But not BY Franco. Note in the article how the government removes social security support from the coops and they have to set up healthcare themselves.

Arizmendiarrieta wasn't a Franco follower at all. He fought with the Republicans and went to jail during the war. After that stopped writing in Basque, as that wasn't seen with good eyes in Franco times.

Frankly, people fight on all sides during wars. 20 years later, life goes on. Franco's government was in favor of co-ops and they flourished under his government.

Work syndicates, cooperatives are absolutely in line with the Falange. Straight out of the 26 points

"We seek redistributing arable land in such a way as to revive family farms and give energetic encouragement to the syndicalization of farm laborers"