Labour education in the Balearic Islands

This article describes and documents the facts and most notable experiences in
labour education on the Balearic Islands from the 1868 revolution until the end
of the Civil War. We highlight the republican and socialist experiences on
Mallorca and Ibiza and describe the five secular schools that were opened on
the island of Menorca at different points in time. Although Ferrer i Guardias
influence on the emergence and consolidation of these labour initiatives is
clear, it is also evident that the free-thinking movement, secularism and
republican initiatives and all kinds of progressive communities worked to
secularise society before the experience of the Modern School.