The Guardian Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Spanish Civil War==== Traditionally affiliated with the centrist to centre-left [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]], and with a northern, non-conformist circulation base, the paper earned a national reputation and the respect of the left during the [[Spanish Civil War]] (1936β1939). [[George Orwell]] wrote in ''[[Homage to Catalonia#Appendix one (orig. ch. 5)|Homage to Catalonia]]'' (1938): "Of our larger papers, the ''Manchester Guardian'' is the only one that leaves me with an increased respect for its honesty".<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Orwell|first1=George|author-link=George Orwell|title=Homage to Catalonia|isbn=0-15-642117-8|publisher=[[Harcourt (publisher)|Harcourt, Brace]]|oclc=769187345|page=[[iarchive:homagetocataloni00orwe 0/page/65/mode/1up|65]]|year=1980|orig-date=1938}}</ref> With the pro-Liberal ''[[News Chronicle]]'', the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]-supporting ''[[Daily Herald (UK newspaper)|Daily Herald]]'', the [[Communist Party of Great Britain|Communist Party]]'s ''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Daily Worker]]'' and several Sunday and weekly papers, it supported the Republican government against General [[Francisco Franco]]'s insurgent nationalists.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Beevor|first1=Antony|author-link=Antony Beevor|title=The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War, 1936β1939|year=2006|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|isbn=0-14-303765-X|oclc=70158540|page=[[iarchive:battleforspainsp00anto/page/243/mode/1up|243]]}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page