The Spanish Civil War - pg. 90

Barcelona had always been a lively city and the July revolution
hardly calmed it. Expropriated cars roared around at high speed,
often causing accidents but such antics were soon stopped when
petrol was issued was only for essential journeys. Loudspeakers
attached to trees on the avenues relayed music and broadcast
ludicrously optimistic news bulletins from time to time. These
were seized on by groups discussing events such as the 'imminent'
fall of Saragossa. It was a world of instant friendship, with the formal
expression of address no longer used. Foreigners were welcomed
and the anti-fascist cause was explained repeatedly. There was a
naive faith that, if everything was made clear, the democracies could
not fail to help them against Franco, Hitler and Mussolini.