The IBMT's 2026 Annual General Meeting will be held in Glasgow on Saturday 10 October as part of a weekend of commemorative and social activities from 9-11 October. PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME Friday 9 October7pm-8.30pm: Civic Reception, Glasgow City Chambers, 82 George Square, G2 1DU. NB: IBMT members may be interested to know that the Nelson Mandela Statue […]
A memorial commemorating the 250 British Jews who went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War has been unveiled this month at the Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery in East London. The stone was installed by the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (Ajex) and the UK branch of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation. […]
The latest addition to the IBMT’s online Education pages is a timeline of the Spanish Civil War. It lists the key dates, battles and events of the war, with special emphasis on the British and Irish volunteers and the International Brigades. Compiled by IBMT Chair Jim Jump, the new resource for pupils, students and teachers […]
Pauline Fraser writes… Over the weekend of 24-26 July a number of remembrance events were held in the towns that border the course of the River Ebro, marking the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Early in the morning of 26 July, son Kevin Rafferty – grandson of International Brigader Harry […]
This year’s 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street will see the IBMT highlighting the links between the protesters in East London on 4 October 1936 and the International Brigades, who continued the fight against fascism in Spain. There are also plans for Tower Hamlet Borough Council to unveil a memorial plaque to the […]
IBMT Archivist Alan Lloyd reports from the city's Victoria Park on 17 July… It was a great day in Portsmouth for the unveiling of a beautiful new memorial to the 14 men from the Portsmouth area who went to fight fascism in Spain, with six of them being killed or dying of wounds. Engraved on […]
Rob Hargreaves reports on the unveiling of a new plaque in June… Memories of speedway legend Clem Beckett, who died a hero’s death in the Spanish Civil War, were affectionately revived by locals close to his boyhood home. Almost a hundred years after a 40,000 crowd of adoring fans witnessed one of Clem’s record-breaking rides […]
Words spoken by RMT General Secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY at the IBMT’s annual commemoration on 4 July 2026 at the International Brigade memorial on London’s Southbank. The history of the International Brigades is not just any history, it's our history too in the RMT. Visitors to our head office in Unity House will see a memorial, […]
In the run-up to the Spanish Civil War at 90 conference at the People’s History Museum in Manchester on 11 July, the museum spoke to journalist GIDEON LONG, whose grandfather Sam Wild fought in the war with the International Brigades. See the full interview with images from the museum’s archives here. What caused the Spanish […]
Author Laurie Lee’s journey from his coming-of-age in rural Gloucestershire to joining the International Brigades in Spain will be traced in words and music at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, on 16 July. This special performance of ‘Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words & Music’ stars actors Anton Lesser and Charlie Hamblett alongside the […]
The IBMT is supporting the Madrid-based Association of Friends of the International Brigades (AABI) with its fundraising campaign… A crowdfunding campaign is underway to raise €950 for three methacrylate plaques to replace the missing plaque and to repair the vandalised memorial. The vandalised monument to those killed fighting for the Spanish Republic during the Battle […]
Lynda Walker of the Belfast-based International Brigade Commemoration Committee reports on a memorable evening of spoken word and song on 29 May. The Sunflower pub in Belfast was alive with people who came to commemorate this year’s 90th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War. The room was full to capacity to hear two great singers […]
