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Stan Hilton remembered in Newhaven

Supporters of the International Brigades gathered at Newhaven Fort at noon on Saturday 29 October to honour the memory of Stan Hilton, the last surviving member of the British Battalion of the XV International Brigade, who died on 21 October, aged 98 in a nursing home in Melbourne, Australia.

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Message from Poland

Message from the Hands off Dabrowszczacy Street Initiative

[www.facebook.com/Bohaterowie1936] in Warsaw about an attack on the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the International Brigades.

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Death of last British veteran of Spanish Civil War

Stan Hilton, the last surviving Briton who fought in the legendary International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, died today [Friday 21 October 2016] in Australia, aged 98.

 

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Irish President's speech at IBMT's Annual General Meeting

Michael D Higgins, the President of Ireland, addressed the IBMT’s Annual General Meeting held on 15 October at the Liberty Hall, Dublin. His full speech, including some passages in Irish, is available on: www.president.ie/en/media-library/speeches/speech-at-the-opening-of-the-...

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80th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Jarama

The IBMT is inviting members to take part in an international weekend of events in and around Madrid, which is being organised by AABI, the Spanish friendship International Brigades memorial association, on 17-19 February 2017.

 

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New IBMT Executive Committee elected at Dublin AGM

The new IBMT Executive Committee, elected at our Annual General Meeting in Dublin on 15 October 2016, is as follows:

 

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Irish President to attend IBMT Annual General Meeting

The President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, will open the Annual General Meeting of the IBMT in Dublin on Saturday (15 October 2016).

 

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A poem for the 80th anniversary

To mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the International Brigades, Rien Dijkstra of the Dutch International Brigades memorial group Spanje 1936-1939) and Nancy Phillips of the US-based Friends and Families of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade have translated a poem by Flor Cernuda. They have also created a multilingual PDF booklet containing the poem and a brief biography of the Spanish poet.

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Paul Preston on women and the Spanish Civil War 

Recorded at the IBMT’s Len Crome Memorial Conference in Manchester on 12 March 2016, Professor Paul Preston explains how ‘the Spanish Republic had given much to women and Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War took away much more’. The conference was called ‘Women and the Spanish Civil War’.

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Nominations for IBMT Officers and Executive Committee members

The following members have accepted their nomination to serve as IBMT Officers or as Executive Committee members. The election will take place at the Annual General Meeting in Dublin on 15 October. If necessary, a ballot will be held at the AGM at which each member in attendance will have one vote. Those elected will serve until the 2017 AGM.

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