#OtD 7 Aug 1936 rebels near Madrid conducted a ceremonial "execution" of the Monument of the Sacred Heart. It was shot by a firing squad of working-class people who had risen up against a fascist military coup backed by the Church. More in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e39-the-spanish-civil-war-an-introduction/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon