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Anniversary events this autumn

A series of events is taking place this autumn to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Ebro, the withdrawal of the International Brigades and their famous farewell parade in Barcelona.

Unveiling of Leicester plaque

IBMT member Lyn Hurst reports on the unveiling on 30 March of a new memorial plaque in Leicester…

Individual biographical details go online

Biographical records of British, Irish and Commonwealth International Brigade volunteers are now online for the first time. The searchable list contains information for each of the 2,372 individuals for whom the IBMT has personal details.

Successful IBMT conference day

About 100 people attended this year’s Len Crome Memorial Conference in Bristol’s Colston Hall on 24 March. The IBMT’s lecture day saw a range of speakers and performers making contributions on the Aid Spain movement that mobilised support for the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War.

The anti-Franco fight never stopped

This is an article by Bill Alexander reprinted from the March 1989 newsletter of the International Brigade Association. It appeared under the title ‘At home but not to rest: 50 years of the International Brigade Association’. The article is featured in the latest issue of ¡NO PASARÁN!, the magazine of the IBMT, which is sent exclusively to members.

Memorial sites in Tarancón

IBMT Scotland Secretary Mike Arnott reports on efforts to preserve the Spanish Civil War heritage of the Castilian village of Tarancón, where there was an International Brigade hospital during the 1937 Battle of Jarama. There is also a memorial to the 39 Scots killed in the battle and another to the Spaniards killed in Francoist repression.

IBMT eNewsletter no. 37

Here’s our 14 February 2018 eNewsletter to IBMT members. Download this PDF – IBMT eNewsletter no. 37.pdf – to see the version with images.

Go-ahead for closer ties with local groups

IBMT Trustees have agreed new guidelines to support the growing number of local and regional International Brigade commemorative groups.

IBMT eNewsletter no. 36

Old newsletters go online

Newsletters of the International Brigade Association are now available on the Marx Memorial Library (MML) website. The IBA was the veterans’ organisation for those volunteers from the British Isles who had fought in Spain. It published a newsletter for members between 1947 and 2000 when the IBA disbanded, to be replaced by the IBMT in the following year.

Today's quote

"The Madrileños heard the sound of steady marching feet; at first they thought that the Fascists had broken through the city’s defence, but then they heard the sound of a song that was becoming more and more familiar to their ears, as the columns marched along Gran Via towards the front. The song they heard was a song of defiance, and international solidarity and comradeship. It was “The Internationale”. The people listened and heard it sung not in Spanish, not just in another language, but in a variety of languages. The first of the International Brigades had arrived."

Michael O’Riordan (Irish volunteer)

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Anniversary events this autumn

Unveiling of Leicester plaque

Individual biographical details go online

Successful IBMT conference day

The anti-Franco fight never stopped

Memorial sites in Tarancón

IBMT eNewsletter no. 37

Go-ahead for closer ties with local groups

IBMT eNewsletter no. 36

Old newsletters go online

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