Editing POUM (section)

==Conflict with the PCE and PSUC==
The POUM's independent communist position, including opposition to Stalin, caused huge ruptures with the PCE, which remained fiercely loyal to the Comintern. Moreover, these divisions, which included accusations of Trotskyism (and even [[fascism]]) by the communists, resulted in actual fighting between their supporters; most notably, in 1937, a primarily communist coalition of government forces attacked the POUM during the [[Barcelona]] [[May Days]]. While the larger [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo]] (National Confederation of Labour, CNT) supported the POUM at first, the moderate leadership of the CNT dropped its support after it joined the government. Radical elements within the anarchist movement however fought side by side in the streets of Barcelona during the May Days and were isolated as well, like the [[Friends of Durruti Group|Friends of Durruti]]. The POUM, along with the purely Trotskyist Seccion Bolshevik-Leninista, became isolated, and both organizations were driven underground. Nin was detained and presumably tortured to death by [[NKVD]] agents in [[Alcalá de Henares]], Nin and his party were consistently labeled as [[Agent provocateur|provocateurs]] in Stalinist [[propaganda]].