The CNT typically discouraged its members from voting, or simply ignored elections, and did not participate inside the Spanish political system. During the Spanish Civil War it compromised its principles, and the results were disastrous.

Overview of the 1936 anarchist revolution in Spain, the 1937 counter-revolution, and the civil war in which it occurred.

As a result of the Korean War, fascist Spain went from international pariah state to ally of the American Empire.