 The group edited the newspaper "El Amigo del Pueblo" from May 1937 to February 1938.The Friends of Durruti Group's document "Towards a Fresh Revolution" has been a major influence on the platformist tendency within anarchism.The group was formed from a current of workers that defined themselves against the collaboration of the CNT with the government, and "milicianos" who returned to Barcelona to fight against the militarization of the militias.