The party came close to express support for the Republican cause of the Spanish Civil War"The civil war in Spain". Socialist Standard. on grounds of supporting defence of democracy (some writers initially took Spain as an example of what could happen if the capitalists class tried to use force to overturn the result of a socialist electoral revolution). This led to a debate within the party and resulted in an official statement that fell short of supporting the pro-capitalist republican government, but offering general support to workers in their struggle for democracy."The SPGB and Spain". Socialist Standard.
