Republican victory in SCW, what happens to Catalonia?

So imagine for a minute that somehow the Republicans defeated the Nationalists in the Civil War. The CNT-FAI have almost total control in Catalonia for this scenario. What would happen to Catalonia? Would Republican forces attempt to overthrow the Anarchists?

Also if a Republican victory did happen, would the Communist factions attempt a revolution?
 
In order to have Catalonia under anarchist control you need a republican victory before May of 1937, which is quite tricky though not totally impossible, I guess. If it's an early republican victory, the Republican authorities and the Generalitat will retake the contol of Catalonia without any doubt, though concesions in order to avoid upseting too much the large anarchist bases can be expected (in matters like labour legislation, positions in governemnt etc) Also, some things would depend on what happens with the catalan high bourgeoisie and the northern rural Catalonia that supported the Alzamiento and what is the attitude of the winning republic towards the defeated. But still most political forces in Catalonia, from the catalan nationalists to the communists will probably press the republican government to take actions to reduce the anarchist influence as much as possible in the rule of Catalonia. If the events of Barcelona were possible during the war, something worse is possible without an external threat.

Regarding the communists (I assume you are referring to the stalinists of the PCE and the PSUC) it also depends on when and how the war ends. In general terms, if it's after 1937, its a real possibility, but probably destined to fail. Once again, these conflicts existed in OTL during the war, and in the case of the communists the rest of the republican forces managed to overthrow the communist take over in Madrid in 1939, with the city at the edge of collapse due the the nationalist pressure and the republican desperate situation. In peacetime they should be more easily controllable. If it's after an early republcian victory, I don't think they would even dare to try something considering they had a rather limited popular support and political influence and the soviets wouldn't have had time to establish their, ah, "network of influence" in Spain.

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So imagine for a minute that somehow the Republicans defeated the Nationalists in the Civil War. The CNT-FAI have almost total control in Catalonia for this scenario. What would happen to Catalonia? Would Republican forces attempt to overthrow the Anarchists?

Also if a Republican victory did happen, would the Communist factions attempt a revolution?


Perhaps a continuation of the civil war, between the former allies....which IOTL also partially happened.
 
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