What matters is the particular pitch of that "I" - the writer capable of joining an anarchist militia and saying so in a subordinate clause.

Under pressure from the Soviet Union, the PCE integrated the anarchist militias into the Republican army.

While some joined voluntarily, others, especially in the beginning of the revolution, were forced to join the collectives by anarchist militias.

The unit was part of the French-speaking section of the anarchist militia.

Soon after, a column of the anarchist militia was named for him, the Francisco Ascaso Column.

"Citizen Comrade De Villers and his anarchist militia down die valley and buy you the time you need to dig in."

"The rebels inflicted heavy casualties on the anarchist militia, that's true," he said judiciously.

Bayo tried to coordinate the two forces but the anarchist militias, distrustful of his Communist sympathies, refused to commit themselves to his operation.

He found himself arrested by an anarchist militia, but was eventually released and left for France on a warship.

Quick action by either the rebels or anarchist militias was often enough to decide the fate of a town.