"Known for its burning churches, barricades, and disinterred nuns, the Tragic Week of 1909 remains one of the most dynamic and bizarre revolts of modern Spanish history. This first-hand account penned by the longtime anarchist militant Juan Bautista Esteve (aka Leopoldo Bonafulla) provides the reader with a valuable glimpse into the street-level development of the rebellion as well as the larger context and ramifications of the colonial war in Morocco that sparked it. Finally available in English, The July Revolution transports us back to a fleeting moment when the flame of revolutionary desire burnt brightly for many among the lower classes of Barcelona and beyond." —Mark Bray, co-editor of Anarchist Education and the Modern School: A Francisco Ferrer Reader and author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook