 Violence between the government and its supporters, the Popular Front, whose leadership was clearly moving towards the left (abandoning constitutional Republicanism for leftist revolution), and the opposition accelerated, culminating in the coup of right-wing generals in July.As the year progressed Nationalist and Republican persecution grew, and Republicans began attacking churches, occupying land for redistribution and attacking nationalist politicians in a process of tit-for-tat violence.Leading up to the Civil War, the state of the political establishment had been brutal and violent for some time.