement: the National Confederation of Labor (CNT) and the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI). The CNT militias replaced clandestine defense committees instituted earlier. As the war progressed, the militias were progressively dissolved and assimilated into the Spanish Republican Army, in spite of many militiamen refusing the militarization.