Manuel Medina González

Manuel Medina González (aka Manolo Medina i Ariel; d. 1993), Andalusian journalist, poet, writer, Mason, anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist, then a Falangist, born. Active member of the CNT and FAI in Seville, he was forced to resign as director of Solidaridad Obrera de Valencia in 1932 was forced to resign after having posted criticism of Ángel Pestaña and the National Committee of the CNT. As a journalist, he worked for numerous newspapers including 'Acción Social Obrera', '¡Despertad!', 'Estudios', 'Iniciales', 'El Productor', 'La Revista Blanca', 'Solidaridad', 'Solidaridad Obrera', 'Tierra Libre', etc. and directed 'Tierra y Libertad'. When the Civil War broke out, he joined the Phalange in Seville and was director of the Falangist daily newspaper 'Azul' (Blue).