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Aberdeen

Plaque dedicated to local International Brigader Bob Cooney (1908-1984) in Castle Street. Erected by Aberdeen City Council

Today's quote

"Comrades of the International Brigades. Political reasons, reasons of state, the welfare of that same cause for which you offered your blood with boundless generosity, are sending you back, some of you to your own countries and others to forced exile. You can go proudly. You are history. You are legend. You are the heroic example of democracy’s solidarity and universality… We shall not forget you, and when the olive tree of peace puts forth its leaves again, entwined with the laurels of the Spanish Republic’s victory – come back!"

Dolores Ibárruri (La Pasionaria)

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Patrons:

Professor Peter Crome
Hywel Francis
Professor Helen Graham
Ken Livingstone
Len McCluskey
Christy Moore
Jack O’Connor
Maxine Peake
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Mick Whelan

Founding Chair:
Professor Paul Preston

Charity number 1094928

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We have biographical information on nearly 2,400 International Brigade volunteers from Britain and Ireland. To find an individual volunteer, follow this link.

Today's quote:

"There’s a valley in Spain called Jarama / It’s a place that we all know so well / It was there that we gave of our manhood / And many of our brave comrades fell. / We are proud of the British Battalion / And the stand for Madrid that they made / For they fought like true sons of the people / As part of the Fifteenth Brigade."

From “Jarama Valley / Song of the British Battalion” (anon)

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ASLEF, CWU, EIS, FBU, GMB, RMT, TSSA, UCATT, Unison, Unite

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